Morocco’s OCP to produce 3 million tonnes of green fertilisers by 2027

In 2023, OCP said it will invest $12 billion to power its industrial plants with renewable energy by 2027

Un vehículo transporta fosfato sin tratar después de ser abandonado en una montaña en una mina de fosfato en la fábrica de Boucraa de la Compañía Nacional Marroquí de Fosfato (OCP) situada en las provincias del sur, a 100 km al suroeste de la ciudad de El Aaiún - REUTERS/YOUSSEF BOULLAL — A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being abandoned on a mountain in a phosphate mine at the Moroccan National Phosphate Company's (OCP) Boucraa factory in the southern provinces, 100 km southwest of the city of Laayoune - REUTERS/YOUSSEF BOULLAL

24/05/25

Moroccan phosphates and fertilisers producer OCP plans to produce three million metric tonnes of fertilisers using renewable energy by 2027 to reduce its carbon footprint, a managing director at the company, Ahmed Mahrou, said on Wednesday.

In 2023, OCP said it will invest $12 billion to power its industrial plants with renewable energy by 2027. It also aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.

Last year, the state-owned group produced 14 million tonnes of phosphate-based fertilisers.

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