Mosaic Mosaic History

Mosaic in Florida Mosaic is one of the largest producers of phosphate and potash for growing crop minerals. The company is a fortune 500 business, based in Plymouth, Minnesota, that became incorporated in 2004. Mosaic products for crop growers are sold to retailers, wholesalers, and individual crop producers, in over 40 countries. Its is the “single source supplier of phosphate and potash” (Reuters 1). The company's main phosphate production is operated in central Florida with production of up to 17.2 million tons of rock in four of its mines alone. Mosaic also operates mines in Canada, around the United States, and additionally has plants in Brazil for distribution in South America and Asia. Brand names of some of the company’s products
The mining company does have a history of the concerns prior to what it amassed in August of 2016. Mosaic has had issues with sinkholes in the past and should have been aware of the risk of mining in an area known for the appearance of these sinkholes. In 1994, a sinkhole formed very close to the one that formed in August, 2016 and Mosaic was advised to fix the issue. Required to put monitoring equipment on the “704-acre gyp stack”, Mosaic should have been fully aware of what conditions to observe when a crater is forming. Then in 2004 and 2013, Mosaic found that erosion was happening that eventually required extensive repairs to the site. Craig Pittman’s article in the February 10, 2017 Tampa Bay Times, mentioned that two retired hydrologists stated that, “alarm bells should have been going off-danger, danger” (Pittman 1). The company knew that the aquifer levels increased up to 40 feet, and per the experts, that should have been a warning sign that something was amiss. An investigation by the company’s own experts should have looked into the changes. Had the company