2016 Fall Winter Issue

Fertilizer giant OCP integrates growth with environmental, social stewardship

How do you manage major expansion while supporting natural and human resources? For the Moroccan company OCP Group, the question has become a guiding principle in all its business activities. In the port city of Jorf Lasfar, the site of a large-scale expansion project involving the development of 10 integrated fertilizer units, OCP prioritizes a strategy that combines increased production with careful preservation and social development. With almost a century of expertise, OCP Group is the world leader in the phosphates market and phosphate derivatives. According to the U.S. Geological Survey of January 2016, 73 percent of the world’s reserves of phosphate are in Morocco. By 2025, the company plans to invest about $21 billion USD in its phosphate operations, with a large portion allotted to the Jorf Lasfar plants. Each of the 10 units will be capable of producing 1 million tons of fertilizer per year.

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