Mining Magnate Calls for Australia to ‘Work Harder’ to Develop Its Trade Relationship With India

Gina Rinehart is the Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately-owned mineral exploration and extraction company founded by her father, Lang Hancock, in Australia on Dec. 1, 2022. Courtesy of Hancock Prospecting

Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart has described Australia’s trading potential with India as “huge” as she calls on the country to “work harder” on developing closer trade ties with the world’s largest democracy.

During a meeting on May 23, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted to Rinehart the reforms and initiatives being undertaken in India and also invited the mining magnate to partner in technology, investment, and skills in the mining and minerals sectors, according to a statement by India’s Ministry of External Affairs.