Steve, and others,
Both ECC and WBB have recently been bought - ECC by French group Imetal, WBB
by SCR Sibelco SA.
Both still have websites though - standard corporate stuff but it gives you
the basics: ECC is at www.ecc.com as you might expect.
WBB, which is the main operator in Devon and also the world's leading
producer of ball clays (used for making, er, "bathroom ceramics" among other
things), still operates under the WBB name - see www.wbb.co.uk for details.
There's some good introductory geological stuff about the Bovey basin in the
"College Project" section, also a brief history about North Devon and South
Devon clay. Not much detail on current operations though, as far as I know
its still a mix of open pit and shallow underground.
Martin Potts
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