By 1910, Cornwall was producing some fifty per cent of the world's china clay, something in the region of one million tonnes every year, seventyfive percent of which was exported. In 1919 the three main producers merged, calling themselves English China Clay, which continued to dominate the market until it was bought by French company, Imerys, in 1999, for £756m.
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