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 ...

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

Hurricane Helene has been one of the deadliest storms in US history, massively impacting the semiconductor in North Carolina ...

The owner of a North Carolina quartz mine that’s a key source for high-purity quartz used in global semiconductor manufacturing said its operations sustained only minor damage in the wake of ...

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 Hurricane Helene SPRUCE PINE ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, they remain closed as surrounding communities in a remote mountain region deal with pervasive power and water outages, as well as washed-out roads. Operators of two key quartz mines near ...

Sibelco and The Quartz Corp in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, are two critical facilities known for producing quartz, essential in semiconductors, solar panels, and fiber-optic cables. Both have ...