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The Moroccan OCP Group loaded a phosphate rock ship at Port El Aaiún without human contact, using drones to monitor the operation and experts to inspect the holds remotely. The step is part of its digitalization project and aims to keep operations running during the coronavirus pandemic.
Keeping OCP's loading running during the pandemic supports steady phosphate rock shipments, which limits near-term supply disruption. The impact on prices is minor because the operation continued as normal.
fertilizerdaily.comElena ShalashnikApr 21, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
