Yes, they have an article up on the site and put it out on social media. It's a strange decision given that they clearly don't have a clay option that is as accurate as the other surfaces and that "testing is underway." So you're making this decision before you've totally solidified the tech assuming it'll be ready in just over a year? Testing has been underway on clay for like 10 years and they still haven't gotten those numbers as high as the others.
A lot of people will be out of work with this decision. Even if it's just part-time or temporary work, I'm sure a decent number of them rely on the income in some way.