"Nunya Bidnits" > wrote:
> meatchief wrote:
> > [ . . . ]
> Off the point a bit, but Argentina? And lump isn't all that dense,
> meaning that in shipping its going to consume more space per pound than
> most commodities or products, so it doesn't seem like something that
> would be efficient to export thousands of miles northwards, and then have
> it sell for less than similar products in the same locale. However as you
> point out its more dense than most lump, so is it possible its actually
> been processed? It sounds very strange indeed.

I think it was Graeme who mentioned that charcoal was exported from
(South?) Africa to England and sold on the cheap.

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