unearthing
Unearthing Pakistan’s natural resources I will appreciate if some one from Gem industry of pakistan can spot light on it.. Let me tell you why, the reason is quiet simple, a lot of the Pakistani dealers and miners are uneducated, hence why we are suffering, they have failed to import modern technology into the country which can extract minerals without damaging it. The miners tend to extract the mineral, by use explosives, which in effect damages 50-60% of the material. Now when the gems are sold in the international market it loses its real value because the raw value is not that high and majority of the stones are damaged.
Furthermore in the gem industry or specifically in the Diamond Sector you look at the 4 C. The 4 C are Clarity, Colour, Carat, and Cut. Pakistani gems have the clarity, colour and the Carat but fails on the cut, hence why it loses out. Let me tell you Pakistan is so blessed and any person who invest in the gem industry will be rich, because the amount of rare gems are staggering. For example other countries who have deposits of Rubies only tend to get it from there domestic mines, however in Pakistan Namak Mandi has 4 types of Rubies, they are Tajikestan, Humza valley, Afghanistan and Kashmir. Each of these deposits are famous world wide.
To be fair India always had a head start on Pakistan, because within Gujarat it has some of the best cutters in the world. The reaosn is because even during the rule of the Mughal empire, they use to cater the Kings of India. But after independence it was the private sector that pushed the gem industy where it is today.
now as Pakistani's to improve our selfs, we can only do one thing send our boys outside Pakistan and learn the modern art of faceting, India is always a good option but the Chinese and the Thai are also very good in this game. Second we need to employ mordern technology in terms of extracting the minerals out, and the government needs to have a role as well by creating a better infrastructure. Third Pakistani need to export this to the Chinese market, who have a real appetite for gems, its in there culture. But once this is put into action you will see Pakistan exporting billion of dollars worth of gems each year, world wide.
Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/economy-development/114483-unearthing-pakistan-s-natural-resources.html#ixzz2QDEMTVoi
Unearthing Pakistan’s natural resources I will appreciate if some one from Gem industry of pakistan can spot light on it.. Let me tell you why, the reason is quiet simple, a lot of the Pakistani dealers and miners are uneducated, hence why we are suffering, they have failed to import modern technology into the country which can extract minerals without damaging it. The miners tend to extract the mineral, by use explosives, which in effect damages 50-60% of the material. Now when the gems are sold in the international market it loses its real value because the raw value is not that high and majority of the stones are damaged.
Furthermore in the gem industry or specifically in the Diamond Sector you look at the 4 C. The 4 C are Clarity, Colour, Carat, and Cut. Pakistani gems have the clarity, colour and the Carat but fails on the cut, hence why it loses out. Let me tell you Pakistan is so blessed and any person who invest in the gem industry will be rich, because the amount of rare gems are staggering. For example other countries who have deposits of Rubies only tend to get it from there domestic mines, however in Pakistan Namak Mandi has 4 types of Rubies, they are Tajikestan, Humza valley, Afghanistan and Kashmir. Each of these deposits are famous world wide.
To be fair India always had a head start on Pakistan, because within Gujarat it has some of the best cutters in the world. The reaosn is because even during the rule of the Mughal empire, they use to cater the Kings of India. But after independence it was the private sector that pushed the gem industy where it is today.
now as Pakistani's to improve our selfs, we can only do one thing send our boys outside Pakistan and learn the modern art of faceting, India is always a good option but the Chinese and the Thai are also very good in this game. Second we need to employ mordern technology in terms of extracting the minerals out, and the government needs to have a role as well by creating a better infrastructure. Third Pakistani need to export this to the Chinese market, who have a real appetite for gems, its in there culture. But once this is put into action you will see Pakistan exporting billion of dollars worth of gems each year, world wide.
Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/economy-development/114483-unearthing-pakistan-s-natural-resources.html#ixzz2QDEMTVoi