Located on the Atlantic coast,
20 km to the South-West of El Jadida, the Jorf Lasfar industrial complex started
production in 1986. This new unit allowed OCP Group to double its phosphate processing
capacity. The site was selected for its multiple advantages: nearness of the mining areas,
availability of a deep water port, access to substantial water reserves and availability
of land for future extensions.
This unit, which covers an area of 1,700 hectares, produces annually 2 million tons P2O5
in the form of phosphoric acid, requiring 7.7 million tons of phosphate rock mined out of
Khouribga deposits, 2 million tons of sulphur and 0.5 million tons of ammonia. The energy
requirements of the complex are met thanks to a 111 MW power station using recovered heat.
The Jorf Lasfar complex is
composed of three entities, including the Maroc Phosphore III-IV unit which was created in
1986. With the construction in 1997 of the Emaphos plant, in partnership with Prayon
(Belgium) and CFB (Germany), OCP Group entered a new era of diversification of its
finished products by producing a high value added acid, i.e. purified phosphoric acid. Two
years later, the commissioning of Imacid, a partnership with Indian Birla Group, enabled
it to increase its phosphoric acid production capacity by 25% on the Jorf Lasfar site.
Maroc Phosphore
III-IV has an annual production capacity of 1.4 million tons P2O5 of
phosphoric acid, 850,000 tons of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and 850,000 tons equivalent
DAP of other fertilizers.
The sulphuric acid
plant has 6 production units of 2,650 tons per day. The process used is double absorption
Monsanto. The phosphoric acid plant is composed of 8 phosphate rock crushing units, 8
lines of 29% P2O5 phosphoric acid, 20 concentration units, 8
clarification units, 4 54% P2O5 acid filtration units, as well as a
pre-treatment unit. Manufacturing is made according to the French Rhone-Poulenc process.
The
fertilizer plant includes 4 DAP production units, of which 2 can also produce TSP,
granulated MAP and NPK (for the local market). The basic process used is AZF double
tubular reactor for DAP and AZF agitated tank with slurry pumping for TSP. This process
was replaced by the pre-neutralizer and tubular reactor Jacobs process as part of the
revamping programme.