Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the global supply of semiconductor chips, announced its ...

Two weeks after shutting down its Spruce Pine facilities ahead of Hurricane Helene, Belgian mining company Sibelco announced Thursday it has restarted operations in the Western North Carolina town ...

Hurricane Helene tore through North Carolina over the weekend, causing widespread devastation. The storm has temporarily closed a one-of-a-kind mine in the town of Spruce Pine, and it could have ...

Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has most of the world’s high-quality quartz, a mineral essential for the semiconductors used in smartphones, laptops, and AI chips. Spruce Pine, North Carolina received ...

Residents have a saying in Spruce Pine, that a piece of their home is in tech across the globe. But could geopolitical tensions hurt their mining tradition, and their lucrative quartz business? WHY WE ...

Sibelco has started mining Spruce Pine’s ultra-high-purity quartz once again. Sibelco has started mining Spruce Pine’s ultra-high-purity quartz once again. is a news writer who covers the streaming ...

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The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the global supply of semiconductor chips, announced its shuttered Spruce Pine, North Carolina, mines have endured “minor damage,” ...

Since Hurricane Helene made landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast on September 26, it has impacted six states and resulted in at least 230 deaths, making it the deadliest storm since Hurricane Katrina in ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps The world’s main producer of high-purity quartz, a mineral crucial to the global ...