{"id":721,"date":"2019-10-28T20:44:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.248.16.174\/slcgcv2\/?page_id=721"},"modified":"2020-09-14T07:30:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T07:30:01","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:12%;--awb-padding-left:12%;--awb-padding-right-medium:40px;--awb-padding-left-medium:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 92% + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px 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class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7595-1024x610-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7595-1024x610-1-200x119.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7595-1024x610-1-400x238.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7595-1024x610-1-600x357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7595-1024x610-1-800x477.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7595-1024x610-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 864px) 555px, (min-width: 752px) 864px, (min-width: 640px) 752px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/sri-lanka-ceramics-and-glass-council-holds-agm-2019\/\">Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council holds AGM 2019<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/sri-lanka-ceramics-and-glass-council-holds-agm-2019\/\" aria-label=\"Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council holds AGM 2019\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/sri-lanka-ceramics-and-glass-council-holds-agm-2019\/\">Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council holds AGM 2019<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/author\/publisher\/\" title=\"Posts by Publisher\" rel=\"author\">Publisher<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-14T07:23:37+00:00<\/span><span>September 9th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council holds 16th AGM [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/sri-lanka-ceramics-and-glass-council-holds-agm-2019\/\" aria-label=\"More on Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council holds AGM 2019\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council holds AGM 2019<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2552\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2552 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-event\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bucket-wheel-excavators-open-pit-mining-brown-coal-33192.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bucket-wheel-excavators-open-pit-mining-brown-coal-33192-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bucket-wheel-excavators-open-pit-mining-brown-coal-33192-400x266.jpg 400w, 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tape\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/ceramic-sector-wants-govt-to-cut-mining-red-tape\/\">Ceramic sector wants Govt. to cut mining red tape<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/author\/publisher\/\" title=\"Posts by Publisher\" rel=\"author\">Publisher<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-14T07:24:56+00:00<\/span><span>September 9th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Sri Lanka\u2019s ceramic industry has its fingers crossed for lesser regulation of mining practices under the new Government in order to improve productivity and reduce imports.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/ceramic-sector-wants-govt-to-cut-mining-red-tape\/\" aria-label=\"More on Ceramic sector wants Govt. to cut mining red tape\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Ceramic sector wants Govt. to cut mining red tape<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2549\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2549 post type-post status-publish 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https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SLCGC-news-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 864px) 555px, (min-width: 752px) 864px, (min-width: 640px) 752px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/ceramics-opportunity-for-niche-product-manufacturers\/\">Ceramics: Opportunity for niche product manufacturers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/ceramics-opportunity-for-niche-product-manufacturers\/\" aria-label=\"Ceramics: Opportunity for niche product manufacturers\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/ceramics-opportunity-for-niche-product-manufacturers\/\">Ceramics: Opportunity for niche product manufacturers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/author\/publisher\/\" title=\"Posts by Publisher\" rel=\"author\">Publisher<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-14T07:25:35+00:00<\/span><span>September 9th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Sri Lanka has a rare raw material required for the manufacture of ceramic products, which is also in great demand in the global market. This should be exploited by the industry with niche products, enabling it to fetch high prices, Noritake Lanka Porcelain (Pvt) Ltd, Chairman\/Managing Director Hidenori Tanaka told the 16th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council in Colombo last week. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/ceramics-opportunity-for-niche-product-manufacturers\/\" aria-label=\"More on Ceramics: Opportunity for niche product manufacturers\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Ceramics: Opportunity for niche product manufacturers<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-infinite-scroll-trigger\"><\/div><div class=\"pagination infinite-scroll clearfix\" style=\"display:none;\"><span class=\"current\">1<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/page\/2\/\" class=\"inactive\">2<\/a><a class=\"pagination-next\" rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/page\/2\/\"><span class=\"page-text\">Next<\/span><span class=\"page-next\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><button class=\"fusion-load-more-button fusion-blog-button fusion-clearfix\">Load More Posts<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2724,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-721","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srilankacgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}