Petrol and diesel prices have returned to their highest levels in nearly six months and risk climbing further after attacks on another key oil route.

Dalaroo Metals has cranked up its Côte d’Ivoire gold drilling to two shifts, with first samples from its 7km Gold Ridge corridor now in the laboratory as assays loom.

Advance Metals has drilled a bonanza 1m hit of 4120g/t silver at its Gavilanes project in Mexico, associated with the project’s highest-grade zinc-lead mineralisation to date.

Broken Hill Gold has demerged Alice River and St George into Emerald-backed Manda Resources’ Queensland gold portfolio, freeing it to focus on White Dam in South Australia.

Republicans, fearful of losing control of Congress, are pressuring the US president to ban or restrict diesel exports to stop the fuel’s price surge as the midterm elections loom. It would backfire, and not just on America.

Cabin crew want dedicated cleaning crews to return as the mess left by passengers and gruelling turnaround duties leave staff working up to 10 hours without a break.

Customers are welcome to keep calling it Fishbowl if they want – just don’t call it a slop bowl.

China’s economy is in its worst shape in decades and Xi Jinping is facing criticism for what he is focusing on.

Former Super Retail Group boss Anthony Heraghty had just started a new high-profile gig when ASIC came knocking.

Platina has turned a US$14m scandium exit into a well-funded WA gold hunt, zeroing in on scale across a trio of gold projects in WA’s prolific Laverton district.

Broken Hill Gold has lifted Vertigo’s indicated oxide ounces 160% to 24,300 ounces, firming up its SA White Dam restart case as drilling targets a gold-copper sulphide prize.

Dalaroo Metals has mapped the key structural controls at its Blue Lagoon rare earths project in Greenland, noting similarities to a nearby REE discovery.

Larvotto Resources has produced a maiden antimony-gold concentrate from its Hillgrove operation in NSW, with offtake deals already locked in with Wogen and Glencore.

The sharemarket has had a flat start to the week as interest rate concerns, soaring bond yields and stubborn oil prices keep investors on the back foot.

ASIC alleges the former CEO of Rebel Sport’s owner misled the market and breached his directors’ duties over a relationship with a former senior executive.

Forrestania Resources has acquired four WA gold licences, bolstering its Westonia Hub strategy ahead of a 2027 production restart at its 402,800-ounce Edna May project.

It’s no surprise Fed chair Kevin Warsh avoided direct references to the war in the Middle East last week. But the consequences of Trump’s misguided adventure are impossible to ignore.

Great Southern Mining has hit 10.72g/t gold at Golden Boulder in WA, extending mineralisation down-dip as it tests the scale of its 3.5km Main Line trend.

Even when the RBA is satisfied it has inflation under control, we should not expect rates to come down by a lot.

As landlords look to trim back costs after the budget, one Australian company is betting it can take a chance on managing properties without an agent.

Rupert Murdoch’s former son-in-law, described by his staff as a “sex pest”, lost his high-stakes battle with the London City watchdog: A court upheld his lifetime ban from financial services.

Changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax have made super funds more attractive, prompting a surge in voluntary contributions.

The AI system lets campaigners deliver thousands of messages from their supporters with different language, tone and length but the same meaning.

Activists on social media websites barraged the company with complaints about the image, which was intended to promote the Chuck 70 X shoe.

EVs now make up a quarter of new car sales in Australia as fuel prices soar. The rollout of public chargers, parts warehouses and technicians now must keep pace.

Buffett is stepping down as the company’s chairman after 56 years and will be replaced by his son.

A perfect storm has formed as four powerful threats escalate and feed on each other. We seem to be in no fit state to handle the challenge.

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is... Latrobe Magnesium, which soared after unveiling a US$15 million letter of support for its planned magnesium metal plant in South Carolina, USA.

Forrestania Resources has unleashed four prefeasibility studies across its WA gold portfolio, including maiden ore reserves that will sharpen its path to production.

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock said inflation in Australia was “too high” as she prepares to consider lifting interest rates for the fourth time this year.