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EU war on cadmium takes toll on phosphate sector

The provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and the European Council of Ministers to cap cadmium content in phosphate [...]

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Foskor
Groupe chimique tunisien
Industries Chimiques du Senegal
Itafos
OCP
Societe Nouvelle des Phosphates du Togo
Somiphos

Spotlight | Morocco, United States
Morocco's OCP brings in new recruits to boost its North American fertiliser sales

Moroccan fertiliser giant OCP, which is facing competition in its African "home" market and regulatory problems in Europe, is expanding its management team in the United States in a bid to find new outlets and increase its sales in both the US and Canada.

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OCP phosphate mine at Boucraa, in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Ethiopia, Morocco
OCP to mine Ethiopian phosphate

Ethiopian soil is rich in phosphate and OCP, the biggest exporter of phosphate in the world, will soon be transforming [...]

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French investors eager to find phosphate opportunities in country

Business France, the government-run agency that promotes French companies and [...]

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The OCP loses first round of cadmium war in Brussels

Phospahtes giant OCP is readying itself with some nervousness for [...]

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OCP prepares cadmium offensive in Brussels

After the tug of war over the Morocco-EU agricultural agreement (MC 1237), it is now the turn of phosphates giant [...]

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DMT in quest for North African phosphate properties

The mining division of the German engineering consultancy firm DMT [...]

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Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Sofitex: Yameogo could switch to an entirely new fertilizer game

The dismissal of Bernard Zougouri as boss of Sofitex (Societe des Fibres Textiles, AMI 365) in late March could well usher in a new chapter concerning the supply of fertiliser to Burkina Faso. Wilfried Yameogo, who was asked to take [.

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Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI takes back charge of Sahara question

By reorganizing his foreign affairs team on February 7, Mohammed VI ("M6") hopes to regain the initiative on the key Western Sahara question, on which Morocco is currently marking time. New junior foreign minister Nasser Bourita will have no difficulty [.

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Spotlight | Senegal
Mimran seeks to make inroad into phosphate market

The Mimran group is pushing ahead with its plan to diversify into mining (AMI 354, AMI 350) and is expected to acquire a stake in Avenira (formerly Minemakers) in coming days. Its aim is to grab a piece of Senegal’s [.

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Souid faces uphill task to revive phosphates branch

Named the new chief executive of Compagnie des Phosphates de Gafsa (CPG) and the Groupe Chimique Tunisien (GCT, a fertiliser producer) in December, Romdhane Souid has a lot of work cut out for him to revive an industry battered by [.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa
EU war on cadmium takes toll on phosphate sector

Spotlight | Morocco, United States
Morocco's OCP brings in new recruits to boost its North American fertiliser sales

Ethiopia, Morocco
OCP to mine Ethiopian phosphate

Algeria
French investors eager to find phosphate opportunities in country

Morocco
The OCP loses first round of cadmium war in Brussels

Morocco
OCP prepares cadmium offensive in Brussels

North Africa
DMT in quest for North African phosphate properties

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Sofitex: Yameogo could switch to an entirely new fertilizer game

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI takes back charge of Sahara question

Spotlight | Senegal
Mimran seeks to make inroad into phosphate market

Spotlight | Tunisia
Souid faces uphill task to revive phosphates branch