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Reproduced with kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority
Reproduced with kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority
By Janaka Perera Reproduced with kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority In the early 20th Century and before , Sri Lanka’s industries had to depend solely on coal and fuel oil imported at considerable expense . None gave thought to the fact that in the island’s mountain streams was a gift more […]
Licenced gem mine owners and mining technicians had the opportunity of listening to and interacting with an eminent personality – Dr Jurgen Weyer , Mining engineer of the Institute of Mining Engineering and Special Civil Engineering , Frelberg, Germany at the ‘NGJA’ Auditorium- Ratnapura on 11th August 2008 . This is part of the service […]
The first assay office in Sri Lanka was established in 1981 with the prime objectives of achieving legally enforced compulsory hallmarking system and joining the hallmarking convention to gain higher recognition for our jewellery in competitive foreign markets. To acheive the objective of joining the convention ,a three member standing committee delegation of the Convention […]
Chairman, Japan’s Ryokusei Company , Kensho Okamoto has been appointed advisor to Hon Dr Sarath Amunugama , Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion with effect from 1st August 2008, to study ways and means of developing Sri Lanka’s Gem and Jewellery Industry, with special emphasis on the international gem and jewellery market. On 8th […]
Sri Lanka and China explore gemstone trade opportunity This article is reproduced with the kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority The Sri Lanka Gem and Jewellery Association (SLGJA) and the Gem Traders Association of China (GTC) singed a Memorandum of understanding on 6th Sept 2008 with the participation of Mr Hasitha Tillekeratne, […]
By Dunil Palitha Gunasekara, Dip. Gem. FGA President: Crystals Gallery -Gem Lab No 28 Batugedera , Ratnapura, Sri Lanka This article is reproduced with kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority Abstract A Bluish- Green colour, emerald cut gemstone , weighing 0.35 carat and measuring 4.42 X 3.80X 2.80mm has been identified as […]
The area known as “China Fort” in Sri Lanka’s southern costal town of Beruwala is renowned worldwide as a gem trade centre .China fort’s gem merchants and the miners of Ratnapura the Gem City in the Sabaragamuwa Province have been together in the business for centuries. Almost the entire neighbourhood of China Fort has been […]