EMERALD GLOW At 11 685 ct, Imboo was unearthed by skillfully breaking the emerald free from the surrounding matrix by hand Gemstone miner Gemfields has mined its biggest emerald from its Kagem Mining ...

Coloured precious stones miner Gemfields (LON: GEM) (JSE: GML) will resume open-pit mining at its 75%-owned Kagem emerald mine in Zambia, ending a four-month pause triggered by weak market prices and ...

A country famed for its fine emeralds since the time of Cleopatra, Colombia has seen a significant increase in foreign direct investment over the past decade or two, with businesses from the United ...

The Montepuez ruby mine in the north-east of Mozambique boasts the largest ruby asset globally and is currently valued at around $1bn. It produces some of the oldest rubies in the world, originally ...

The world’s largest producer of green stones has unearthed a 5,655-carat emerald crystal at its mines in Zambia. The stone, which weighs more than 1.1 kg (almost 2.5 lbs), was found at the Gemfield ...

A large emerald weighing 1.1kg (2.5lbs) and worth an estimated £2m has been found in a mine in Zambia. The 5,655-carat gem was named "Inkalamu", by mining company Gemfields, which found it at Kagem, ...

The gem’s performance isn’t accidental. As a member of the Grossular Garnet family, Tsavorite has a higher refractive index ...

VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – Canadian gemstone-focused miner Fura Gems is setting up a single-stop destination in Dubai, where rubies and emeralds produced from its Mozambique and Colombian assets ...

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