Photos of the destruction following Hurricane Helene revealed significant damage and potential loss of life in Spruce Pine, ...

Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the few places in the world for mining high-purity quartz, a key component needed for making microchips, solar panels and fiber-optic cables. But destruction ...

Sibelco and The Quartz Corp both shut down operations in the Appalachian town of Spruce Pine on Thursday ahead of the storm ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. An aerial view of quartz mines in Spruce Pine, N.C., as ...

However, they remain closed as surrounding communities in a remote mountain region deal with pervasive power and water ...

Among the horrific reports about the damage Hurricane Helene unleashed on the southeastern United States was one about Spruce ...

The two main companies at the Spruce Pine pegmatite complex—roughly 40 kilometers long by 16 kilometers wide, according to a 1962 survey—are Quartz Corp and Unimim, a subsidiary of the global ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer have a collection of stories about ...

The facilities in Spruce Pine, now isolated and imperiled by Helene’s floods, are a vital node in the supply chain of ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and ...

The quartz mines of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, part of the global computer chip supply chain, have suspended their ...

Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped ...