# Morocco's phosphate drive

> OCP awarded Worley Chemetics a contract for three greenfield sulphuric acid plants for its Mzinda Phosphate Hub in Morocco. Additional TSP capacity is under construction at Jorf Lasfar and the Mzinda project will add about 4 million tonnes of TSP capacity by 2028-29.

- Date: 2024-12-17 · published 2024-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Morocco · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27275-morocco-s-phosphate-drive
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding phosphate capacity is a medium-term bearish factor for phosphate prices, though the new plants will not arrive until later in the decade.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- TSP: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2026-06-30 | [US to suspend some duties on phosphate fertilizer from Morocco \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19130-us-to-suspend-some-duties-on-phosphate-fertilizer-from-morocco-reuters.md) | 0.0% | +4.3% |
| DAP | 2026-04-29 | [US Senators Introduce Bill to Scrap Phosphate Duties on Morocco \| Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20047-us-senators-introduce-bill-to-scrap-phosphate-duties-on-morocco-senator-cindy.md) | +4.5% | +6.9% |
| DAP | 2022-06-29 | [Federal Judge Questions Mosaic's Phosphate Market Dominance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41240-federal-judge-questions-mosaic-s-phosphate-market-dominance.md) | -4.5% | -0.1% |
| DAP | 2026-02-01 | [US to review tariffs on Moroccan, Russian phosphate fertilizer imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21375-us-to-review-tariffs-on-moroccan-russian-phosphate-fertilizer-imports.md) | +1.2% | +3.7% |
| DAP | 2026-01-26 | [U.S. set to review tariffs on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers, signaling relief for American farmers - The Morocco Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21376-u-s-set-to-review-tariffs-on-moroccan-phosphate-fertilizers-signaling-relief.md) | +0.4% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- linkedin.com: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moroccos-phosphate-drive-sulphur-magazine-mbrfe

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