As you may have noticed in our recent interviews, the question of ethics and transparency in the gem trade is a bit of a recurring issue of late.
Today, we are lucky enough to have with us Hayley Henning from the Greenland Ruby A/S and we will be discussing just this: Ethics in the gem mining industry.
Greenland Ruby A/S is the only large scale gem mining company to operate under the European Union laws to my knowledge and perhaps the only ruby mine in the world that can claim to stand on ethical grounds.
Back to Hayley though, she has been working for various of the most iconic mining operations in the last twenty years among which the now known as Tanza One that she helmed for little under a decade!
Without any further delays we give you, Hayley Henning!
Asia Lounges: Hi Hayley, thank you very much for being with us today. We will start with our traditional first question: who are you Hayley Henning?
Hayley Henning: So great to be given the opportunity to speak to you in this forum – thank you, and thank you for the brief intro. I’m Hayley Henning, VP Sales and Marketing for Greenland Ruby, having formerly run the Tanzanite Foundation. I’m in love with coloured gemstones, and particularly intrigued with the idea that gemstones link people and places, which is what I learned many years ago, from one of our Industry Icons, Richard Hughes. I was born in South Africa, which is also where I started my career in gems nearly 30 years ago. I now live in New York, travelling frequently to Europe and Asia, on a mission now setting up sales and distribution for the rubies and pink sapphires mined in Greenland.
Simon Dussart is the founder of www.asialounges.com and the author of the blog “A Gem Dealer’s Journal”.
