Global semiconductor manufacturers are monitoring supplies of high-purity quartz, a material critical to the industry, after Hurricane Helene halted production at two North Carolina mines that ...

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The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the only sources of high-purity quartz on Earth, but it has been left battered by the storm’s heavy rains Olatunji Osho-Williams Staff ...

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North Carolina Town That Produces Quartz Needed for Tech Products Is Devastated by Helene SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for ...

Flooding in North Carolina has imperiled the operations of mines that produce the world’s purest quartz sand — an irreplaceable ingredient for manufacturing components at the heart of ...

Hurricane Helene has halted North Carolina mining operations producing high-purity quartz used to make silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacturing. Operators Sibelco and Quartz Corp. both shut ...

The small mining town hosts the world's only known source of pure quartz, a necessary component for manufacturing computer chips. Hurricane Helene unleashed catastrophic rain, wind, and flooding ...

The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their operations due to the damage and aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Mines located ...