Tuesday, 7 April 2009

China clay firm cuts production

'A china clay company is to carry out a series of shutdowns at its plants in Devon and Cornwall because of a fall in demand.'

BBC News

In another set of cuts, Cornwall's China Clay industry sees a 30 day production halt and a cut of 54 workers across the South West due to a decline in demand. Despite this, Imerys is still the world's largest producer of china clay.

China Clay is still used widely for paper whitening amongst many other things. Could a need pick up again? What are the effects of this for Cornwall?

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