Topic summary
Belt conveyor
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Conveyor belt.
Long belt conveyors
The longest belt conveyor system in the world is in Western Sahara. It was built in 1972 by Friedrich Krupp GmbH (now thyssenkrupp) and is 98 km (61 miles) long, from the phosphatemines of Bu Craa to the coast south of El-Aaiun.