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It was renamed the Myanma Gems Enterprise in 1989, after the 8888 Uprising. [ 5 ] Following the 2015 Myanmar general election , which was won by National League for Democracy , the military-owned Myanma Economic Holdings Limited quickly secured 58% of MGE's jade and gemstone mining licence, becoming the country's largest licence holder.
The jade trade in Myanmar consists of the mining, distribution, and manufacture of jadeite—a variety of jade—in the nation of Myanmar (Burma). The jadeite deposits found in Myanmar's northern regions are the source of the highest quality jadeite in the world, noted by sources in China going as far back as the 10th century.
Myanmar Gems Museum, in Yangon, Myanmar, is a museum dedicated to precious Burmese gem stones. The museum is located on the third floor of a four-story building, located near Kaba Aye Pagoda . [ 1 ]
Myanma Economic Holdings Limited; Myanma Gems Enterprise; Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise; Myanma Pharmaceutical Industry Enterprise; Myanma Posts and Telecommunications; Myanma Timber Enterprise; Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries; Myanmar Economic Corporation; Myanmar International; Myanmar National Airlines; Myanmar Radio and Television
This is a list of museums in Yangon, Myanmar. Bogyoke Aung San Museum; Myanmar Gems Museum; Myanmar Motion Picture Museum; National Museum of Myanmar; Planetarium (Burma) Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum; Shwedagon Pagoda Museum
Thailand buys the majority of Myanmar's gems. The " Valley of Rubies ", the mountainous Mogok area, 200 km (120 mi) north of Mandalay , is noted as the original source of ruby including the world's finest "pigeon's blood" rubies as well as the one of the world's most beautiful sapphires in "royal" blue, only second to the now extinct Kashmir blue.
Myanmar is known by a name deriving from Burma in Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek. [53] French-language media consistently use Birmanie. [54] [55] There are at least nine different pronunciations of the English name Myanmar, and no single one is standard. Pronunciations with two syllables are found most often in major British and American ...
In response, the Myanmar central government suspended operations in seventeen mine blocks in Hapakant, affecting eleven companies. [9] None of the companies the miners worked for or who operated the mine were shut down or found at fault by the Myanmar government. The Myanma Gems Enterprise instead blamed the collapse on "the instability of the ...