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JUL 2017

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PHOSPHATE 48 E&MJ; • JULY 2017 www.e-mj.com an optimal, environmental-friendly ener- gy mix resulting in significant CO 2 emis- sion reductions and achieving full energy self-sufficiency." The Analysts' Viewpoint OCP's target of doubling its raw mate- rials output and tripling its added-value products capacity by 2025 has to be seen in the context of its potential im- pact on the wider phosphate industry. E&MJ; asked representatives from two leading commodities research firms how the market is likely to fare over the next few years. From Fertecon, phosphate analyst Al- berto Persona pointed out that the devel- opment of new capacity in North Africa (including at OCP) and the Middle East comes at a time when demand in India, a key import market, is still uncertain. "India is still sitting comfortably on sig- nificant stockpiles of phosphate fertiliz- ers purchased during previous crop years, and is in no rush to come to the market in the short term, while at the same time the government aims to revise the struc- ture of payments for its fertilizer subsidy scheme," he said. "Although demand in the West, east- ern Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia is positive, this is not enough to compensate for the sheer volume of new phosphate One of the deep cone thickeners that FLSmidth designed to fit in between the phosphate concentrate slurry terminal at Jorf Lasfar and one of OCP's phosphoric acid production units.

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