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quartz, North Carolina and Hurricane Helene

The (Raleigh) News & Observe… · 19h

No power but only minor damage: Spruce Pine quartz mine owner updates Helene recovery

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

Bloomberg L.P. · 21h

North Carolina Quartz Mine Owner Says Helene Damage Was Minimal

The owner of a North Carolina quartz mine that’s a key source for high-purity quartz used in global semiconductor manufacturing said its operations sustained only minor damage in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Newsweek · 2d

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 down.

Straight Arrow News on MSN · 15h

Helene halts quartz mining in North Carolina, sparks misinformation online

Hurricane Helene severely disrupted quartz mining operations in North Carolina, raising concerns across the global tech industry.

E&E · 15h

North Carolina quartz mines report minor damage from floods

However, they remain closed as surrounding communities in a remote mountain region deal with pervasive power and water outages, as well as washed-out roads.

Chip Firms Watching Quartz Supply

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 1d

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 left battered by the storm's heavy rains

The Financial Times · 5h

Global chipmaking hit as Hurricane Helene disrupts quartz mining

The storm, the most deadly to hit the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, flooded the mountain town of Spruce Pine last weekend, which experts say produces as much as 90 per cent of the world’s ultra-pure quartz. This scarce mineral is used to make the crucibles in which the high-grade silicon used in semiconductors is produced.

Bloomberg L.P. · 1d

Chip Firms Watching Quartz Supply After Hurricane Shut Mines

Global semiconductor makers are monitoring supplies of high-purity quartz, a material critical to the industry, after Hurricane Helene halted production at two North Carolina mines that produce most of the world’s supply.

Benzinga (Video) on MSN11h

Hurricane Helene Halts Mining of Key Mineral in Spruce Pine, Threatening Global Semiconductor Supply Chain

Hurricane Helene has devastated Spruce Pine, North Carolina, home to the world’s only source of high-purity quartz crucial ...

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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North Carolina town that produces quartz needed for tech products is devastated by Helene

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

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 ...

Helene takes ultrapure quartz mines offline, threatens tech supply chains

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

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Hurricane Helene Halts Mining of Key Mineral in Spruce Pine, Threatening Global Semiconductor...

Hurricane Helene has devastated Spruce Pine, North Carolina, home to the world’s only source of high-purity quartz crucial ...

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Your Phones and Computers Rely on This Remote North Carolina Mine. Helene Just Walloped It.

Those mines are now closed indefinitely, after Hurricane Helene dumped 2 feet of water on Spruce Pine, devastating the area.

22hon MSN

Helene catastrophe might create downstream disaster for tech industry

Deep in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina lies the small town of Spruce Pine, which also happens to ...

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