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Editorial: WE Soda needs to answer some tough questions

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Source: Laramie Boomerang

On Nov. 6 we learned that trona producer WE Soda plans to lay off 350-plus of its workforce as it moves to solution mining. The news was like an unexpected fist punch to the gut. The enormity of this news…

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