How a tiny town hit by Helene could upend the global

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

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The town is home to mines that produce some of the world s highest quality quartz With increasing global demand Sibelco announced last year that it would invest $200 million to double capacity

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Supply chain experts say it could take weeks to make the mines operational again which could mean chip shortages and price hikes at a particularly bad time for the tech industry as Silicon

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Topline Operations at one of two quartz mines in western North Carolina resumed late this week after being shut down for more than two weeks following Hurricane Helene s dumping of 2 feet of

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North Carolina town that produces quartz needed for tech

SPRUCE PINE AP — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high purity quartz used for making semiconductors solar panels and fiber optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene with no reopening date in Sibelco and The Quartz Corp both shut down operations in the Appalachian town of Spruce Pine on Thursday ahead of the

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Hurricane Helene barreled through a crucial chip mining area in North Carolina / The small mining town of Spruce Pine contains the world s purest quartz — a critical ingredient in the

How a tiny town hit by Helene could upend the global

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

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5 The client owns the mining rights to the world s largest freshwater deposit of diatomaceous earth located approximately 130 kms north of Greenvale in North Queensland Due to increasing world demand for superior silicon fertilisers and soil amendments Agripower have invested in a new 240 000 tonnes p/a processing plant in Charters Towers

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Hurricane Helene Shutters Critical Quartz Mines

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