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Message 2141671 - Posted: 6 Oct 2024, 3:21:49 UTC

How a tiny town hit by Helene could upend the global semiconductor chip industry
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  • Virtually all of the world’s supply of high-purity quartz, a mineral required to produce semiconductors, comes from a tiny North Carolina town that was devastated by Hurricane Helene.

  • “If something were to happen to these mines, it can put the entire industry on its ear, period,” one industry expert said.

  • The two companies operating mines in Spruce Pine have paused operations since Thursday. The Quartz Corp. says they have “no visibility” as to when activity will resume.

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Message 2141713 - Posted: 7 Oct 2024, 9:11:47 UTC

What about diversification of sources of critical raw materials and intermediate products (semiconductor chips)?

Most of high-purity quartz is from North Carolina?
Most of IC semiconductors required by industries worldwide is manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan?
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