VOL. XLVI

No 25

23-June-2003

MOROCCO

Moroccos OCP To Build New Fertilizer Plant, Boost DAP Output By 50%

Moroccan phosphate producer Office Cherifienne des Phosphates (OCP) announced on 12 June that it plans to build a new $85mn fertilizer plant to increase its output of diammonium phosphate (DAP) to 3mn tons/year from the present level of 2mn t/y. The plant, for which US firm Jacobs Engineering has already won the basic engineering contract, is scheduled to be complete by 2005 and will be located...