china clay

A historic site in Cornwall known for being the birthplace of the china clay industry has been put up for sale.

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

It is part of a project to regenerate the town of St Austell, which used to have a thriving china clay industry.

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

The attraction, which was built in a 160-year-old china clay quarry, will formally start consulting on the redundancies on Wednesday.