Myanmar’s multi-billion-dollar jade mines risk becoming a “slush fund” for military repression, Global Witness said Tuesday, urging consumers to boycott purchasing any jade and gemstones from the coup-wracked nation. The country has been in turmoil since the military toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, with more than 880 killed in a junta crackdown on […]
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At least 27 miners killed in Peru bus accident: company
A bus carrying miners plunged into a ravine on a mountain road Friday in southern Peru, killing at least 27, their employer said. The Ares Mining Company said the bus was headed from a pit near the Nasca Lines archeological site to the city of Arequipa. The bus fell all the way to the bottom of […]
Botswana says found world’s ‘third largest’ diamond
Botswanan diamond firm Debswana said Wednesday it had unearthed a 1,098-carat stone that it described as the third largest of its kind in the world. The stone, found on June 1, was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi in the capital Gaborone. “It is believed to be the third largest gem-quality find in the world,” said […]