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 ...

Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and flooding to western North Carolina last week, leaving dozens dead and catastrophic damage stretching across the state’s mountain towns. The ...

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 ...

"If more serious damage occurred at the mines, then both the chip and solar industries could see supply chain shortages and price spikes." That's because the Spruce Pine mines are singular in ...

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 ...

Growers have taken urgent action to protect supplies ahead of the festive ... the Forestry Commission banned the planting of new spruce trees in parts of East Anglia and south-east England from ...

In addition to this, our teams are joining the local taskforces to try to restore the most basic services and bring further supplies to Spruce Pine,” The Quartz Corp said in a statement.

The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a quartz facility integral to the global production of solar panels ...

Facility issues have hindered the global supply chain of quartz before. In 2008, a fire at a Spruce Pine quartz refinery “temporarily brought production to a halt and impacted the market ...