
A multibillion-dollar legal battle between Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart, her children and two rival mining dynasties over iron ore riches from a project half owned by Rio Tinto is a step closer to a verdict..
The complex court stoush that started in July pits Mrs Rinehart's company, Hancock Prospecting, against Wright Prospecting and the heirs of engineer Don Rhodes over the massive Hope Downs mining complex.