FILE - This July 16, 2009 file photo shows Waste rock at the defunct South Maybe Mine, an Agrium Inc.-owned site being managed under federal Superfund authority, in Soda Springs, Idaho. Federal ...

SODA SPRINGS, Idaho (KIFI) — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement that analyzes a plan submitted by Itafos Conda, LLC for the proposed ...

Federal officials have approved two open-pit phosphate mines in East Idaho that include environmental protections intended to prevent the type of pollution caused by past phosphate mining in the area.

SODA SPRINGS, Idaho (BLM Press Release) — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District is preparing an environmental impact statement to address a mine and reclamation plan submitted by ...

Despite boasting a relatively modest share of global mineralization, North America has long been a leading phosphate rock and fertilizer producing jurisdiction. While sliding phosphate prices have ...

Popularly used as a chemical agent in fertilizers, phosphate is a high-demand mineral. There are 27 phosphate mines in Florida, but only nine are currently active, according to the Florida Department ...

(CN) - Four Florida-based environmental groups sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hoping to stop a large expansion of phosphate ...

At the construction entrance to the Piney Point phosphate plant - off Buckeye Road in northern Manatee County, just south of the Hillsborough County line - the smell of phosphate and gypsum hangs ...

Phosphate mining is a major industry in Florida, but it’s also a major source of pollution, responsible for red tide, toxic algal blooms and killing wildlife. In the northern part of the state, ...

DOVER, Fla — Two bills winding through Tallahassee would give legal protections to landowners of former phosphate mines. But critics, including homeowners near shuttered mines, fear it will ramp up ...

The bill would create a new legal shield for people who own former phosphate mining land. It helps owners remove what's ...