Chautauqua County’s airports are at the forefront of efforts to help deliver supplies and monetary donations to North Carolina and Florida in the wake of Hurricane Helene and Milton. The county is ...

Spruce Pine supplies around 70 percent of the naturally occurring HPQ that is needed for computing devices and products. The site’s market position and significance were underlined in 2019 when ...

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Facility issues have hindered the global supply chain of quartz before. In 2008, a fire at a Spruce Pine quartz refinery “temporarily brought ...

Russia and Brazil also supply high-quality quartz, he says, but “Spruce Pine has far and away the [largest amount] and highest quality.” Conway says without super-pure quartz for the crucibles ...

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - An army of private volunteers including mule drivers and helicopter pilots are helping ...

Those mines are now closed indefinitely, after Hurricane Helene dumped 2 feet of water on Spruce Pine, devastating the area. And with this singular supply of ultra-pure quartz cut off for the ...

The town around the mine, Spruce Pine ... When necessary for speed, or when supplies are tight, Apple will continue using pricier aircraft, though. Ocean shipping is already a slow solution ...

Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted for ...

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Sibelco and The Quartz Corp both shut down operations in the Appalachian town of Spruce Pine on ... More than 20 guard aircraft have been used to ferry supplies and perform other duties.