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Mining operations for the ultra-pure quartz at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have yet to return to their pre-Hurricane Helene production levels. When Helene ripped through western North Carolina, it ...

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SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz in a western North Carolina community is up and running again. Spruce Pine is a town of 2,200 residents.

Sibelco, a major quartz mining company in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has resumed operations following the impact of Hurricane Helene.

Nowhere on the planet has it like Spruce Pine. The biggest of Spruce Pine’s quartz mines partially reopened this week after then-Tropical Storm Helene swept through.

An aerial view of quartz mines in Spruce Pine, N.C., as taken from a plane on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Photo: AP One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making ...

Spruce Pine, NC quartz mine owner Sibelco restarts production after Hurricane Helene closed sites crucial to semiconductor chip supply chain.