Debt IR: ‘As we’re not listed, we can be objective in our vision of the market,’ says manager of largest phosphate reserve

Morocco controls around 70 percent of the world’s phosphate, a vital ingredient in the miracle fertilizers that have made modern agriculture possible. Those reserves are managed by state-owned OCP Group, where Ghita Laraki is busy building relationships with ratings agencies and bondholders at the 100-year-old company. Phosphate is the natural source of phosphorous, an element that provides a quarter of all the nutrients that plants need for their growth and development. Phosphorous – first