Mosaic Bartow Facility, Florida

Phosphate ore processed at beneficiation plants at the mine sites in the area is moved by rail and pipeline to production plants, one of which is Mosaic’s Bartow facility. The initial material produced at Mosaic’s plants is phosphoric acid, which is created by combining processed phosphate rock with sulfuric acid. Sulfur for creating sulfuric acid comes to the plants by rail or truck from oil refineries, where it is an abundant byproduct. Mosaic owns a sulfur terminal in Houston (for shipping sulfur) and another at Tampa (for receiving it). The principal finished product produced at these plants is diammonium phosphate (DAP), which is made by combining phosphoric acid with anhydrous ammonia. DAP is a solid granular product that is applied directly to the ground as fertilizer or blended with other solid plant nutrient products such as urea (N) and potash (K). The Bartow Plant produces around 2.2 million tons of processed phosphates per year, out of a company-wide total of 9 million tons. Over that time it also produces a million tons of phosphoric acid, out of a company-wide total of 5 million tons, which is about 10% of world production, and 60% North American production.