Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has made her first visit to the Kidman cattle empire, which she and Chinese partners have jointly acquired for $386.5 million.
Mrs Rinehart, now the new principal owner and chairman of S.Kidman & Co, visited the Kidman head office in Adelaide on Thursday, where she was presented with a Kidman branding iron.
Mrs Rinehart later attended the Kidman staff Christmas party.
"I look forward to working with the team in Adelaide and the managers on the stations to understand their ideas to build the Kidman business and continually improve our quality and competitiveness," Mrs Rinehart said.
"I'm especially looking forward, weather permitting, to my first visit to the Kidman stations, in January."
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The new owner of Kidman is Outback Beef, of which Mrs Rinehart's Hancock Beef owns 67 per cent and Chinese partner Shanghai CRED 33 per cent.
