Ambery LLC

About 90% of worlds extractable amber is concentrated in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. After the USSR had collapsed, the country faced a continuous economic crisis that affected mining. Amber Combine, the only company in the world specialising in industrial extraction of this gemstone has almost terminated its activity. As a result, a huge number of black diggers or illegal amber miners have appeared. The majority of the amber jewelry sold today on the Internet, in the Baltic States, Poland, Ukraine and China is made from illegally mined amber.From 2015 on, the factory is undergoing a renaissance stage under the management of the state corporation Rostec. In addition to reconstruction and purchasing of new equipment, a ban on the export of unprocessed raw materials outside of Russia was imposed. This was done in order to stimulate production within the country. Sales of amber are becoming increasingly transparent and open auctions are held. It is the legally mined and high-quali...