In addition to this, our teams are joining the local taskforces to try to restore the most basic services and bring further supplies to Spruce Pine,” The Quartz Corp said in a statement.
The Quartz Corp facility near Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is seen during a CNN flyover of the area on Monday, September 30.
And while quartz is abundant around the world, the kind of ultra-high-purity quartz mined in Spruce Pine is not.
The Spruce Pine mines provide an estimated 80% to 90% of the world’s high-purity quartz — experts say the exact amount is proprietary and unknown — supplying semiconductor manufacturers like chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
However, Wang said that despite the scale of the devastation in Spruce Pine, there is still reason for optimism.
Persons:
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Organizations:
New, New York CNN, Quartz Corp, Breakthrough Institute, Downtown, CNN, Belgian, Wadhwani Center, AI, Technologies, Center for Strategic, International, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Institute for Data Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Locations:
New York, North Carolina, Hurricane, Spruce Pine, United States, Sibelco, Silicon, Downtown Spruce, Norwegian, Spruce, Spruce Pine , North Carolina, “