The following letter was published in Wauchula hometown newspaper, The Herald Advocate, April 3, 2012….
April 1, 2012
Dear Editor,
The lawsuit filed by FINR against CF Industries as reported in your March 29, 2012 edition (FINR Sues CF – Wants Quarter-Mile Setback) spotlights the conflict inherent in land-use for phosphate mining as opposed to other more desirable [...]

The attached article appeared on the front page of our local newspaper, The Hardee County Herald Advocate. Since the HA does not have an on-line presence I had to clip the article out and scan it.
The gist of it is that FINR, the Florida Institute for Neurological Rehabilitation, (largest employer in Hardee County) is suing [...]

Manatee Planning Commission Recommends Duette Phosphate Expansion
Published Friday, January 13, 2012 2:11 am
by John Rehill
BRADENTON — At the Planning Commission meeting Thursday, the seats were full of Mosaic suits. They were there to explain why they should be allowed to mine a 660 acre expansion to the Wingate mine, located in eastern Manatee County. 
Many environmental [...]

Manatee phosphate mine expansion advances
By Halle Stockton
Published: Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 4:10 p.m.
MANATEE COUNTY – Mosaic Fertilizer plans to expand its phosphate mining operations on more than 3,000 acres of Duette pastureland, east of an existing 7,300-acre tract that has been mined since the 1970s.
But while the new land is tied up in a [...]

Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:33 AM

Judge won’t delay phosphate mining halt
http://www.capitalpress.com/newest/mp-mosaic-legal-update-011312
A federal judge has refused to postpone an order that has blocked extraction from a major U.S. phosphate mine.
The Mosaic Co.’s South Fort Meade mine, which represent 20 percent of U.S. phosphate production, was shut down earlier this year by a federal judge in [...]

Let’s keep our eye on “Streamsong.” My prediction is that this project may turn out to be the biggest Florida boondoggle in history – a private golf course resort for the 1% smack in the heart of the “Dead Zone.”
Merry Christmas All!
Mosaic hires PCL as general contractor for Streamsong
Tampa Bay Business Journal by Margaret Cashill, [...]

This article by John Rehill of The Bradenton Times casts aspersions on Hardee County’s Economic Development Authority – the same entity that agreed to $42 million in mitigation funds for a permit to mine the S. Ft. Meade Mine Extension.
How to Take Down a Town
The Bradenton Times
Published Friday, December 16, 2011 2:20 am
by John [...]

Big challenges ahead for fertilizer firms
Peter Koven  Nov 25, 2011 – 9:00 AM ET | Last Updated: Nov 25, 2011 3:32 PM ET
http://business.financialpost.com/2011/11/25/big-challenges-ahead-for-fertilizer-firms/
Fertilizer equities have experienced a pullback in recent weeks. And if RBC Capital Markets analyst Adam Schatzker is right, there could be more weakness to come. He identified a couple of major issues these [...]

Uranium Mining – The Virginia Battleground – Environmental Concerns vs. Corporate Interests
Part Two
“Don’t let them get a foothold. They take over the politics. They take over the land. They take over the courts. They take over the environment. They’re like a cancer and can’t be stopped.”
Linda Young, director of the Clean Water Network of [...]

Tampa crane operator seriously injured after dock collapses under him
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/tampa-crane-operator-seriously-injured-after-dock-collapses-under-him/1200698
By Stephanie Wang, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 08:08 PM
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A crane operator was seriously injured Tuesday evening after a dock under the machinery collapsed, authorities said.
Fire-rescue crews found a 40-foot-tall rail crane, used to load phosphate onto ships, tilted on its side over the water [...]