In 2015, four lives were taken when a mine in Ratnapura caved in ... As the mines are all privately owned, when the miners do find a gem, they hand it over to the owners, who then sell it to ...

In 2015, four lives were taken when a mine in Ratnapura caved in ... As the mines are all privately owned, when the miners do find a gem, they hand it over to the owners, who then sell it to ...

Colombo, April 4 (Daily Mirror) - Two workers engaged in digging a gem mine at Dambuluwana in Elapatha off Ratnapura on Thursday evening (03) fell to death when the mine they were digging cut ...

An illegal mechanised gem mining operation is taking place on a ... under the control of the Kalawana Divisional Secretariat in Ratnapura District. The key figure behind this questionable ...