Potash
Mosaic has roughly 10.4 million tons of operational potash capacity. The company owns potash mines or surface mills in Belle Plaine, Colonsay, and Esterhazy (K1, K2, and K3) in Saskatchewan, and Carlsbad, New Mexico, with another potash mine recently purchased in Brazil during the Vale Fertilizantes acquisition. The Colonsay mine and mill are indefinitely idled and in maintenance mode. Esterhazy K3, in development, consists of an underground mine and service/production shafts separate from the K1 and K2 underground mines. Esterhazy K3 does not have surface milling and storage facilities. Instead, it is intended to replace the ore being mined from the K1 and K2 mines. The shift in production was to decrease brine-management costs of the K1 and K2 mines, which were $108.0 million for 2020.
Mosaic is a member of Canpotex, an export association of Canadian potash producers through which they sell their Canadian potash outside the U.S. and Canada.
Its potash mine locations are:
Carlsbad, New Mexico (32.412°N 103.939°W / 32.412; -103.939)
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Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan (50.429°N 105.199°W / 50.429; -105.199)
Colonsay, Saskatchewan (51.928°N 105.766°W / 51.928; -105.766)
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan K1 (50.729°N 101.929°W / 50.729; -101.929)
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan K2 (50.660°N 101.846°W / 50.660; -101.846)
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan K3 (50.644°N 101.993°W / 50.644; -101.993)
Phosphate
Mosaic has about 16.8 million tons of operational capacity for finished concentrated phosphates. The company is the largest producer of finished phosphate products with an annual capacity greater than the next two largest producers combined. It has a global distribution network made up of plants, port facilities, warehouses, and sales offices. In 2013, Mosaic produced 7.6 million tons of concentrated phosphate crop nutrients and over 15 million tons of phosphate rock production. In October 2013, Mosaic reached an agreement to purchase the phosphate operations of CF Industries for US$1.4 billion, which eliminates the need for Mosaic to spend an additional billion dollars to build a processing facility in Hardee County, Florida, to process the rock from the mines in the area.
Phosphate mines are located in the Bone Valley formation of the Peace River watershed in Central Florida:
Fort Meade (27.648°N 81.757°W / 27.648; -81.757)
South Pasture (27.586°N 81.942°W / 27.586; -81.942)
Four Corners (27.715°N 82.141°W / 27.715; -82.141)
Wingate Creek (27.506°N 82.130°W / 27.506; -82.130)
Fort Lonesome (27.715°N 82.150°W / 27.715; -82.150)(Closed)
Mosaic owns a 25% stake in the Ma'aden Wa'ad Al Shamal Phosphate Company joint venture in Saudi Arabia. With the completion of the Vale Fertilizantes acquisition in January, 2018, an additional five Brazilian phosphate rock mines, four chemical plants, and an additional 40% economic interest in the Miski Mayo mine were purchased.
