Gantour is made up of two mining facilities, Benguerir and Youssoufia and holds the second largest amount of Morocco's phosphate reserves, 37% of the total. (wikipedia.org)
Since Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the endorsement of Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara has been reiterated. (atlasofwars.com)
Former colonizer of the territory, Spain, which had handed over the territory of Western Sahara to the invading Moroccan forces in 1975, once again in March 2022 rescinded recognition of SADR and accepted Morocco's claim of sovereignty over the territory. (atlasofwars.com)
Support1
The occupying power has received key gestures of support from Western powers since fighting resumed, which many argue has emboldened it even further. (atlasofwars.com)
Phosphorus3
In China , many phosphoric acid (PA) manufacturers are traditional phosphorus chemical enterprises. (cnchemicals.com)
Phosphorus and phosphates number among the so-called strategic material resources - the Commission of the EU added phosphorite to the list of twenty critical feed resources in the European Union as long ago as 2014, and demand has already increased enormously due, even alone, to the drastic rise in the global population. (recovery-worldwide.com)
Nowadays, 90 % of global phosphorus production is used for the making of fertilisers (global production of phosphate fertilisers: 42 million t/a) [2], the more so, in view of the great expansion of its potential applications arising from the cultivation of bio-fuel crops. (recovery-worldwide.com)
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In 2016, the mine produced 18.9MT of Phosphate Rock, or 70% of the total group output. (wikipedia.org)
In 2016, the mines' produced 6.3MT of Phosphate Rock, representing 23% of the group's total output. (wikipedia.org)
During the past decade, China has overtaken the USA and Morocco, the previous largest producers of phosphorite, simultaneously raising its market share of total mined production to 56 % in 2016 [1]. (recovery-worldwide.com)
Export1
Transportation of the phosphate to the port of Casablanca also started in 1921, allowing the first export of phosphate that year. (wikipedia.org)
Production3
Mining production began in 1921, when it began extracting phosphate rock at its first mine in Khouribga. (wikipedia.org)
The construction of the purified phosphoric acid plant was launched in Jorf Lasfar in 1996 and started production in 1998. (wikipedia.org)
The Group's activities are organised into an integrated model covering all operations of the value chain from the extraction of phosphates to the production and marketing of various products including fertilizers and phosphoric acid. (wikipedia.org)
Industrial1
Founded in 1920, the company has grown to become the world's largest producer of phosphate and phosphate-based products and it is one of the largest phosphate, fertilizer, Chemicals and Mineral industrial companies in the world by revenue. (wikipedia.org)
Market1
The company holds a 31% market share of the world phosphate product market. (wikipedia.org)
China1
Deposits are found in only a few countries: around 80 % of world reserves are located in Morocco, Western Sahara, China, South Africa and Jordan, as is also demonstrated by the latest figures published by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Fig. 1). (recovery-worldwide.com)
Reserves2
OCP has access to more than 70% of the world's phosphate rock reserves. (wikipedia.org)
Gantour is made up of two mining facilities, Benguerir and Youssoufia and holds the second largest amount of Morocco's phosphate reserves, 37% of the total. (wikipedia.org)
World1
The Khouribga area has the richest phosphate deposits in the world. (wikipedia.org)
Largest1
Initially a mining company, OCP diversified in 1965 to become a phosphate processor, making it the world's largest fertilizer manufacturer. (wikipedia.org)
Important1
The OCP Group plays an important economic and social role in Morocco. (wikipedia.org)