Chinese funding to nourish fertilizer plant in Uganda

A Chinese-invested phosphate fertilizer plant, which is believed to be the first such plant in East Africa and marks the first phase of a 2.8 billion yuan ($410 million) industrial park in Uganda, is scheduled to start operations on Oct 23.

The plant will use poly metallic mineral resources in Sukulu, Uganda, and have an installed capacity to produce 100,000 metric tons of fertilizer every year, said Lyu Weidong, chairman of Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Co, the main investor of the China (Guangdong)-Uganda International Industrial Cooperation Park.

The park, located in Tororo district, is 180 kilometers from the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and close to the nation's border with Kenya to the east.