A mineral supplier has announced it will invest nearly £18million in a new china clay plant in Cornwall, which will reduce its electricity use in the Duchy by 10%. Imerys British Lithium which ...

There’s a reason why people here have a deep-rooted fondness for this mountain, topped not with snow but the by-products of the search for Cornwall’s white gold: china clay, otherwise known as ...

But in St Austell, on the south coast of Cornwall in between Plymouth and ... an event that draws on the area’s china clay mining history and celebrates its many modern day ceramics artists.

The huge Littlejohns china clay pit in Cornwall, run by minerals giant Imerys, is to benefit from investment totally nearly £18-million. A new plant will be provided as part of the scheme.

Imerys took over Cornwall's china clay industry in 1999 More than 60 jobs are to be axed at a china clay business, with compulsory redundancies not ruled out. The French company, Imerys ...

It borders the existing Littlejohns pit, close to the villages of Whitemoor and Stenalees in Mid Cornwall. The china clay giant has created a short life pit, which means it will be fully restored ...

A blueprint is being drawn up to turn around Cornish sites where china clay production is ending. Cornwall's Area Action Force is drawing up plans for new homes and offices in sites owned by china ...

Imerys is to close one of its seven china clay pits in the St Austell area. One refinery and two drying units will also be closed in Cornwall; and a pit at Lee Moor - north of Plymouth in Devon - will ...

China clay, or kaolin, was first discovered in Cornwall by William Cookworthy 260 years ago. A Quaker apothecary-cum-potter, Cookworthy found the clay deposits at Tregonning Hill near Helston in 1746.

More than 60 jobs are to be axed at a china clay business, with compulsory redundancies not ruled out. The French company, Imerys, which operates in Cornwall and Devon, said the cuts were a result ...