Helene shut down the Spruce Pine mines that produce ultra-pure quartz, and some fear that could cause shortages and higher ...

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

Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline.

Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber ...

One of the largest U.S. facilities producing IV and dialysis fluids, in western North Carolina, has temporarily closed due to ...

Due to a quirk of geology, the purest quartz in all the world comes from the picturesque town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The mineral, created deep within the earth when silicon-rich magmas cooled ...

The devastation in North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene could have serious implications for a niche — but extremely ...

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 ...

Quartz mining suspension in the wake of the storm leads to potential supply chain disruptions and price surges in the ...