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Hurricane Helene Shutters ‘Critical’ Quartz Mines That Power the World’s Electronics, Solar Panels and A.I.
The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the only sources of high-purity quartz on Earth, but it has been ...
How a tiny town hit by Helene could upend the global semiconductor chip industry
Virtually all of the world’s supply of a mineral that is critical to semiconductor production comes from one tiny town in the ...
Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s semiconductor supply
The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting ...
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Hurricane Helene raises concerns over semiconductor supply chain
Operations at two critical North Carolina facilities that mine high-purity quartz, remain suspended following the impact of ...
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Hurricane halts U.S. pure quartz production, threatening global tech supply chain
The town of Spruce Pine was hit by more than 61 cm of rain from Hurricane Helene last week, causing severe flooding and infrastructure damage. The community is home to one of the world's primary ...
North Carolina Town That Produces Quartz Devastated by Helene
Two facilities that produce high-purity quartz essential in semiconductors, solar panels, and fiber-optics have been shut ...
Spruce Pine, which produces quartz needed for tech products, is devastated by Helene
Sibelco and The Quartz Corp both shut down operations in the Appalachian town of Spruce Pine on Thursday ahead of the storm ...