Quartz is a high-end alternative to natural stone for kitchen and bathroom countertops. Here, we explain the good and bad of ...

Specialists will consider the placement of sinks, faucets, and appliances to customize the quartz slabs to fit perfectly. During installation, the goal is to minimize the visibility of seams, ensuring ...

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 ...

The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the only sources of high-purity quartz on Earth, but it has been left battered by the storm’s heavy rains Olatunji Osho-Williams Staff ...

We called the carpenter who was going to replace the missing trim. He secured the cabinets with more screws and also removed ...

Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene SPRUCE PINE ...

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. both shut ...

In the storm’s aftermath, many nationwide inquired about the status of the local quartz mines that are critical to the supply chains of semiconductors, solar panels, and other devices.

Chip Firms Watching Quartz Supply After Hurricane Shut Mines · Bloomberg Jane Lanhee Lee, Yoolim Lee and Christina Kyriasoglou Wed, Oct 2, 2024, 8:13 PM 2 min read ...

Flooding in North Carolina has imperiled the operations of mines that produce the world’s purest quartz sand — an irreplaceable ingredient for manufacturing components at the heart of ...