Australian Regulator Clears LNG Strike

The Australian Fair Work Commission has denied Inpex a request to stop a strike at the Ichthys facility that would affect production and exports at the 9.2-million-ton facility. According to a Reuters report, the operator of Ichthys had applied to the labor regulator for a suspension of the industrial action amid persistent failure to reach an agreement with trade unions. The WTC, however, sided with the strikers, rejecting the Japanese company’s argument that suspension of normal operations at