morocco and western sahara 2003 24 1 where necessary values have been converted from moroccan dirhams mdh to us dollars at the average exchange rate of mdh9 503 00 for mdh10 976 2002 2 references that include a section mark are found in internet reference s cited sections mineral industries w estern by philip m mobbs was world third leading producer phosphate rock after united states china addition mining state owned ce cheri en des phosphates ocp wide range minerals which included barite clays coal cobalt copper uorspar gold iron ore lead nickel petroleum salt silver talc zinc also were produced accounted about 6 gross domestic product gdp current prices estimated be 44 5 billion based on purchasing power parity 120 located northwestern africa bounded algeria atlantic ocean mediterranean sea non self governing territory this 446 550 square
