china clay

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It contains monuments dating back to the Iron Age and is the first location to be mined for china clay by Plymouth chemist William Cookworthy in 1768.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

The joint venture between china clay company Imerys and British Lithium aims to operate the UK's "leading lithium hub" within five years.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2023

It is a sentiment that resonates with Allie Watkins, who runs the Spice Merchant and World Food Specialist shop in St Austell, a town at the heart of Cornwall's china clay industry.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2014

In later years he wrote about rugby for the Sunday Telegraph and was employed in the china clay industry for 30 years.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013

The worm's instinct forbids him to 'eat the china clay, the bleaches, the plaster of Paris, the sulphate of barytes, the scores of adulterants now used to mix with the fibre.'

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine