Goonvean sale marks the end of an era

• Autores: Siobhan Lismore-Scott
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 543, 2012
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Kaolin production from the UK counties of Devon and Cornwall has declined by over 60% in the last 25 years, down to 1m tpa today from a peak of 3.3m tpa in 1988, due largely to the replacement of kaolin as a filler with precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and ground calcium carbonate (GCC).

    Yet, despite the steady decline in the UK mineral industry's fortunes, the Extractive Industry Geology (EIG) conference held earlier this year at Edge Hill University, UK, outlined a renewed interest in developing the nation's mineral resources, which include potash, fluorspar and salt, spurred on by high commodity prices and security of supply concerns.

    According to EIG's Clive Mitchell: "The UK will never be self-sufficient in minerals but will play its part with new mineral developments based on new technological solutions to the requirement for low-carbon mineral extraction."