
Celebrating Women of Influence 2026
Across the globe, the Women of Influence honorees are reshaping modern leadership. As we celebrate their achievements this International Women’s Day, they challenge leaders everywhere to turn progress into action.




Across the globe, the Women of Influence honorees are reshaping modern leadership. As we celebrate their achievements this International Women’s Day, they challenge leaders everywhere to turn progress into action.

Hancock Prospecting is proud to support Australia’s Olympians and para-athletes. Through Gina Rinehart’s commitment, Commonwealth Games medallists receive $20,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze, with additional bonuses for world records and relay victories – recognising the dedication it takes to compete at the highest level.

As Australia’s first national lung cancer screening programme rolls out across the Kimberley and Pilbara, Hancock Prospecting and Hancock Iron Ore are proud to support expanded cancer care services in regional WA.

Gina Rinehart is once again Swimming Australia’s white knight following her generous offer for the nation’s stars in the pool ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later this year.

We’re for welcoming, appreciating, and thanking those who have served in the defence of our great nation.

In this special 10 minute interview recorded for the Circle, Mrs Rinehart reflects on her childhood, The long journey to turn Hancock Prospecting into one of Australia’s most successful companies, challenges of being a female CEO, her successes and greatest fears and her early strategies to combat CV-19

The sun rises over green-grey woodland enveloping the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere (and Australia) on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland.

Lynas Rare Earths’ profit has surged more than thirteenfold after pocketing a higher price for its sought-after product, despite power outages at its Kalgoorlie plant.

Mining still leads WA’s private business rankings, but the list is quietly rewriting itself.
Australia has critical labour shortages across multiple sectors. Fewer than 76,000 pensioners (3%) currently work, but many would work (or work more) if they did not lose 50c in the dollar when they work more than once day a week.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has described her giant $10bn Roy Hill iron ore mine as “the mega project that … we thought might not happen”. The billionaire mining magnate told a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Roy Hill that the mine’s first equity investors had made a “rare entrepreneurial move … with significant risk” that had paved the way for a project that made $13bn in net profits in the last two years alone and already paid off $10bn in debt in full.

AUSTRALIAN mining and agriculture icon Gina Rinehart has again stepped up for rural Australia, this time becoming the patron of rural charity Rural Aid. Mrs Rinehart said Rural Aid was an organisation that ‘stands with our mates in the bush’ during their hard times. “And it does get tough in the bush, with floods, fires and severe drought, in addition to the usual dangers of snakes, spiders and in some northern areas, crocodiles too,” she said. “As patron of Rural Aid, I encourage all Australians to throw their support behind its ongoing efforts in ensuring that our food producers – our farmers- are able to get back on their feet quickly when drought, flood or bushfire hits them.”

HANCOCK Prospecting chair Gina Rinehart has been announced as the 2023 Western Australian of the Year. Rinehart was honoured for her contribution to business, as well as her philanthropy, which ranges from support for breast cancer research to sponsorship of Australian Olympians. “We must ensure that our country is not left behind by short-sighted decisions and encourage policies that welcome investment in our wonderful state,” Rinehart said when accepting the award.

On 10 February 2023, Oldendorff Carriers celebrated the namegiving of its latest Japanese capesize newbuilding, the “Gina Oldendorff”, which was named after Australian mining figure, Gina Rinehart. Mrs Rinehart is the executive chair of the mining company Hancock Prospecting. Mrs Rinehart christened the ship at the name-giving ceremony at Namura Shipyard, Imari, Japan.

Australia’s richest person has provided a rare insight into her initial struggles, motivations and ambitions after celebrating 30 years at the helm of what is now the country’s biggest private company.