Clive Palmer has been ordered to lay bare the bulk of his business empire as the Federal Court continues to probe the collapse of Queensland Nickel.
The mining magnate must produce financial and management accounts, asset registers and tax returns for more than half a dozen companies and his political party when questioning resumes next Thursday.
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Liquidators want to look at the books for Mineralogy, the Palmer United Party and the companies behind the Palmer Coolum resort and the stalled Titanic II project.
They also want to examine Mineralogy subsidiary Fairway Coal, which is part of a bid to start a new open-cut coal mine on land Queensland Nickel creditors had tried to sell.
The hearings are probing Queensland Nickel's crash into voluntary administration in January last year, putting roughly 800 workers out of jobs.
Taxpayers picked up a $70 million worker's entitlement bill, which special purpose liquidator PPB Advisory was trying to recoup questioning Mr Palmer last year.
General purpose liquidator FTI Consulting is expected to take its turn from Thursday, trying to recover $300 million owed to creditors.
Mr Palmer's wife, Anna, and nephew Clive Mensink have also been summoned to appear at the hearings.
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Acting District Registrar Murray Belcher issued the latest orders on Thursday, calling for the documents to presented.
He also ordered Mr Palmer disclose details of the 2006 agreement between Mineralogy and Citic Pacific to set up the Sino Iron mine.
Liquidators will have access to all royalties the company receives, its bank statements and June 2015 loan, valuations for the Austeel Mill Project and Balmoral South Iron Ore Project, along with any sale contract for the $20 million Mineralogy House in Queen Street, which was put on the market last year.