Two facilities that produce high-purity quartz essential in semiconductors, solar panels, and fiber-optics have been shut ...
Closures from storm damage could lead to supply-chain bottlenecks — and price increases — for the chips used in AI, ...
However, they remain closed as surrounding communities in a remote mountain region deal with pervasive power and water ...
The facilities in Spruce Pine, now isolated and imperiled by Helene’s floods, are a vital node in the supply chain of ...
Operations at a quartz mine in western North Carolina have been shut down for more than five days after Hurricane Helene ...
Facilities in North Carolina operated by two companies that mine a crucial mineral needed for semiconductor production remain ...
Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and flooding to western North Carolina last week, leaving dozens dead and ...
Those mines are now closed indefinitely, after Hurricane Helene dumped 2 feet of water on Spruce Pine, devastating the area.
Satellite images taken after Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina show washed-out streets and buildings, downed trees, and ...
Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber ...
More than 230 people have been killed from Hurricane Helene, which unleashed devastation across Florida, Georgia, South ...