The storm, the most deadly to hit the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, flooded the mountain town of Spruce Pine last weekend, which experts say produces as much as 90 per cent of the world ...

Food prices saw their fastest increase in 18 months in September, with the prices of all commodity groups rising, led by sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said.

Hurricane Helene has devastated Spruce Pine, North Carolina, home to the world’s only source of high-purity quartz crucial ...

Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Minxiang “Glenn” Zeng is stressing the need for alternatives to silicon ...

Quartz mining suspension in the wake of the storm leads to potential supply chain disruptions and price surges in the ...

However, they remain closed as surrounding communities in a remote mountain region deal with pervasive power and water ...

Satellite images taken after Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina show washed-out streets and buildings, downed trees, and ...

The Sibelco mine in North Carolina is one of the most crucial sites to the global production of semiconductors.

The owner of a North Carolina quartz mine that’s a key source for high-purity quartz used in global semiconductor ...

Following at least 178 deaths and billions in damage from Hurricane Helene throughout six states in the southeast US, at ...

From one of the world’s nicest McDonald’s to one of the world’s most important mines, the commerce effects of Hurricane ...