MUZO, Colombia — Although he has helped transform Colombia's emerald industry, long a source of violence and environmental damage, former U.S. diplomat Charles Burgess admits that he got into the ...
LOS ANGELES (WKRC) - A United States court has ruled who is the rightful owner of an 836-pound emerald, believed to be worth over $1 billion and rumored to be cursed. The court ruled on Thursday that ...
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - African miner Gemfields has launched production at a trial underground mine in Zambia that it says could transform emerald mining by boosting efficiency and making more ...
"New evidence of the importance of the Roman/Byzantine Mons Smaragdus settlement within the emerald mining network" A new paper published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies presents the results of ...
BOGOTA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Dozens of people entered gem miner Fura Gems' emerald mine in central Colombia, injuring an employee and stealing ore, the company said on Friday. The trespassers appear to ...