Hurricane Helene devastating impact on a small town in North Carolina is feared to have far-reaching consequences for the global technology industry ...

The town of Spruce Pine was hit by more than 61 cm of rain from Hurricane Helene last week, causing severe flooding and infrastructure damage. The community is home to one of the world's primary ...

The major indexes (^DJI,^GSPC, ^IXIC) closed lower on Thursday as investors await the September jobs report. Neil Dutta, ...

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Virtually all of the world’s supply of a mineral that is critical to semiconductor production comes from one tiny town in the ...

Hurricane Helene devastated the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, shutting down mining operations for pure quartz, a ...

The hurricane damaged hundreds of cars at a single dealership and shutdown two mines key to semiconductor chip production.

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

Operations at two critical North Carolina facilities that mine high-purity quartz, remain suspended following the impact of ...

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

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.

The mines are near Spruce Pine, a small town an hour north of Asheville, North Carolina, that is one of the most important ...