English China Clays PLC, or ECC, was a mining company involved in the extraction of china clay, based in St Austell, Cornwall. It was once a constituent...

incorporated in 1963 in technical and financial collaboration with English China Clays of the UK, the then world leader in kaolin processing. This collaboration...

1950s, with around 70,000 tonnes per annum. The largest producer, English China Clays, ceased production in 1973, when Goonvean Ltd became the sole producer...

that the dried clay is rigid but still fragile. If the clay is moistened again, it will once more become plastic. Kaolinite group clays undergo a series...

line to serve the English China Clays works. The siding was removed in 1948 and the site has now been excavated as part of a clay pit. A loop with an...

1985 and taken public in 1987. Calgon Water Management, sold to English China Clays in June 1993 for $307.5 million. Calgon Vestal Laboratories, sold...

0-4-0ST similar to Judy. The Treffry Estates leased the harbour to English China Clays (ECC) in 1946 and sold it outright to them in 1964. It was then operated...

houses and a factory, and stood on land owned by the quarry owners, English China Clays. The fate of the village had been expected and the residents were...

the ease with which a clay may be worked. Clays used for porcelain are generally of lower plasticity than many other pottery clays. They wet very quickly...

factory in Plympton. Martin Brothers, founded in 1837, became part of English China Clays. His mother was Elizabeth Emily Birch (born in 1851 in Salford),...