Spruce Pine just got hit by Helene. The fallout on the tech …
WEB5 days ago · Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped more...
How a tiny town hit by Helene could upend the global ... - NBC News
WEB2 days ago · Mines in Spruce Pine produce the world’s purest form of quartz, which plays a central role in chip manufacturing. Now, the town’s exceedingly valuable supply of high-purity quartz is at risk ...
Hurricane Helene Shutters 'Critical' Quartz Mines That Power the …
WEB3 days ago · The highest-quality Spruce Pine quartz has an open crystal structure that, after rounds of treatment to dissolve impurities, can be transformed into Iota quartz—which Beiser calls the ...
Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s ...
WEB6 days ago · In 2008, a fire at a Spruce Pine quartz refinery “temporarily brought production to a halt and impacted the market,” reported Global Risk Intel, a Washington D.C.-based consulting firm.
Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s ...
WEB5 days ago · Mon, September 30, 2024, 8:40 PM EDT · 3 min read. The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a quartz facility ...
Quartz mine essential for manufacturing phones and PC shut …
WEB3 days ago · Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain potentially starved of an ingredient vital...
Global chipmaking hit as Hurricane Helene disrupts quartz mining
WEB1 day ago · Sibelco, the Belgium-headquartered mining conglomerate that operates the largest quartz production facility in Spruce Pine, said that the area was “hit particularly hard”. “The hurricane has ...
Devastation from Hurricane Helene could bring semiconductor
WEB3 days ago · The Spruce Pine mines provide an estimated 80% to 90% of the world’s high-purity quartz — experts say the exact amount is proprietary and unknown — supplying semiconductor manufacturers like ...
Hurricane Helene barreled through a crucial chip mining area in …
WEB5 days ago · Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic damage and flooding to Spruce Pine, North Carolina, which is home to the world’s purest quartz used in chipmaking.
Helene’s flooding shuts down N.C. quartz sand mines crucial for ...
WEB4 days ago · The calamity has devastated this small town of about 2,200 along the North Toe River but is also expected to affect people around the world. The high-purity quartz from Spruce Pine’s mines is ...
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