Sentences with phrase «mining magnate»

A "mining magnate" is a person who has become very wealthy and influential through their ownership and operation of mines. They have accumulated significant wealth and power by extracting valuable minerals from the earth. Full definition
But when it comes to arguably the planet's most pressing problem — human - caused climate change — the Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart dismisses out of hand not only the issue, but the expertise of the world's climate science community.
The much discussed Creating Parity report from mining magnate Andrew Twiggy Forrest has opened up a debate about the dignity of individuals to manage their own affairs.
The center was founded by Bernardo Paz, a Brazilian collector and mining magnate who began collecting art in the early 1990s.
Her father was Benjamin Guggenheim, a son of the wealthy mining magnate Meyer Guggenheim, and one of her uncles was Solomon R. Guggenheim, who founded the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Ferguson, whose unauthorised biography of Rinehart goes on sale in Australia this week, says the West Australian mining magnate is trying to buy Fairfax because she viewed it as a «left wing» organisation and she wants to change it.
Meanwhile, last week saw the announcement of Australia's largest ever philanthropic gift — $ 400 million from mining magnate Andrew «Twiggy» Forrest and his wife Nicola to be used for causes including cancer research, the eradication of slavery, higher education, giving every child their best chance and building stronger communities.
The state opposition has accused Premier Colin Barnett of misleading parliament by not releasing hundreds of documents relating to contact with Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer.
West Perth - based oil and gas explorer Orca Energy has announced former mining magnate Nathan Tinkler will be its new executive chairman after participating in the company's $ 20 million capital raising.
Vinery Stud, part - owned by retail boss Gerry Harvey, has confirmed making a bid for mining magnate Nathan Tinkler's racehorse All Too Hard a...
Set in 500,000 acres of botanical gardens near Belo Horizonte, south east Brazil, the museum was funded by mining magnate Bernardo Paz and designed by his friend, the landscape artist Roberto Burle Marx.
Peggy's father was Benjamin Guggenheim, a son of the wealthy mining magnate Meyer Guggenheim, and one of her uncles was Solomon R. Guggenheim, who founded the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal reported in June that Intrawest had approached Vladimir Potanin, a nickel - mining magnate building the ski resort in Sochi, in the Caucasus Mountains near the Black Sea, that will host the 2014 Olympics.
South Australian soda ash manufacturer Penrice Soda Products incurred a $ 1.9 million charge while mining magnate Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel was hit with a $ 6.1 million fee.
The Pretoria side are arguably the richest club in Africa and for the last 13 years they have been owned by billionaire mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, who has ploughed millions into the club.
Backers of Pargav include Mick Davis, a South African - born mining magnate known for his pro-Israel views; Tamares real estate, an investment company owned by Poju Zabludowicz, the chief funder of Israeli pressure group Bicom; and Michael Lewis, a former vice-president of Bicom, who donated # 13,832 to Atlantic Bridge and # 5,000 to Fox.
Crimson Peak sees young, bespectacled damsel, Edith (played by Mia Wasikowska), romantically drawn to the English bounder and upstart mining magnate, Baronet Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), who is never seen without his unsmiling sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain), by his side.
FOUR: Teremok Lodge, Umhlanga Rocks — an historical mining magnate's home has been transformed into a luxurious hideaway for those in Durban on business.
As a coal mining magnate it's in his own interest to misrepresent climate science.
The Loopy Lord has since been back at the behest of Gina Rinehart, the right - wing mining magnate slated to become the world's wealthiest person.
In the period around both the 2006 and 2011 elections, mining magnate Gertler secured mining and oil assets at prices that were often well below market value, before later striking lucrative deals for those assets with the likes of London - listed giant commodities trader Glencore.
Shamed mining magnate Andrew Groves told «blatant and utter lie» in bribery scandal comeback bid
The Government is expected to release mining magnate Andrew Forrest's review of Indigenous employment in the coming weeks to feed into a new Indigenous employment strategy.
Australia's richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has bought Glencoe Station in NSW for her Wagyu beef operation in a deal worth $ 30 million.
The company claims former mining magnate and prominent philanthropist Seymour Schulich, and Rotman School of Management dean Roger Martin as investors.
Whether you're skydiving onto the beaches of Durban, galavanting across the U.S. on the Tea Party's invitation to spread Birther lies about President Obama's birth certificate, pitching «Fox News Australia» to a wealthy mining magnate, or referring to young climate activists as «Hitler Youth» without apology, the discerning climate science (and reality) denier must make a fashion statement.
Satoshi Nakamoto will enjoy higher ranking compared to Ann Walkton Kroenke the Walmart heiress, Andrew «Twiggy» Forest the Australian mining magnate and Joseph Tsai of Alibaba.
And questions need to be raised about donations he receives from mining magnates and others and how that affects his vote on the floor as a polly who is supposed to represent farmers and rural communities.
What sort of policies will be made with one eye on a newspaper sector owned by mining magnates?
Andrew Forrest has lost his battle to stop Yarri Mining from being granted mining tenements on land near the mining magnate's Minderoo cattle station in the Pilbara.
LSB managing director Graham Laitt said the mining magnates were already taking Australian primary produce and shipping it to offshore markets.
Mining magnate and agriculture sector champion Andrew «Twiggy» Forrest has led a campaign to persuade multiple state and industry sectors, who wanted to retain their own established brandings, to back the breakthrough.
The mining magnate's Hancock Prospecting acquired the 147,510 hectare property with 15,000 head of cattle from well known beef producers, John and Kate McLoughlin.
Mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forest, along with retailing billionaires Brett Blundy and Gerry Harvey, have made significant agricultural investments in the past 12 to 18 months.
If you don't fancy driving, you can take a tourOpens external site in a new window, or get around Perth like a mining magnate on a helicopter tourOpens external site.
From the Coral Sea various Princes and mining magnates have pulled in to the Reef Marina in their luxury private charter yachts to enjoy Port Douglas's hospitality and its scenic village charm.
«The population of people collecting seriously has exploded in the last five years,» said Allan Schwartzman, who has been advising Bernardo Paz, a mining magnate who founded Inhotim, a 5,000 - acre contemporary - art park in the country's southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
Jones then puts his mind to the involvement of the IPA, an organisation which does not reveal its funders (but which is engaged in a project with the world's richest woman, mining magnate Gina Rinehart).
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