North Carolina-After the massive hurricane Helene hit parts of the United States including North Carolina and Florida, two facilities that make quartz used in fiber optic cables and solar panels ...

No other place on Earth has as much or as minable pure quartz as Spruce Pine, in western North Carolina. It’s a geological Goldilocks, as raw minerals are in high demand and China is tightening ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Two weeks after shutting down its Spruce Pine facilities ahead of Hurricane ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and ...

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Sibelco, one of the companies mining high-purity quartz in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has resumed operations. In an update on Thursday ...

North Carolina Town That Produces Quartz Needed for Tech Products Is Devastated by Helene SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for ...

The small mining town of Spruce Pine contains the world’s purest ... Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and flooding to western North Carolina last week, leaving dozens dead and ...

Over the past three decades, new technological demands have made high-purity quartz one of North Carolina’s most important exports. Between 2019 and 2023, Sibelco said its Spruce Pine sites ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...