Khouribga

Morocco · Open pit

Opened: 1921
Region: Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Status: Active
Country: Morocco
Type: Open pit
Latitude: 32.88
Longitude: -6.9

Notes

The largest phosphate mine on Earth; Morocco and Western Sahara hold around 70 % of the world's phosphate rock, and the ore travels 187 km to the coast as slurry in a pipeline.

Commodities

Phosphorus

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Phosphorus

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