Mosaic Welcomes U.S. Decision to Add Phosphate and Potash to Critical Minerals List
The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) welcomed the U.S. Department of the Interior's November 6, 2025 decision to add phosphate and potash to the U.S. Critical Minerals List.
Department designation aims to guide federal policy, investment priorities, and permitting to strengthen domestic mineral supply chains. Mosaic highlighted that phosphate and potash underpin U.S. food production and national security and noted that phosphogypsum byproducts contain meaningful amounts of rare earth elements (REEs), offering a potential domestic REE source for defense and clean‑energy technologies.
The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) ha accolto la decisione del Dipartimento dell'Interno degli Stati Uniti del 6 novembre 2025 di aggiungere fosfato e potassio all'elenco statunitense dei minerali critici.
La designazione dipartimentale mira a guidare la politica federale, le priorità di investimento e il rilascio delle autorizzazioni per rafforzare le catene di approvvigionamento minerario domestiche. Mosaic ha sottolineato che fosfato e potassio sostengono la produzione alimentare statunitense e la sicurezza nazionale e ha osservato che i sottoprodotti del fosfogesso contengono quantità significative di elementi delle terre rare (REE), offrendo una potenziale fonte domestica di REE per la difesa e le tecnologie per l'energia pulita.
The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) dio la bienvenida a la decisión del Departamento del Interior de los Estados Unidos del 6 de noviembre de 2025 de añadir fosfato y potasa a la Lista de Minerales Críticos de Estados Unidos.
La designación del Departamento tiene como objetivo orientar la política federal, las prioridades de inversión y los permisos para fortalecer las cadenas de suministro de minerales domésticas. Mosaic destacó que el fosfato y la potasa sustentan la producción de alimentos y la seguridad nacional de EE. UU. y señaló que los subproductos del fosfogesso contienen cantidades significativas de elementos de tierras raras (ETR), lo que ofrece una posible fuente doméstica de ETR para tecnologías de defensa y energía limpia.
The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)가 미국 내무부의 2025년 11월 6일 발표로 인산염과 질산염을 미국의 핵심 광물 목록에 추가한 결정에 환영의 뜻을 나타냈습니다.
부처의 지정은 연방 정책, 투자 우선순위 및 허가를 가이드하여 국내 광물 공급망을 강화하는 것을 목표로 합니다. Mosaic은 인산염과 질산염이 미국의 식량 생산과 국가 안보를 뒷받침하며, 포스포겜(Gypsum) 부산물이 의미 있는 양의 희토류 원소(REEs)를 함유하고 있어 방위 및 친환경 기술에 대한 국내 REE 공급원을 제공할 가능성이 있음을 지적했습니다.
The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) a accueilli la décision du 6 novembre 2025 du Département de l'Intérieur des États-Unis d'ajouter le phosphate et le potasse à la liste américaine des minéraux critiques.
Cette désignation vise à orienter la politique fédérale, les priorités d'investissement et les autorisations afin de renforcer les chaînes d'approvisionnement enminéraux domestiques. Mosaic a souligné que le phosphate et le potasse soutiennent la production alimentaire américaine et la sécurité nationale et a noté que les sous-produits du phosphogypse contiennent des quantités significatives d'éléments des terres rares (ETR), offrant une source domestique potentielle d'ETR pour les technologies de défense et d'énergie propre.
Die Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) begrüßte die Entscheidung des US-Interior-Departments vom 6. November 2025, Phosphat und Potash in die US-Liste kritischer Mineralien aufzunehmen.
Diese Abteilungsfestlegung zielt darauf ab, die US-Bundespolitik, Investitionsprioritäten und Genehmigungen zu lenken, um die heimischen Mineralienversorgungsketten zu stärken. Mosaic hob hervor, dass Phosphat und Potash die US-Lebensmittelproduktion und die nationale Sicherheit unterstützen und wies darauf hin, dass Nebenprodukte von Phosphogyps eine bedeutsame Menge an Seltenen Erden (REEs) enthalten, was eine potenzielle inländische Quelle für REE für Verteidigungs- und saubere Energietechnologien darstellt.
شركة Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) ترحب بقرار وزارة الداخلية الأمريكية بتاريخ 6 نوفمبر 2025 بإضافة الفوسفات والبوتاس إلى قائمة المعادن الحرجة الأمريكية.
تهدف designation الوزارة إلى توجيه السياسة الفيدرالية وأولويات الاستثمار والتصاريح من أجل تعزيز سلاسل امداد المعادن المحلية. أشارت Mosaic إلى أن الفوسفات والبوتاس يدعمان الإنتاج الغذائي الأميركي والأمن القومي، وذكرت أن المنتجات الثانوية من فوسفوغس تحتوي على كميات كبيرة من عناصر الأرض النادرة (REEs)، مما يوفر مصدرًا محليًا محتملاً لهذه العناصر للتكنولوجيا الدفاعية والطاقة النظيفة.
- Phosphate and potash added to Critical Minerals List on Nov 6, 2025
- Phosphogypsum contains meaningful amounts of rare earth elements
- Designation informs federal policy, permitting, and investment priorities
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Mosaic welcomes a U.S. policy move that formally recognizes phosphate and potash as critical to food and national security.
Designating phosphate and potash as critical minerals anchors federal attention on their supply chains and makes these materials more central to policy, investment priorities, and permitting processes as described by the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey. Mosaic highlights the operational link: its fertilizer business produces phosphate and potash and a byproduct, phosphogypsum, that contains recoverable rare earth elements the announcement identifies as strategically valuable.
The designation reduces regulatory ambiguity around strategic importance but depends on follow‑through in federal policy, funding, and permitting to change economics or project timelines; the company also notes ongoing research into responsible recovery of rare earths from byproducts, which will determine practical value. Key items to watch are Department of the Interior policy updates and guidance stemming from the
TAMPA, FL / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) welcomed the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision on November 6, 2025 to add phosphate and potash to the nation's Critical Minerals List, recognizing their essential role in U.S. food production and national security.
"Phosphate and potash production is critical to food security, and food security is national security," said Bruce Bodine, President and CEO of The Mosaic Company. "These designations rightly recognize the strategic value of domestic phosphate and potash production, not just for farmers, but for the entire country." According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Department of the Interior's Critical Minerals List serves as a strategic tool to strengthen national mineral supply chains. It informs federal policy, investment priorities, and permitting processes aimed at enhancing economic resilience and national security.
Phosphate and potash underpin the nation's ability to produce food efficiently and sustainably. As essential nutrients in fertilizer, they support the crops that feed families, livestock, and industries across the country. A stable domestic supply helps protect America's food system from global market disruptions, so that U.S. agriculture, and by extension, the nation's economy and security, remain strong.
The decision to designate phosphate as a critical mineral also highlights the broader strategic value of its byproducts. Potash and phosphate are but two critical minerals present in Mosaic's fertilizer production. A production byproduct, phosphogypsum (PG), contains meaningful amounts of five rare earth elements (REEs) which also are critical minerals. All are critical to the nation's defense, energy, and technology sectors. Phosphate fertilizer production yields enough of these materials to serve as a meaningful domestic source in meeting U.S. demand.
Mosaic is supporting ongoing research into the responsible recovery of these materials from its byproducts. Rare earth elements are vital to technologies such as AI computing, electric vehicle batteries, missile guidance systems, and clean energy infrastructure, while uranium remains essential to clean nuclear power, a cornerstone of U.S. energy independence.
Potash and phosphate's designation as a critical mineral reinforces their role at the foundation of American agriculture and the industries that depend on it. From strengthening the nation's food supply chain to supporting emerging technologies, phosphate remains essential to both economic stability and national security, an area where Mosaic continues to lead through responsible production and innovation.
About The Mosaic Company
The Mosaic Company is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. Through its Mosaic Biosciences platform, the company is also advancing the next generation biological solutions to help farmers improve nutrient use efficiency and crop performance sustainably. Mosaic provides a single-source supply of phosphate, potash, and biological products for the global agriculture industry. More information on the company is available at www.mosaicco.com.
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