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The Australian Artistic Swimming team, development squad and coaches were on deck at our Perth Headquarters last month to learn about their Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting.

Our Executive Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart, is the largest individual supporter of Australian Olympic and Paralympic athletes, and through Hancock Prospecting, Roy Hill is an Australian Olympic Partner.

In the latest edition of the Athlete Roadshow Series, employees from across Hancock Prospecting briefed the team on the various operating businesses, our vital work in the community and the diverse range of career opportunities in mining.

Hancock Agriculture businesses were on hand to provide the team with a nutritious lunch, including products from 2GR Wagyu, Kidman Pies and Bannister Downs flavoured milk.

Artistic swimming is one of the four Olympic sports with Hancock Prospecting as its principal partner, along with swimming, rowing and volleyball.

The funding from the partnership has enabled Artistic Swimming to set up a high-performance training centre in Perth, centralising the team for better outcomes helping them go from 22 to 8 in the world at the World Championships in Japan this year.

Roy Hill welcomes Australian Artistic Swimming

18.10.2023

The Australian Artistic Swimming team, development squad and coaches were on deck at our Perth Headquarters last month to learn about their Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting.

PGA reflects on year with annual dinner

14.10.2023

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA (PGA) Awards dinner, at Crown Botanicals last week, was a chance to glam up and reflect on a successful day of speakers and interaction at the annual PGA Convention held earlier in the day. The 2023 PGA Rural Achievement Award, for service to the agricultural industry, rural and regional Western Australia and the PGA was announced by PGA president Tony Seabrook. The winner was Gina Rinehart, executive chairman of both Hancock Prospecting and Hancock Agriculture, with the award accepted on her behalf by Hancock Agriculture CEO, Adam Giles.

Swimming WA in lifetime honour for stalwart benefactor Gina Rinehart

08.10.2023

“Mrs Rinehart … is the single biggest financial contributor to the sport of swimming across the country and most deserving to be inducted as a Life Member to our sport here in WA,” said Darren Michael, President of Swimming WA. “As Patron, not only has she enthusiastically supported our WA swimmers here, across Australia and most recently internationally in Japan — where Australia presented the best international team ever “She is a role model for our hardworking swimmers to achieve excellence.

BIG MINERS DIG IN TO FEND OFF PLANNED IR REFORMS

07.10.2023

But Mr Veldsman said that, under the Bill, there was no guarantee those different categories of driver would continue to be paid about the same. "We're talking about draft legislation where the 'full rate of pay' is so unclear, so undefined, so broad and so open to speculation that we can't say in future if this Bill is to actually pass that we can still do that," he said. Mr Veldsman added a number of Hancock's projects had already stalled due to red tape. Another major concern is a proposal to give casual workers the right to ask to convert to permanent employment after six months of regular hours.

Roy Hill’s palatial pink plans for West Perth

05.10.2023

In the hub of mining and resources companies that is West Perth, Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill is planning a new landmark five story headquarters emblazoned with its signature pink hues. The City of Perth has issued planning approval for a $19.5 million refurbishing of the command post as the company relocates from Perth Airport and into a new statement building of the iron ore giant’s standing in the industry and a tribute to Mrs Rinehart’s late mother, who succumbed to breast cancer in 1983.

Community activations and outreach activities to communities within Roy Hill’s operational footprint

04.10.2023

We believe in supporting those who support the community. Providing funding up to $10,000 to deliver community activations and outreach activities to communities within Roy Hill’s operational footprint, our Community Grant Program is helping make a difference. Like our support of the Hedland Well Women's Centre's Pink Pilbara Breakfast, which raised $115,000 to provide much-needed Cancer Prevention and Support services for women in the Pilbara region.

Indigenous fashion label Ticia Designs makes international debut in Paris

03.10.2023

Fitzroy Crossing designer, Letticia Shaw, showcased her collection at Paris Fashion Week on Sunday. Her label, Ticia Designs, is a fashion brand that fuses culture and craft with contemporary trendsHeld at Paris' stunning La Galerie Bourbon, the event location added an additional touch of high-end luxury the Australian designer strives to capture within all her garments. Aside from Shaw's stunning designs, emerging First Nations models Kahlia Rogers and Letisha Davies also stole the runway spotlight.

Gina Rinehart paints the town pink with West Perth HQ revamp

02.10.2023

It’s a quiet West Perth strip lined by innocuous office buildings and bookended by Parliament House. But if billionaire Gina Rinehart gets her way, Ord Street will soon be home to a five-storey office building donning her mining giant Roy Hill’s hallmark pink. WAtoday can reveal the City of Perth has quietly issued planning approval for $19.5 million in additions and alterations to the building at lot 53, which is set to become the miner’s new corporate headquarters.

2023 WIMWA (Women in Mining and Resources WA ) Summit

21.09.2023

Women play an essential role at all levels of Hancock Prospecting, and it was great to be a part of the 2023 WIMWA (Women in Mining and Resources WA ) Summit. We had the privilege of meeting so many great people at our booth to discuss opportunities at Roy Hill, our commitment to diversity in the workplace through a culture of inclusion and our role as an Australian Olympic Partner through Hancock Prospecting. With two days of conversations and connections with local and international guests, the Festival of Ideas was a massive success in celebrating, empowering and connecting women in mining.

Roy Hill Family Day | 2023 | Kiara & family

20.09.2023

The Roy Hill Family Day is an incredible opportunity to share FIFO family experiences together. Families are delighted to take a flight to the mine or port to experience the mining world for a day. It’s a day filled with fun and immersive educational experiences. Our 2 children, our son, and young daughter, love it, they look forward to the Roy family day and talk about it for ages! I’m so grateful my husband works for a family-orientated business like Roy Hill.