[Rockhounds] North Carolina maker of high-purity quartz back operating post-Helene

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for
making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western
North Carolina community severely damaged by Hurricane Helene
<https://apnews.com/hub/hurricane-helene> is operating again.

Sibelco announced on Thursday that production has restarted at its mining
and processing operations in Spruce Pine, located 50 miles (80 kilometers)
northeast of Asheville. Production and shipments are progressively ramping
up to full capacity, the company said in a news release.

https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-helene-quartz-production-b977148e2b3fd0ada7e7ae4d300a0a6a