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The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting ...

Those mines are now closed indefinitely, after Hurricane Helene dumped 2 feet of water on Spruce Pine, devastating the area.

It was clear too that the post-war period ... a sturdy frame to which several thin sheets of quartz have been attached. These sheets, cut to the proper crystal orientation for the desired ...

Key players in the high-purity quartz industry, are facing significant challenges following Hurricane Helene's landfall. Sibelco and The Quartz Corp in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, are two ...

Hurricane Helene left a trail of death and destruction throughout the U.S. Southeast, but the impact of the massive storm may ...

Quartz, which can generate electricity, attracts large chunks of gold when stressed and squeezed by seismic shaking, according to a new study Elizabeth Gamillo Correspondent When earthquakes ...

The devastation in North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene could have serious implications for a niche — but extremely ...

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The tiny town is the only place on the planet with the high-quality quartz essential to semiconductor production.

The full extent of the damage to infrastructure is still largely unknown, while hundreds of thousands of people in the ...