Global semiconductor manufacturers are monitoring supplies of high-purity quartz, a material critical to the industry, after Hurricane Helene halted production at two North Carolina mines that ...
Chip Firms Watching Quartz Supply After Hurricane Shut Mines Sibelco, Quartz mines suspended operations after Helene Two mines produce over 80% of world’s high-purity quartz ...
Manufacturers could temporarily shift to other sources for quartz, but that would introduce extra refining expenses. Vance said Spruce Pine was still in a state of emergency on Monday. Residents ...
Hurricane Helene has halted North Carolina mining operations producing high-purity quartz used to make silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacturing. Operators Sibelco and Quartz Corp.