New Delhi [India], April 4: RudraTree, a global leader in the gemstone industry since 1923, has announced the inauguration of its new Blue Sapphire and Yellow Sapphire mines in Sri Lanka. With a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Almost every gemstone in the world can be found in deep underground pits in Sri Lanka, a country renowned for its colored sapphires. But mining for the gems is ...

What is more uncertain for Sri Lanka now is its obligation to rid the island nation of mines by 2028 under the Ottawa Treaty, which it ratified in 2017. Pushparani has experienced the civil war in ...

Thavarathnam Pushparani, right, directs her team members as they prepare to work in a contaminated mining area in Mankulam, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

What is more uncertain for Sri Lanka now is its obligation to rid the island nation of mines by 2028 under the Ottawa Treaty, which it ratified in 2017. Pushparani has experienced the civil war in ...

What is more uncertain for Sri Lanka now is its obligation to rid the island nation of mines by 2028 under the Ottawa Treaty, which it ratified in 2017. Pushparani has experienced the civil war in ...