Sukulu mine

The Sukulu mine is a large mining and mineral processing complex located in Osukuru County, Tororo District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is one of the country's most important mineral resources sites, known for its niobium, phosphate, and iron ore deposits, and is central to industrial development plans that include a phosphate fertilizer plant and downstream processing facilities. Sukulu represents one of the largest niobium reserves in Uganda having estimated reserves of 230 million tonnes of ore grading 0.2% niobium metal. The complex also contains deposits of phosphorus and iron, and a phosphate fertilizer plant has been established to utilize the phosphate rock resources. Commercial phosphate processing at Sukulu started in the 1960s under the state-owned Tororo Industrial Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (TICAF), producing single superphosphate (SSP) before closing in 1977 during Uganda’s economic and political disruption. In the 2010s, Uganda signed agreements for renewed development linked to a phosphate mine and fertiliser plant project in Tororo District.

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