Sibelco, one of the companies mining high-purity quartz in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has resumed operations. In an update on ThursdayThe company said production and shipments of quartz, which is crucial to the chip manufacturing process, are “progressively increasing to full capacity.”
Spruce Pine has the only natural quartz in the world that is pure enough to use as a crucible during the chip manufacturing process. In the past, some experts warned that any disruption to Spruce Pine's quartz mining operations could have massive impacts on the supply chain for chips used in phones, computers, solar panels and other devices.
Quartz Corp, which also mines high-purity quartz at Spruce Pine, stopped operations on September 26. Despite this, he said it. I didn't expect anything “Critical situation” for industries that use quartz due to existing stock and finished products throughout the supply chain.
“While the road to full recovery for our communities will be long, restarting our operations and resuming shipments to customers are important contributions to rebuilding the local economy,” Sibelco CEO Hilmar Rode said in the news release. .