News Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mine critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing — Spruce Pine houses the world's only ultra-pure quartz...

[Admin]

Global quartz supply could be disrupted by Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mine critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing — Spruce Pine houses the world's only ultra-pure quartz... : Read more

 

[GenericUsername109]

Please, double-check before posting such clickbait headlines. The mines are in the hills, not in the town itself (which got hit hard). It is quite possible, that the hurricane actually did not devastate the quartz mines.

 

[kb7rky]

Please, double-check before posting such clickbait headlines. The mines are in the hills, not in the town itself (which got hit hard). It is quite possible, that the hurricane actually did not devastate the quartz mines.

Not to mention all the false information about the "lithium mines" being flooded, as well.

 

[USAFRet]

Please, double-check before posting such clickbait headlines. The mines are in the hills, not in the town itself (which got hit hard). It is quite possible, that the hurricane actually did not devastate the quartz mines.

Its not necessarily that the mine is devastated, but the roads in and out, and many of the workers are without power at home, etc, etc.

 

[kanewolf]

Please, double-check before posting such clickbait headlines. The mines are in the hills, not in the town itself (which got hit hard). It is quite possible, that the hurricane actually did not devastate the quartz mines.

And there is no way to know what happened underground. There could be 50 feet of ground water that has flooded the production areas. We don't know. A mine on a hill is not immune from 2 ft of rainfall because some of that water does make it underground.