Bou Craa

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Bou Craa is a major phosphate-mining site in Western Sahara known for its vast reserves and the long conveyor belt transporting ore to the coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town
phosphate mine
conveyorBeltLength about 100 km
conveyorBeltType overland conveyor belt
country Morocco
discoveredInPeriod 20th century
exportedVia port of El Aaiún
hasClimate arid desert climate
hasConveyorBeltDestination Atlantic Ocean coast
hasConveyorBeltTo El Aaiún
hasEconomicActivity open-pit mining
hasEconomicRole important export site for Morocco
hasEconomicStakeholder Morocco
surface form: Moroccan state

international phosphate buyers
hasEnvironmentalImpact dust emissions
landscape alteration
hasFeature world’s longest conveyor belt
hasGeologicalResource sedimentary phosphorite
hasInfrastructure maintenance facilities
processing facilities
workers’ housing
hasMiningMethod surface mining
hasMiningProduct phosphate rock
hasNearbyInfrastructure industrial airstrip
hasOreTransportMethod continuous belt conveyor
hasOutput phosphate ore for fertilizer production
hasOwner OCP Group
hasPoliticalContext disputed territory of Western Sahara
hasRisk sand accumulation on infrastructure
wind erosion affecting conveyor belt
hasSecurity fenced mining perimeter
military presence
hasStrategicImportance major global phosphate source
hasTransportInfrastructure conveyor belt system
industrial roads
hasWorkingConditions remote industrial site
isMajorSiteForCompany OCP Group
isSubjectOf UN discussions on Western Sahara resources
international legal debates on resource exploitation
locatedIn Laayoune
surface form: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
locatedInCountryClaimedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
locatedInDesert Sahara Desert
nearSettlement El Aaiún
operatedBy OCP Group
partOf Western Sahara phosphate industry
resourceType phosphate deposit

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