SRI LANKA CLAY
November 1st, 2002
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA and KEITH NUTHALLTHE GOVERNMENT of Sri Lanka is embarking on a comprehensive survey of the country's clay resources as demand grows thanks to an official policy of promoting a home-grown ceramics industry, which is already the largest mineral-based sector in this south Asian country. The island has substantial accessible deposits of alluvial clay (brick and tile clay), bloating clay, non-bauxite clay, clay ochre, shale, kaolin, and ball clay. In particular, there is plentiful high quality ball and china clay in the districts of ...
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