The world is overly reliant on one US-located mine for critical chipmaking material, but China is working to break the stranglehold — China investing over $14 million in synthetic quartz manufacturing to diversify away from US dependency

07.11.2025 13:45 Uhr, Quelle: Toms Hardware

High-purity quartz is crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, and you can only get it naturally from the mine in North Carolina.