County Treasurer Receives Special Retirement Gift from Trona Mine Representatives sweetwaternow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sweetwaternow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mines band together to fight COVID-19
December 23, 2020
CASPER – Leaders of Wyoming’s largest trona mines have banded together to launch a public health campaign for Sweetwater County to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and keep businesses open.
Wyoming’s trona patch in the southwest part of the state employs upward of 2,300 workers across four mines. But the rapid spread of the virus throughout the county has complicated some operations.
Back in early April, several mineral operators took steps to prevent the virus from entering the plants and mines.
They required strict social distancing, smaller crew sizes and staggered shi.
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) A new rule aimed at reducing the regulatory burden on Wyoming's soda ash producers will take effect on the first day of the new year. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Camille Erickson
A new rule will take effect on the first day of the new year aimed at reducing the regulatory burden carried by Wyoming s soda ash producers for the next decade.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said the finalized rule change will not only give the federal government the ability to grant relief on royalties and other fees for the non-energy mineral producers, but the revisions will also âremove unnecessary and overly burdensome requirementsâ to bolster trona mining in the U.S.Â
The royalty rate for federal soda ash and sodium bicarbonate leases will be reduced from 6% to 2% once the new rule goes into effect on Jan. 1.
Starting next year, soda ash producers will pay a reduced royalty rate trib.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from trib.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.