THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. WHEAL MARTYN. This little lopsided blue and white china cup and saucer was one of the first made of Cornish China Clay.
The mining of battery-grade lithium carbonate - a key component in electric cars - has been announced in Cornwall. The joint venture between china clay company Imerys and British Lithium aims to ...
But while the mining revival excites much of Cornwall, there's uncertainty over ... It's also been drilling for lithium in hard rock at a disused china clay pit near St Austell.
Hundreds of clay pit miners in Cornwall are to walk out after pay talks with minerals giant Imerys failed. Union Unite said more than 400 Imerys staff, mainly based at in the Clay Country in the ...
It was made in Staffordshire where potters were supplied with China Clay from Cornwall. Wesley visited Cornwall so many times that he became a local institution and the Methodist ethos of direct ...