Geologist Debapriya Rakshit and experienced miner Richard Kapeta uncovered the impressive 5,655-carat emerald inside the largest open-pit mine in Kagem, which is partially owned by Gemfields — a ...

Gemfields Plc one of the world's foremost Ethical colored gemstone mining companies in the world, feels that the Jewellery Trend for 2011 has witnessed a "Green Revolution" and has literally exploded ...

The world's largest producer of the 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The world’s largest producer of green stones ...

Walking into the Diacolor boutique at Delhi’s DLF Emporio mall could make even seasoned jewellery buyers feel like a kid in a candy shop. Tiered necklaces fringed with tourmalines, floral earrings ...

The illegal emerald trade in Zambia, the third-biggest producer of the green gemstones, accounts for almost 40 percent of the southern African nation’s total output, Deputy Finance Minister Keith ...

Gemfields said in a release this week that the gem—which has been named “Inkalamu,” meaning “Lion” in the local language—was unearthed on October 2 at its Kagem emerald mine. Gemfields said in a ...

Zambia is one of the biggest emerald producers in the world, behind only Colombia and Brazil. One out of every five of the green gems is produced in this southern African country, bringing in about ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Demand for emeralds is on the up, with jewellers such as David Morris and Bulgari confirming that the green ...

There is nothing like holding a rock formed 500 million years ago to make you believe in destiny: that you were meant to travel across continents, be there at the precise moment it was being prised ...