Job scarcity and the hope of striking it rich are driving women to pursue mining despite the grueling conditions. Colombian emeralds are highly valued globally, with the potential for significant ...

London-listed Gem Resources has sold 8 130 ct in its first sales tender for emeralds produced from the Gravelotte mine, in South Africa’s Limpopo province. Having generated $43 000 from the tender of ...

Emerald producer Grizzly Mining’s latest international emerald auction, in Dubai, of medium- to high-grade rough emeralds recovered from its flagship Grizzly emerald mine, in Zambia, generated ...

PARAKH (Pajhwok): The Department of Mines and Petroleum in central Panjsher province has sold 2,807 carats of emeralds for ...

In their recent exhibition, titled “Rare Earth,” Briar Marsh Pine, who is a visiting faculty member in the UO photography department, examines the complex relationship between humanity and rare earth ...

An emerald mine in the foothills of North Carolina was the scene of an old fashioned jewel heist over the weekend, and the thieves made off with an estimated $100,000 in rare precious gems and gold ...

COSCUEZ, Colombia/TORONTO (Reuters) - A tiny company is trying to breathe new life into a fabled, four-century-old Colombian emerald mine without triggering unrest among wary locals who fear being ...