The US – specifically the state of North Carolina – may possess the ultimate secret weapon in the new trade war with China ...

High-purity quartz is one of the few critical minerals dominated by the US, with the bulk of global production located around ...

Sibelco, one of the companies mining high-purity quartz in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has resumed operations. In an update ...

Tucked into the valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mine in Spruce Pine, N.C. closed for several weeks following the ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene, the battered facility is treating hundreds of thousands of gallons daily — and preparing for what’s next.