# OCP: Koch Gets Brussels Green Light for Second Plant at Jorf Lasfar

> The European Commission has approved US firm Koch's acquisition of a 50% stake in Jorf Fertilizers Company I (JFC1), a unit of Morocco's OCP group at Jorf Lasfar, under a simplified review granted on October 30, 2026. The approval follows a similar clearance in Ukraine on October 29, but further legal and contractual conditions remain before the deal closes. The price and valuation have not been disclosed.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T03:10:55.260Z
- Category: trade · region Morocco · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/76926-ocp-koch-gets-brussels-green-light-for-second-plant-at-jorf-lasfar
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

JFC1 has 1.2 million tonnes a year of phosphate capacity producing DAP and MAP, so joint ownership adds a major phosphate supplier to the global market but is a regulatory step rather than a supply change, leaving near-term phosphate prices largely unaffected.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2022-06-30 | [Koch Industries Complete 50% Acquisition of OCP’s Jorf Fertilizer Company III](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41287-koch-industries-complete-50-acquisition-of-ocp-s-jorf-fertilizer-company-iii.md) | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| DAP | 2020-08-11 | [OCP welcomes growing support for its U.S. fertilizer imports \| OCP GROUP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51938-ocp-welcomes-growing-support-for-its-u-s-fertilizer-imports-ocp-group.md) | +3.4% | +11.1% |
| DAP | 2020-10-15 | [Morocco’s OCP hires US public relations firm FleishmanHillard for trade fight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50936-morocco-s-ocp-hires-us-public-relations-firm-fleishmanhillard-for-trade-fight.md) | +0.1% | -1.7% |
| DAP | 2020-06-25 | [Morocco's OCP to commission Nigeria, Ghana plants in 2024 \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52924-morocco-s-ocp-to-commission-nigeria-ghana-plants-in-2024-reuters.md) | +4.8% | +10.7% |
| DAP | 2023-01-23 | [OCP Group and India enter a strategic partnership to strengthen food security and confirm their common ambition for an innovative and sustainable agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38110-ocp-group-and-india-enter-a-strategic-partnership-to-strengthen-food-security.md) | +1.5% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- infomaroc.net: https://www.infomaroc.net/ocp-koch-obtient-le-feu-vert-de-bruxelles-pour-une-deuxieme-usine-a-jorf-lasfar/

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