Producer
OCP Group
World's largest phosphate rock producer and exporter; also largest single consumer of sulfuric acid globally. Consumed 11.3M MT H2SO4 in 2023 — equivalent to all of Germany's sulfuric acid output — to produce phosphate fertilizer at Jorf Lasfar complex. In January 2025 announced $1.2B investment to expand H2SO4 and fertilizer capacity. Produces H2SO4 on-site by burning imported elemental sulfur (shipped from Middle East producers and refineries). Morocco holds ~70% of global phosphate reserves.
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5 inputs OCP Group supplies
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mineral
Phosphate Rock (Sedimentary Apatite) →
mineral
Phosphate Rock (Fluorapatite Ore) →
chemical
Sulfuric Acid (H₂SO₄) for Phosphate Fertilizer Production →
chemical
Sulfuric Acid (Wet Process Phosphoric Acid) →
chemical
Battery-Grade Phosphoric Acid (LFP Cathode Precursor) →
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Where they make it
3 facilities
OCP Jorf Lasfar Industrial Complex →
MAmanufacturing
World's largest phosphate processing complex — 24 phosphoric acid lines, 10 DAP/MAP fertilizer lines, sulfuric acid units. Located on Atlantic coast south of Casablanca. Produces ~8 Mt/year of phosphate products. The single largest phosphate processing site globally.
OCP Jorf Lasfar Industrial Complex — Morocco →
MAJorf Lasfar, El Jadida Province · manufacturing
World's largest single phosphate processing complex. Receives phosphate slurry from Khouribga via 175km pipeline. Houses multiple sulfuric acid plants (burning imported elemental sulfur), phosphoric acid plants, and fertilizer granulation. Consumed 11.3M MT H2SO4 in 2023. Atlantic port access for importing sulfur and exporting fertilizers. OCP's $1.2B expansion (announced Jan 2025) will add further H2SO4 and fertilizer capacity here.
OCP Khouribga Mining Complex — Morocco →
MAmining
World's largest phosphate mining operation. Phosphate slurry pipeline to Jorf Lasfar processing complex (175km). Khouribga phosphate basin holds the world's richest deposits. Multiple open-pit and underground mines. OCP also operates Gantour (Youssoufia/Benguerir) and Boucraâ (Western Sahara) mining complexes.
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Phosphate Rock Mining (70% of Global Reserves)
30%Phosphoric Acid (Jorf Lasfar)
28%DAP/MAP Fertilizers
25%LFP Battery Supply Chain (Strategic)
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Concentration2025
Morocco (through OCP Group) controls approximately 70% of global phosphate rock reserves — over 50 billion tonnes of confirmed deposits. No other country comes close: the next-largest reserves are in China (~5%) and Algeria (~3%). This reserve dominance means that even if Morocco's current 14% production share were disrupted, the long-run structural dependency of global agriculture on Moroccan phosphate is irreplaceable on any 50-year planning horizon.
U.S. Geological Survey ↗Origin2024
OCP Group operates the Bou Craa phosphate mine in Western Sahara — a territory that Morocco annexed in 1975 but whose sovereignty remains disputed under international law (UN considers it a non-self-governing territory; 80+ countries do not recognize Moroccan sovereignty). OCP exports Western Sahara phosphate on Moroccan-flagged ships; multiple international port authorities and activist groups have blocked or protested shipments. The ~4% of global phosphate production from Western Sahara thus carries ongoing legal and reputational risk for phosphate buyers.
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) ↗Did you know2025
Morocco and OCP Group are practicing 'phosphate diplomacy' — using control of 70% of global phosphate reserves as a geopolitical instrument to forge alliances across Africa. OCP has grown from zero African market share to 54% of Africa's fertilizer market, offering preferential supply terms, joint ventures, and agricultural development programs in exchange for diplomatic partnerships. Morocco's phosphate influence in Africa is analogous to OPEC's oil influence globally, but with a key difference: the resource is irreplaceable and finite for recipients, while Morocco's reserves last 1,300+ years. A country that controls the food production inputs for a continent has a new class of strategic leverage.
Africa at LSE (London School of Economics) ↗Capacity2023
OCP Group's 2023-2027 investment plan commits $13 billion to expand phosphate and fertilizer production capacity in Morocco — the largest capital investment in Moroccan history. The plan aims to triple OCP's fertilizer production capacity from 12 million to 33 million tonnes by 2027, targeting new markets in Africa, Brazil, and India. OCP's Jorf Lasfar hub is the world's largest integrated fertilizer industrial complex; its Khouribga mining basin is the world's largest open-pit phosphate mine system. This expansion would further concentrate global fertilizer supply under Moroccan control at exactly the moment when US and European phosphate reserves are depleting.
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