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

One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors from mines in a western North ...

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

The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

The facilities named as The Quartz Corp and Sibelco, located in Spruce Pine, halted their operations prior to the incoming ...

Operations at a quartz mine in western North Carolina have been shut down for more than five days after Hurricane Helene dumped 2 feet of rain on the town of Spruce Pine, washing out roads and ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and ...

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 ...

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by ...

A tiny town in North Carolina that’s just been devastated ... Russia and Brazil also supply high-quality quartz, he says, but “Spruce Pine has far and away the [largest amount] and highest ...