Plans to demolish two former China clay pits near St Austell to make way for a new lithium mine have been met with opposition by campaigners. Cornish Lithium has proposed plans to re-open and expand ...
A mineral supplier in Cornwall has announced an investment in its dry mining process worth about £18m. Imerys, which extracts china clay (kaolin) in the county, announced the investment after ...
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Feedback mentions a pub in Cornwall, UK, named for William Cookworthy, the 18th-century chemist who discovered china clay in the area (5 August). It would be nice if there were one called The Walton ...