As many of FJA’s followers will know we have been following the Greenland Ruby and coloured gemstone issue for many years. Le 16 August Union have been at the fore front of trying to see restored the indigenous and civil rights to pick, coupe, polish and earn a living from Greenland’s vast gem wealth. Au-dessous

Editorial par Marc Choyt, Éditeur, Fairjewelry.org Mining companies have colluded with governments to undermine the rights of indigenous small miners for hundreds of years. Typiquement, «La loi» est utilisé comme bouclier et excuse. Même dans les pays développés, mining companies and lobbyists collude with officials to write the laws that support their profit

Présentation: Andrew Lee Smith, Founder and CEO of True North Gems(TNG), described his companies’ fine track record of beneficiation both in Greenland and in other First Nation Communities. He states that the accusations of collusion between TNG and BMP against the Inuit’s rights to small scale mining and selling of rubies are absolutely false. En