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

The Sibelco mine in North Carolina is one of the most crucial sites to the global production of semiconductors.

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

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 ...

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 ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer have a collection of stories about ...

The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the global supply of semiconductor chips, announced its shuttered Spruce Pine, North Carolina, mines have endured “minor ...