Hilmar Rode, Sibelco CEO, joins CNBC's 'The Exchange' to discuss how Sibelco has restarted operations in North Carolina after ...

The Western North Carolina town possesses the world’s most pure quartz, making its two mine operations essential to the ...

The Western North Carolina town possesses the world’s most pure quartz, making its two mine operations essential to the ...

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and ...

One of the miners of high-purity quartz crucial for microchip production resumed operations in North Carolina after having ...

Sibelco today announced the restart of production at its Spruce Pine high purity quartz mining and processing operations following the disruption caused by Hurricane Helene. The company previously ...

One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from ...

Like much of the region, Mitchell County has sustained extensive road and rail line damage, which could hinder employees’ ability to get to the mines and Sibelco’s ability to move its valuable quartz.

“Yet if you want to get high-purity quartz — the kind you need to make those crucibles without which you can’t make silicon wafers — it has to come from Spruce Pine.” Sibelco has grown ...

OK, so we now know the quartz used in these chips that is mined ... Right now, it’s not even clear what sort of state the mines or Sibelco’s facilities are in. This could end up having a ...

Treasured for the unique purity of their quartz that’s used in semiconductors and photovoltaic cells, the Sibelco and Quartz Corp. mine operations took a beating but survived Tropical Storm ...