It borders the existing Littlejohns pit, close to the villages of Whitemoor and Stenalees in Mid Cornwall. The china clay giant has created a short life pit, which means it will be fully restored ...

A new china clay pit in Cornwall has been formally opened today. Work started in May at the site to extract up to six thousand tons of clay a day which will be used in paper, paint and ...

The china clay industry in Cornwall was started 260 years ago French firm Imerys has revealed work has begun at its first new china clay pit in Cornwall for almost 30 years. The Higher Moor Pit ...

The area has been transformed from industrial wasteland to a nature-rich heathland and reservoir A former china clay pit in Cornwall which was transformed into a reservoir has been granted special ...

The police force that spent weeks looking for a missing lynx are now searching for an even bigger cat after a lorry driver claimed he spotted - a lion. Officers in Devon and Cornwall say they have ...

Officers in Devon and Cornwall are hunting for a female lion following reports she was spotted near a clay pit between Nanpean and Whitemoor in St Austell, Cornwall. A spokesperson for Devon and ...

A Cornwall china clay pit is to close as part of a firm's reorganisation in the south west. Imerys confirmed on Friday it is to close Blackpool Pit near Trewoon at the end of next year and said ...

A body has been found in an old clay pit in Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police said divers recovered the corpse from a lake in St Dennis on Sunday afternoon. Officers said it was too early to say ...

Children from Whitemoor Primary Academy in the Clay Country in Cornwall have been helping the minerals giant, Imerys, with the planting of trees as part of a nature restoration project.

Plans to redevelop six areas of Cornwall's china clay country and build 5,000 homes have been unveiled by china clay company Imerys. Imerys want to build at six locations: Par Docks, Bugle, Nanpean, ...