With Hurricane Helene officially designated the deadliest storm to hit the mainland US since Katrina, the total quantum of its destruction is just becoming visible. Now, a seemingly inconsequential town in North Carolina that was recently hit by Helene is on watch for its potential to severely disrupt the global semiconductor industry, owing to the town’s virtual monopoly over the mining of High-Purity Quartz (HPQ). To wit, the town of Spruce Pine in North Carolina, with just 2,220 residents (as of 2022), constitutes a critical component of the global semiconductor industry, courtesy of its mines that yield some of the […]
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