A rare bout of cooperation has broken out in Australia’s iron ore heartland, with billionaires Gina Rinehart and Chris Ellison agreeing to work together on a new iron ore export facility at Port Hedland.
The pact is designed to boost the two billionaires’ chances of winning a tender for a hotly contested slice of extra capacity within a section of Port Hedland called South West Creek, which has been eagerly awaited by the iron ore industry for over a year.