Editing Cornwall (section)

===Mining===
{{main|Mining in Cornwall}}
{{see also|Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape}}
[[File:Levant-Mine-by-John-Gibson.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Levant Mine and Beam Engine|Levant Mine]] in St&nbsp;Just Mining District]]
Mining of tin and copper was also an industry, but today the derelict mine workings survive only as a [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1215 |title=Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape – UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |access-date=2 November 2015 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802132748/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1215 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the [[Camborne School of Mines]], which was relocated to [[Penryn Campus|Penryn]] in 2004, is still a world centre of excellence in the field of mining and applied geology<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uec.ac.uk/csm/ |title=The University of Exeter – Cornwall Campus – Camborne School of Mines |publisher=Uec.ac.uk |access-date=25 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704023815/http://www.uec.ac.uk/csm/ |archive-date=4 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the grant of World Heritage status has attracted funding for conservation and heritage tourism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/ |title=Home |publisher=Cornish-mining.org.uk |date=14 September 2010 |access-date=25 September 2010 |archive-date=19 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419164032/http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kaolinite|China clay]] extraction has also been an important industry in the St Austell area, but this sector has been in decline, and this, coupled with increased mechanisation, has led to a decrease in employment in this sector, although the industry still employs around 2,133 people in Cornwall, and generates over £80&nbsp;million to the local economy.<ref>Imerys Minerals Ltd (2003) ''Blueprint: Vision for the Future''</ref>

In March 2016, a Canadian company, Strongbow Exploration, had acquired, from administration, a 100% interest in the [[South Crofty]] tin mine and the associated mineral rights in Cornwall with the aim of reopening the mine and bringing it back to full production.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/strongbow-to-acquire-the-south-crofty-tin-project-cornwall-uk-tsx-venture-sbw-2107042.htm | title=Error | date=17 March 2016 | access-date=14 August 2019 | archive-date=21 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143646/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/strongbow-to-acquire-the-south-crofty-tin-project-cornwall-uk-tsx-venture-sbw-2107042.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> Work is currently ongoing to build a water filtration plant in order to dewater the mine.