🌱 What changes are coming to Trona’s long-running Searles Valley minerals operation?
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In today's newsletter:
- What changes are coming to Trona’s long-running Searles Valley minerals operation?
- Trona’s 95.1 FM license is gone—what does that mean?
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• 5E Advanced Materials Completes Searles Valley Minerals Acquisition (citybiz.co) — A major minerals operation in Trona has new ownership after 5E Advanced Materials acquired Searles Valley Minerals, turning itself into a revenue-generating U.S. boron producer. The company plans to optimize local operations, rebuild borate production, and potentially expand jobs and investment in Trona as part of a broader Southern California critical-minerals strategy. 
• Hispanic Target Media Cancels 10 FM Radio Licenses (radioworld.com) — Listeners in Trona are losing a local radio option as Hispanic Target Media has surrendered the license for 95.1 KHMJ(FM), along with nine other stations in three states. The Regional Mexican “Radio Amigo” outlet will no longer broadcast here, though the company continues operating other stations elsewhere in California and the Southwest.
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