A small-scale miner from Tanzania become an overnight millionaire on Wednesday after he sold two rough tanzanite gemstones said to be the largest ever found in the country. Saniniu Laizer, 52, ...

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CNN — A team of Tanzanian miners has discovered the largest tanzanite stones ever seen in the country's history. Saniniu Laizer, 52, a Maasai small scale miner and his team found the two stones -- ...

The Dar es Salaam Citizen reports Tanzanite One Mining, the dominant miner of the rare gemstone only found in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, has been ordered to increase the minimum wage for its ...

Sammy Mollel frowned as he held up a sample of tanzanite ore containing the blue-to-violet gemstones unique to Tanzania. Normally the find would make his eyes light up. But Mollel's business faces ...

Narok Governor Samuel Ole Tunai sharing a word with Narok County Commissioner Moffat Kangi during the Madaraka Day Celebrations at Maasai Mara University grounds. Kangi (right) says miners have been ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Richland Resources’ subsidiary Tanzanite One Mining on Thursday signed a full and formal legally binding joint venture (JV) agreement with Tanzania State ...

NAIROBI – Tanzanian gemstone miner Tanzanite One has agreed to pay compensation and overdue taxes to the government after unspecified violations led to losses in public revenues, the President's ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — A team of Tanzanian miners has ...