Chaps

Masuku Terminal

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June 28th 2006
On the way to my second village visit in Chulu, I had the chance to stop by the amazing Masuku coal processing plant. The land was too hilly around the coal mine itself to build a rail line right to it, so this processing station is about 20 km from the mine and is fed by a gondola style 1 tonne bucket system. That’s right, coal is hauled 20 km through the air, hanging from a cable, 1 tonne at a ... read more

Africa » Zambia

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The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia up... ... read more