A raw material that comes from the small North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine is key to powering most of your electronics. Helene shut down the mines that produce ultra-pure quartz, raising ...

A raw material coming from the small North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine is the key to powering most of our ...

Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline.

Hurricane Helene has been one of the deadliest storms in US history, massively impacting the semiconductor in North Carolina ...

One of the largest U.S. facilities producing IV and dialysis fluids, in western North Carolina, has temporarily closed due to flooding from Hurricane Helene. The damage to Baxter International’s plant ...

Due to a quirk of geology, the purest quartz in all the world comes from the picturesque town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

One of the largest U.S. facilities producing IV and dialysis fluids, in western North Carolina, has temporarily closed due to ...

A week after Tropical Storm Helene hit NC, storm survivors in Yancey and Mitchell counties talk with CPP. Their stories and a ...

Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has most of the world's high-quality quartz, a mineral essential for the semiconductors used in smartphones, laptops, and AI chips. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is not counting ...

Hurricane Helene's impact on a small North Carolina town reveals the tech industry's vulnerability to disruptions in the ...