Australia's share market has ended the session and the week lower as softening commodity prices and stalled Persian Gulf peace talks dent investor sentiment.
Gerry Matera's Eon Protection has accused West Coast Eagles-linked Waalitj Foundation of breaching duties by failing to tell it about about big contract opportunities.
PLS is readying to bring its mid-stream demonstration plant online at its Pilgangoora mine site, aiming to prove up lithium phosphate production from a project conceived during the depths of a market downturn.
Nearly half of Australia's listed explorers notched investing outflows in the March quarter, signalling the fastest pace of capital deployment in more than a decade.
Mark Pownall is joined by Sean Cowan, Sam Jones and Ella Loneragan to discuss BHP's $160m investment; the West Coast Eagles; tax changes; and property projects including Fast Eddys.
An extension of Civmec's contract with Iluka Resources at the Eneabba Rare Earths refinery has boosted the company's order book to a record $1.5 billion.
Leichhardt has been cleared by the state's environmental umpire to double the size of its Lake MacLeod salt harvesting operation to 3 million tonnes per annum.
Wall Street has advanced as progress toward ending the Iran war buoyed investor sentiment, while disappointing results from Broadcom led a chip sell-off that pulled the Nasdaq lower.
Lynas Rare Earths has appointed chief operating officer Pol Le Roux as interim chief executive while it continues its search for a permanent successor to Amanda Lacaze.
Rafael Moreno-led Viridis Mining and Minerals has secured an important agreement as it moves towards a potential FID at its Colossus rare earth project later this year.
Changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax and trusts have not raised Treasury's assumption that productivity will grow at 1.2 per cent in the medium term.
Australia's share market is on track for a negative week as US-Iran tensions and wobbles in the US tech narrative weigh on an already grim growth outlook.
