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North Carolina, Quartz
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.
North Carolina's Spruce Pine Quartz Mine Submerged: What's Next
The facilities named as The Quartz Corp and Sibelco, located in Spruce Pine, halted their operations prior to the incoming hurricane that destroyed several parts of West USA and portions of East Tennessee.
This tiny North Carolina mining town is crucial to the semiconductor industry. Helene just wrecked it.
Closures from storm damage could lead to supply-chain bottlenecks — and price increases — for the chips used in smartphones, computers and cars.
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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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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.
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Hurricane Helene disrupts critical chip mining operations in North Carolina
Companies mining high-purity quartz in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have paused operations in the aftermath of Hurricane ...
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