Life cycle assessment of phosphate mining and beneficiation in Morocco: Performance evaluation.

Phosphorus is the corner stone of global food security, with no alternative to its critical role in agriculture and other applications. Most of it is sourced from phosphate rock, yet the environmental impacts of its mining and processing are not comprehensively documented. This study provides a life cycle assessment (LCA) of phosphate rock mining and beneficiation in Morocco, focusing on one of the largest sites in the Gantour basin.