This section offers news briefs concerning the gem industry in Mogok, Myanmar. The tailings at a ruby mine in Kadottak were being processed by an operation for small rubies. The Pein Pyit area experience an increase in gem prospecting for ruby, sapphire, red spinel, zircon and moonstone. Work at the Kadaykada mining area has shifted to the nearby Lone-Cho area for ruby and spinel.