Rare Earth Mining Project
The Khouribga phosphate mining district in Beni Mellal-Khenifra Province, Morocco, is the world's largest phosphate mining complex, operated by OCP Group. The district produces over 20 million tonnes of phosphate rock per year, processed into phosphoric acid and fertilizers at Jorf Lasfar industrial hub. The phosphoric acid production process co-generates vast volumes of phosphogypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) waste, which concentrates the rare earth elements (La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd) originally present in the sedimentary phosphate rock at 500-800 ppm TREO. OCP has partnered with Prayon (Belgium) and initiated pilots to recover REOs from its phosphogypsum stockpiles. Successful REE recovery from Khouribga phosphogypsum would represent one of the world's largest untapped secondary REE sources, with global phosphogypsum containing an estimated 100,000+ tonnes of REO in accessible stockpiles.
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