It’s a stark, startling contrast. Beautiful, precious jewels, like rubies, emeralds and sapphires, are often sourced in dismal conditions where disadvantaged workers and lawlessness make it easy for ...

July 20 (Reuters) - Precious gem producer Gemfields GMLJ.JGEMGE.L on Wednesday reported an attack close to its ruby mine in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province, but said operations had not ...

Ethnic army pulls administration and gem companies out of Mogoke ahead of weekend handover, triggering allies to mobilize.

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Gemfields Group CEO Sean Gilbertson saw an opportunity to reshape the colored gem industry when he joined the company’s board in 2008. At the time, “the colored gem sector was fragmented, unregulated, ...

Two people have been killed by security forces protecting infrastructure related to Gemfield's Montepuez (MRM) ruby mine in Mozambique amid a flare-up in civil unrest in the region, which led to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Matthams Spencer is a Paris-based writer who covers jewelry. This article is more than 5 years old. A miner shows off the ...