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 ...

Western North Carolina offers several locations for gem mining and exploration. Emerald Village, near Spruce Pine, allows visitors to dig for gems and go underground. Other popular spots in and around ...

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 ...