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- analysisIndustrial minerals
Sukulu phosphate output feeds a domestic fertiliser market that still imports most of what it uses
Tororo hosts one of East Africa's largest phosphate deposits. Domestic fertiliser use remains low, which makes the plant's economics a farm policy question as much as a mining one.
Rebecca Achieng · Sukulu Hills phosphate complex · Tororo
July 12, 2026 - analysisIndustrial minerals
Limestone quarrying at Hima and Tororo strains under regional cement demand
Construction across the region has lifted clinker output, and with it dust, blasting and haulage disputes in host sub-counties.
Prossy Kansiime · Hima and Tororo cement works · Kasese, Tororo
July 6, 2026 - positiveIndustrial minerals
Kaolin and bentonite quarrying at Kasio-Tonya builds a quiet industrial minerals trade
Ceramics, drilling fluids, paper and pharmaceuticals give these deposits a steady domestic market that gold-focused policy tends to overlook.
Joan Lubega · Kasio-Tonya kaolin operations · Hoima
June 14, 2026