Dear Xavier The only place I have seen cast iron available with my own eyes outside South Africa was in Kenya, Nakuru actually. That means there must be more in the region, probably Tanzania too.
In all cases, when you can, use the deformed reinforcing steel bars which are available everywhere. They have more carbon and last longer than mild steel round bars. You can case-harden them if you have to, in a charcoal-filled box. Regards Crispin ...Hell yes, I can make 1 dollar iron grates, but I wish we could make 1 dollar cast iron grates in Benin. In fact, cast iron is very rare in Benin (West Africa? Africa?). When Africa will have the industrial production capacities of Asia, things will change! _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
