BUZZ — Australia's Cleanaway on pace for best week in more than a month on EQT bid progress

* Shares of Cleanaway Waste Management rise as much as 0.6% to A$2.705 in early trade * Stock on track to log 5.1% gain for the week, its strongest since August 10 * Waste management firm says bidder EQT Infrastructure is continuing to progress its confirmatory due diligence * Adds both co and EQT are working towards negotiation and execution of implementation deed * Cleanaway in August said that it would grant EQT AB-managed EQT Infrastructure exclusive due diligence after receiving an A$9.4 billion ($6.69 billion) takeover offer * Stock up 4.3% YTD, including the day's moves ($1 = 1.4051 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru) ((Nikita.Jino@thomsonreuters.com;)