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The article offers information on the designing of elephant repellent in rural Botswana, Southern Africa. Topics discussed include development of briquettes using chili pepper and elephant dung; smoke from burning of chili briquette used to turn unwanted elephants; and use of metal stove to keep the rain off the burning briquette. It also mention about ingredients of chili briquettes such as elephant dung, chili and soft porridge.

The article reports on the opening of a plant in Kenya by process engineering startup Sanivation that converts human waste into charcoal briquettes.

Suggests the briquetting or, compacting of particulate materials to make their handling easier. Niche applications of briquetting in post finishing of thermoplastic powders; Mechanism of a roll-type briquetter; Factors to be considered in producing good-quality briquettes.

Reports on problems that have been experienced at BHP's hot-briquetted-iron (HBI) project in Australia. Why May 30, 1999 is a critical date for BHP; The depressed outlook for iron ore demand; Plans by Korea's Posco group to buy from BHP once it is able to deliver.

Focuses on Kingsford Charcoal Starter, a steel, chimney style canister that holds briquets and crumpled newspapers that could create hot coals within 15 minutes developed by Clorox, in response to the air quality regulation imposed on the kibosh on charcoal in southern California. Marketing plan of Clorox for the device; Price; Information on the Kingsford line of products of the company.

Presents information on several technology and equipments for pollution control. Compact Model B100R bench-scale, roll-press lab briquetter from K.R. Komarek Incorporated; Vibratory Shear Enhanced Processing (V-SEP) membrane filtration system from New Logic International Incorporated; Huron Electrochemical Process (HEP) from Huron Tech Corporation.

Reports on CRE's role in the creation of a process to produce smokeless briquettes in the Ukraine from anthracite fires. Investigation of the Ukrainian market; End use for the briquettes; Use of briquettes as an waste product in an environmentally acceptable way; CRE's analysis and evaluation of possible briquetting routes; Contact information.