public traded as nyse mos s & p 500 component industry agriculture fertilizer founded 2004 ; 12 years ago 2004 headquarters plymouth minnesota united states key people joc o rourke president and ceo 1 products phosphate potash feed k mag pegasus microessentials revenue 11.1 billion fy 2012 2 operating income 2.6 billion fy 2012 2 net income 1.9 billion fy 2012 2 total assets 6.6 billion fy 2012 2 total equity 12.0 billion fy 2012 2 number of employees 8000 may 31 2012 2 website mosaicco.com the mosaic company is a fortune 500 company based in plymouth minnesota a minneapolis suburb . mosaic mines two key crop nutrients phosphate and potash and produces specialty products microessentials k mag and pegasus . it is the largest u.s. producer of potash and phosphate fertilizer . 3 contents 1 overview 2 products 2.1 potash 2.2 phosphate 3 mosaic stadium 4 timeline 5 news 6 references 7 external links overview edit the mosaic company is a combined producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash . its customer base includes wholesalers retail dealers and individual growers in more than 40 countries . headquartered in plymouth minnesota mosaic employs approximately 9 000 people in eight countries . 2 launched october 25 2004 mosaic was formed by a merger between imc global a fertilizer company formed in 1909 and cargill s crop nutrition division . chairman of the board of directors robert l. lumpkins 1 chief executive officer and president james c. o rourke 1 products edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message potash edit k3 north shaft headframe . esterhazy saskatchewan mosaic has 9.3 million tonnes of operational capacity excluding a tolling agreement . following completion of several expansion projects mosaic expects to have an annual operational capacity of approximately 15 million tonnes by 2021 . mosaic operates five potash mines . product from its canadian mines is exported through canpotex an export association of canadian potash producers . potash mines are located in 4 carlsbad new mexico 32 24 44 n 103 56 20 w 32.4122 n 103.939 w 32.4122 ; 103.939 belle plaine saskatchewan 50 25 44 n 105 11 56 w 50.4289 n 105.1990 w 50.4289 ; 105.1990 colonsay saskatchewan 51 55 42 n 105 45 56 w 51.9282 n 105.7656 w 51.9282 ; 105.7656 esterhazy saskatchewan 50 39 34 n 101 50 32 w 50.6595 n 101.8421 w 50.6595 ; 101.8421 and 50 43 46 n 101 56 5 w 50.72944 n 101.93472 w 50.72944 ; 101.93472 phosphate edit mosaic 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 . 5 in october 2013 mosaic reached an agreement to purchase the phosphate operations of cf industries for 1.4 billion dollars which eliminates the need for mosaic to spend an additional billion dollars to build a new processing facility in hardee county florida to process the rock from their mines in that area . 6 approximately one third of the company s phosphate product is shipped within north america with the remainder exported globally through both phoschem an export association and through its own distribution channel . phosphate mines are located in the bone valley formation of the peace river watershed in central florida 4 fort meade florida 27 38 52 n 81 45 23 w 27.6479 n 81.7565 w 27.6479 ; 81.7565 hopewell florida 27 54 54 n 82 07 36 w 27.9150 n 82.1266 w 27.9150 ; 82.1266 four corners florida 27 42 55 n 82 08 28 w 27.7154 n 82.1411 w 27.7154 ; 82.1411 wingate florida 27 30 20 n 82 07 49 w 27.5055 n 82.1302 w 27.5055 ; 82.1302 mosaic stadium edit mosaic stadium at taylor field in regina saskatchewan is home to the cfl s saskatchewan roughriders . it is also known as taylor field . 7 timeline edit 2015 august joc o rourke succeeds jim prokopanko as mosaic s president and ceo . 8 2011 may mosaic and cargill complete the transaction to split off and distribute cargill s stake in mosaic . 9 january mosaic and cargill agree to split off and orderly distribute cargill s stake in mosaic . 10 2007 january jim prokopanko succeeds fritz corrigan as president and ceo of mosaic . 11 2006 july jim prokopanko named mosaic chief operating officer . 12 2004 october the mosaic company nyse mos begins trading on the new york stock exchange . 13 june mosaic announced as the chosen name for the newly formed company . january the crop nutrition business of cargill inc. and imc global enter into a definitive agreement to form a new crop nutrition company . 14 news edit on 5 november 2013 mosaic co reported sharply lower third quarter earnings a fall by 70 % due to fall in prices of its potash and phosphate . 15 references edit a b c 1 a b c d e f g mosaic company 2011 annual report form 10 k filing date july 31 2012 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved february 20 2013 . bloomberg mosaic says fertilizer prices to remain challenging into 2014 5 november 2013 a b global presence map . retrieved february 20 2013 . http www.reuters.com finance stocks companyprofile symbol mos http tbo.com news business mosaic buys cf industries tampa area phosphate facilities 20131028 a new old name . the leader post . 2006 06 23 . retrieved 2013 02 20 . joc o rourke to succeed jim prokopanko as mosaic president and ceo . mosaicco.com . retrieved february 3 2016 . mosaic company form 8 k12b filing may 25 2011 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved february 20 2013 . cargill to split off 64 % stake in mosaic to holders . bloomberg . retrieved february 20 2013 . mosaic company form 8 k filing october 3 2006 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved february 20 2013 . mosaic company form 8 k filing july 12 2006 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved february 20 2013 . the mosaic company launches today as newest fortune 500 sized nyse listed firm pdf . october 25 2004 . retrieved february 23 2013 . cargill and imc global to combine fertilizer units . the new york times . retrieved february 20 2013 . reuters mosaic profit plunges 70 pct on weaker prices sales 5 november 2013 external links edit official website v t e cargill people cargill family austen s. cargill ii james r. cargill james r. cargill ii margaret anne cargill william w. cargill marianne cargill liebmann cargill macmillan jr cargill macmillan sr whitney macmillan gwendolyn sontheim meyer gregory r. page marion macmillan pictet warren staley subsidiaries cargill ltd. cargill meat solutions provimi wilbur chocolate company joint ventures frontier agriculture the mosaic company products rebiana robin hood flour truvia related articles 1971 iraq poison grain disaster alberger 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