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World's Longest Conveyor Belt

Location: Western Sahara
Latitude & Longitude: 26.962721, -13.339854
Views: 2501   Posted By: bmeyer2 (06/10/2008)
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bmeyer2 (06/10/2008)

 

The Bu Craa is a large phosphate mine in the Western Sahara, staffed almost entirely by a Moroccan workforce.  Resources are transported to the coast using the world's largest conveyor belt, which is over 100 km long.

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