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Sibelco to build quartz plant in North Carolina, extending US chip onshoring to raw materials
What happened
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a new investment by industrial minerals company Sibelco to build a quartz plant in North Carolina, expanding semiconductor-related manufacturing, as the Trump administration pushes to bring more of the chip supply chain onto US soil. This is an announced planned expansion; the source does not state the cause, and no capacity figures or timeline are given.
Impact and signal
Medium impactImpact score: 55/100
Affected components and suppliers
quartz
Sibelco
quartzNorth CarolinaUS onshoringsemiconductor raw materialsplanned expansion
Source and time
Source: DigiTimes Asia · 10/21/2026 · View original source
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