Region
Uganda

Sector
Manufacturing

Summary:

Uganda is seeking investors for a proposed fertiliser manufacturing plant in Tororo district. The project has great prospects in the East Africa Community where demand for fertiliser is high.

Contact
Issa Mukasa

Email
imukasa@ugandainvest.com, info@ugandainvest.com

Tel
+256 41 301160

Project: Sukulu fertiliser manufacturing plant

Location: Tororo district

Summary: The project would manufacture fertilisers (Granulated Triple Super phosphate and Sodium Tripoly Phosphate) for agricultural use. The abundant apatite deposits in Sukulu would provide the raw material. The deposits, whichi occur near the eastern town of Tororo, have proven reserves of 230 million tonnes in the in-situ soils at grades of 13.10% P2O5. Tororo Industrial Chemicals exploited the deposits between 1962 and 1978 to manufacture single super phosphate and produced 160 000 tonnes of apatite concentrate from 2.16 tonnes of soil. The phosphate is associated with iron ore, niobium, titanium and minor quantities of thorium and uranium.

Cost of investment: US$300-million

Promoter's expectations

• Affordable fertilisers
• Job creation
• Revitalisation of the Tororo-Mombasa rail line
• Generation of useful by-products like magnetite, zircon, titanium and niobium.

For more information on the project contact the Uganda Investment Authority.

Key contact: Issa Mukasa
Director, Investment Promotion Division
Email: imukasa@ugandainvest.com
Cc: info@ugandainvest.com