BLM taking final comments on multi-billion dollar project

CASPER — A multi-billion dollar trona production project in Sweetwater County is nearing the finish line.

Pacific Soda LLC’s Dry Creek Trona Mine Project would produce approximately 440 metric tons of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and 6 million metric tons of soda ash annually. Soda ash is a highly marketable commodity with applications ranging from glass manufacturing to metallurgy and cosmetics.

The project, first proposed in 2020, is in a race against the clock to win approval before the Bureau of Land Management updates its Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, which could prioritize c...