Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is ...

90% of the world’s mined phosphate is used as fertilizer in ag. Morocco supplies 34% of the world’s traded phosphate rock, which is then refined in China, Vietnam and Norway, according to the EU.

Traditional phosphate fertilizer production poses significant environmental challenges, including acid-based rock processing, hazardous gypsum waste with heavy metals and radioactivity, and fluorine ...

The balance is derived from the Brazilian fertilizer business. Mosaic’s US phosphate rock mines and Canadian potash assets provide the company with a stable input base for its products.