Due to a quirk of geology, the purest quartz in all the world comes from the picturesque town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

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

New capital investment and a planned expansion at Butech Bliss Inc. has positioned the Salem manufacturer to become more ...

Hurricane Helene hit a quartz mine in North Carolina that is key to global semiconductor production, which could impact the ...