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 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 ...
Helene forces closure of quartz plants critical to tech sector
Hurricane Helene devastated the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, shutting down mining operations for pure quartz, a ...
Chipmakers aren’t worried about U.S. quartz mine closures due to Hurricane Helene — many don’t expect significant repercussions
However, aside from damages to their facilities and infrastructure, the more critical issue they need to address is to ...
How a tiny town hit by Helene could upend the global semiconductor chip industry
Virtually all of the world’s supply of a mineral that is critical to semiconductor production comes from one tiny town in the ...
Helene Destroyed a Town That’s the Source of Quartz for Most Tech Products
Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is known for producing the high-quality mineral used in most computer chips, solar panels and fiber optics. It was largely flattened by floods after the storm.
Roundup: Hurricane halts U.S. pure quartz production, threatening global tech supply chain
Hurricane Helene devastating impact on a small town in North Carolina is feared to have far-reaching consequences for the global technology industry ...
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Quartz mine sees no supply disruption after Helene hit N. Carolina
Following at least 178 deaths and billions in damage from Hurricane Helene throughout six states in the southeast US, at ...
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Chip Making Likely Won’t Be Hurt by Quartz-Mine Closures After Hurricane Helene
But fears about a serious disruption to global chipmaking following Hurricane Helene may be overstated. High-purity quartz ...
Hurricane Helene's devastation has shut down a one-of-a-kind mine for AI chips
The town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is home to two mines that are major sources of high-purity quartz, a key material ...