The Montepuez ruby mine in the north-east of Mozambique boasts the largest ruby asset globally and is currently valued at around $1bn. It produces some of the oldest rubies in the world ...

The Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) points to the existence of artisanal miners who work for ...

The firm, which owns Faberge, said more than 200 people linked to illegal ruby mining attacked a village built by the company ...

This was the first visual representation of rubies and currency in Minecraft. However, ruby was not part of the game for too long as Mojang decided to change the in-game currency to green emeralds.