Hurricane Helene Halts Quartz Mines Needed for Chipmaking
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Hurricane Helene has halted North Carolina mining operations producing high-purity quartz used to make silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacturing.
Operators Sibelco and Quartz Corp. both shut their facilities on Sept. 26, the companies said in separate statements. It’s too early to say when production could restart, they said.