OCP Group

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• Did you know2023

  OCP Group — the world's largest phosphate fertilizer company, controlling 70% of global proven phosphate reserves — is now positioning as a critical supplier for EV lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cathodes. Phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) produced at OCP's Jorf Lasfar complex is the starting material for LFP cathode synthesis. OCP has announced partnerships with Chinese battery manufacturers including BYD and CNGR Advanced Material to build LFP cathode precursor production facilities in Morocco, near OCP's existing phosphoric acid production. Morocco would thus control the phosphate supply chain for both: (1) global crop nutrition (DAP/MAP fertilizers) and (2) LFP batteries for the global EV fleet. The same Moroccan desert deposits that feed crops globally will also power electric vehicles — and OCP intends to capture both flows.

  OCP Group SA ↗

• Capacity2021

  Morocco's Bou Craa phosphate mine (operated by OCP) sits in the Western Sahara — a territory whose sovereignty is disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (backed by Algeria and Polisario Front). European and South African courts have ruled that OCP cannot legally export phosphate from Bou Craa under EU-Morocco and SA-Morocco trade agreements without the consent of the Sahrawi people. In 2021, the European Court of Justice ruled that the EU-Morocco agricultural and fisheries agreements do not apply to Western Sahara. In practice, Morocco continues to mine and export Bou Craa phosphate — but the legal exposure represents a structural risk to OCP's supply chain. If the Western Sahara legal dispute escalates, Morocco's control over ~70% of global phosphate reserves could be challenged by the separation of Bou Craa (~10% of OCP production) from Moroccan jurisdiction.

  Western Sahara Resource Watch ↗

• Concentration2020

  Morocco's OCP Group controls approximately 70% of the world's proven phosphate rock reserves — a resource essential for fertilizer production that ultimately underpins all plant-based protein (soybean, corn) used in animal feed. OCP holds 31% of the global phosphate product market and 54% of global phosphoric acid trade. No other country or company comes close; the second-largest phosphate reserve country (China) has ~5%. Morocco's phosphate deposits are estimated to last 1,300+ years at current extraction rates — permanently structural market power.

  UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (OPF Global) ↗

• Origin2023

  OCP Group (Office Chérifien des Phosphates) was established by Morocco in 1920 during the French Protectorate period — a state mining company created to exploit Morocco's vast phosphate deposits discovered near Khouribga. Morocco's phosphate geology is an accident of the Cretaceous-Paleocene ocean: Morocco was covered by a shallow sea where billions of marine organisms deposited phosphate-rich sediment over millions of years, creating the world's most concentrated phosphate mineral resource. OCP built a remarkable industrial infrastructure: a 187km slurry pipeline from Khouribga mines to the Atlantic coast processing complex at Jorf Lasfar — the cheapest phosphate transport in the world, using gravity and water to move ore. OCP is 100% owned by the Moroccan state; the phosphate sector accounts for ~30% of Morocco's export revenues.

  OCP Group SA ↗