But fears about a serious disruption to global chipmaking following Hurricane Helene may be overstated. High-purity quartz ...

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

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

The owner of a North Carolina quartz mine that’s a key source for high-purity quartz used in global semiconductor ...

The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the only sources of high-purity quartz on Earth, but it has been ...

Operations at a crucial facility for the semiconductor industry in North Carolina have now been stopped for five days as the ...

However, they remain closed as surrounding communities in a remote mountain region deal with pervasive power and water ...

Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the ...

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Following at least 178 deaths and billions in damage from Hurricane Helene throughout six states in the southeast US, at ...

Two facilities that produce high-purity quartz essential in semiconductors, solar panels, and fiber-optics have been shut ...

The town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is home to two mines that are major sources of high-purity quartz, a key material ...