OCP is the world's largest producer of phosphate-based fertilisers, with average annual output of approximately 15m tons. Its upstream operations produce 50m tons of phosphate rock each year, feeding a value chain that spans processing, advanced chemistry and customised plant nutrition solutions. It was founded in 1920 as a state-owned entity, and in 2008 became a joint-stock company in which the Moroccan state holds a majority stake. It has moved beyond the extraction and export of phosphate rock to build a fully integrated fertiliser and plant nutrition industry, delivering resilient growth for Morocco, Africa and the world.
The company tells African Business : "OCP has transformed itself into an integrated industrial player positioned to confront key global challenges such as food security and climate change. This shift is the product of long-term investment, strategic pragmatism, technological ambition and a conviction that Africa can be not only a supplier of raw materials, but also a generator of knowledge, innovation and high-value industrial solutions. In this model, mining, processing, customised plant nutrition, advanced chemistry and applied research are not discrete activities, but interconnected and transformative industrial processes that reinforce one another."
OCP Group comprises more than 100 entities, subsidiaries and joint ventures, including partnerships with leading manufacturing and engineering players. It says it has been supported by a strengthened governance framework built around a professional board of directors, specialised committees and independent oversight bodies and that it emphasises ethics, transparency, accountability and operational independence as core principles guiding decision-making.
