NAMIBIA produces more than 200 000 tonnes of charcoal a year from invader bush, with more than 80% of this destined for different export markets. The charcoal is exported to South Africa, Japan and ...

A stubborn fire that burned for weeks on a Halifax-bound container ship in the North Atlantic over a year ago may have started when charcoal made from coconut ignited inside a mislabelled container.

The Energy Commission had seized 21 containers suspected to be charcoal, which was about to be illegally exported. It had also filed a complaint at the Tema Police Criminal Investigations Department ...

Charcoal has been widely used and misused since ancient times. It was first used as a water and air filter by the Egyptians, but in the 19th century it was banned for causing bast deforestation and ...

Two of 15 containers damaged in a blaze on board a Liberia-registered cargo vessel last week burst into flames again on Wednesday when they were offloaded in Hong Kong for inspection. Dense smoke ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers at the northern port of Hai Phong on Saturday found more than a ton of elephant tusks hidden in a container of 15 tons of charcoal. VietNamNet Bridge – Customs ...

While Hong Kong residents went about their daily business, a team of firefighters last month were toiling to contain a stubborn and unusual blaze at a container port, which could have had deadly ...