WE Soda plans about 350 layoffs in Wyoming from 2027 as community protests

WE Soda, a mining company with a plant in Green River, Wyoming, has announced plans to cut over 300 jobs beginning in 2027. Reports put the figure at 350. The company said the layoffs are part of moving the plant from dry ore to solution mining over two years, and that it will cut export sales, citing low-cost Chinese soda ash exports that have hit market prices. Workers and community members held protests. The president of United Steelworkers Local 13214 called the move a "blow."