On this week’s episode of DVB’s Doh Pyay Doh Myay Roadshow, the team takes us north of Mandalay to the ruby mining town of Mogok.
Tag: rubies
Fire leaves 100 homeless in Shan ruby-mining town
Nearly 40 houses and shops were destroyed and about 100 people left homeless when a fire ripped through the central Shan State ruby mining town of Monghsu on Wednesday morning.
Mandalay ruby miners may get land-grant
Local miners in Mandalay Division’s ‘Ruby Land’ town of Mogok may soon get access to more gems. The Myanmar Gems and Jewellery Entrepreneurs Association plans to allocate small-scale mining plots…
Gem sales continue despite calls for boycott
Nov 21, 2007 (DVB), A Burmese gem auction at the Myanmar Convention Centre in Mayangon township, Rangoon, has attracted 3596 local and international merchants so far, according to state media…