Sibelco, one of the companies mining high-purity quartz in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has resumed operations. In an update on Thursday, the company said that production and shipments of the ...

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 ...

The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their operations due to the damage and aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Mines located ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An aerial view of quartz mines in Spruce Pine, N.C., as taken from a plane on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Photo: AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high ...

Two linguists took the time to explain the fascinating origin of o'clock. Read on to learn what the o in o’clock stands for and how the word evolved throughout history. The answer might surprise ...

Abraj Al Bayt’s 43-meter clock stands as the largest on the globe Mecca's iconic clock: The clock itself boasts a massive 43-meter diameter, illuminated by approximately 2 million LED bulbs.

The twice-annual changing of the clocks will happen on Sunday, Nov. 3 as the clocks "fall back" an hour, a tradition that is observed by most, but not all Americans. The opposite will happen in ...