Indian companies are planning to establish  opal processing plants in Ethiopia following a ban on the export of raw opal earlier this month. Until the ban was imposed 86 percent of of Indian opal was sourced from Ethiopia.

Several Indian companies have showed their interest in building opal processing plants  in Ethiopia, according to the reports of The Reporter.

The companies have finished their initial research and are preparing to set up the plants in the coming few months, The Reporter Reported citing the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines.

Source: The Reporter