the Office chérifien des phosphates.

The OCP Group started its activity of extracting phosphate and the shipment processing of
phosphate on March 1, 1921, when the first mine in Boujniba in the Khouribga area, the richest
phosphate deposits in the world, was opened. Transporting the phosphate to the port of
Casablanca started in that year, allowing the first export of phosphate on July 27, 1921.
Subsequently, OCP opened three other mining sites known as Benguérir, Boucraâ-Laayoune
and Youssoufia.
Production gradually increased to 5 million tonnes in 1954. Since then, production has
continued to expand, exceeding the 10 million tonnes threshold in 1964 and 20 million tonnes
in 1979.Between 1951 and 1961 drying and calcination plants were established in the
Khouribga and Youssoufia areas. In 1962, the OCP Group established a "Customer Care Service"
consisting of engineers and technicians who travel the world with a mission to monitor the use
of phosphates that have been delivered to customers in order to constantly improve the
qualities produced in accordance with the evolution of processing techniques.To continue its
growth and to win new international markets, the OCP Group created Morocco Chemicals in
1965. The company is responsible for the production of different products derived from
phosphate with a plant built in Safi. The first exports of phosphate derivatives began that
year.In 2014, the OCP Group inaugurated the pipeline linking Khouribga to Jorf Lasfar, a
technological advancement in the transportation of phosphates.
In 1975, the Office chérifien des phosphates became the OCP Groupie the following years, the
OCP Group invested in the creation of new production lines, especially in Jorf Lasfar, where the
construction of a new chemical complex began in 1982. These new industrial structures for the
production of sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid would become effective in 1986, followed by
the production lines for fertilizer in 1987.In 1994, the OCP Group started a new mining project
in Sidi Chennane in the Khouribga area. The construction of the purified phosphoric acid plant
was launched in Jorf Lasfar in 1996 and effectively started in 1998.In 2008, the OCP Group
became a limited company.To date, 95% of the OCP Group is owned by the state and 5% by the
Banque Centrale Populaire.

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