soda ash

Soda ash is Wyoming’s largest export. It’s in things like baking soda and glass, and it comes from the mineral trona. The industry relies on trona miners in Sweetwater County, but many are without jobs this week due to layoffs at Genesis Alkali.

At least 30 Genesis Alkali workers in Sweetwater County received notice that they’ll be laid off by early December. The company said it’s because of a downturn in the soda ash market, but workers are shocked because some of them were just hired.

About seven hundred Genesis Alkali union workers are starting the week with new contracts signed Sunday evening, just hours before the old contracts expired. It includes wage increases, but the main theme is upping safety standards.

Union workers for one of the largest producers of soda ash in the world are in contract negotiations in Sweetwater County. They have until June 30 to reach an agreement.

Sweetwater County will see a new soda ash mining project in the next eight years, potentially creating hundreds of mining jobs.Soda ash is a material that is refined from the mineral trona. Although it is not a common household term, soda ash is one of the most consumed inorganic compounds in the world

Wyoming’s biggest export is soda ash, which comes from trona mines in Sweetwater County. Last year, the trona industry produced 17 million tons of soda…

Wyoming’s biggest export is soda ash, which comes from trona mines in Sweetwater County. Last year, the trona industry produced 17 million tons of soda…

Wyoming Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis urged the U-S House Natural Resources Committee not to allow the two-percent royalty rate for soda ash to increase…