Alexandra Feytis
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| Panelists discuss the phosphate industry’s future at Symphos, Morocco, in May. |
Morocco’s Office Cherifien des Phosphate (OCP), the world’s leading phosphate producer, organised last month in Marrakech, Morocco, its first international symposium on innovation and technology in the phosphate industry (Symphos - see p. 21). The move is part of OCP’s strategy to transform the company from a technical organisation into an industrial multinational.
Amar Drissi, executive vice president and chief operating officer, talked to IM about the decision to create Symphos, the recent developments at OCP and about the changes that the phosphate industry will have to face.Why did you decide to create Symphos?The phosphate sector has been pretty flat for 30 years. To be frank, it was pretty dull. Lack of innovation and investment were the biggest problems. Since the new developments in the phosphate sector...