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15 results for “quartz”

Bottlenecks1

  1. candidate

    Crucible-grade high-purity quartz sand

    An unusually pure sand used to line the crucibles that grow silicon crystals. Most of it comes from one place on earth.

Companies7

  1. partly sourced; replaceability is a judgement

    The Quartz Corp

    Inner-layer crucible quartz comes in practice from a very small number of deposits, and every Czochralski puller on earth needs it.

  2. partly sourced; replaceability is a judgement

    Russian Quartz

    An organisation recorded in the extraction layer.

  3. partly sourced; replaceability is a judgement

    Jiangsu Pacific Quartz

    An organisation recorded in the refining layer.

  4. partly sourced; replaceability is a judgement

    Shin-Etsu Quartz

    Same step, same shortness of the list.

  5. partly sourced; replaceability is a judgement

    Ferrotec

    Directory interpretation, not independently verified: Quartz and fab consumables Broad consumables base spanning both sides of an export-control line. Jurisdictions recorded: JP CN. Mapped…

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Events2

  1. 2026-06-30 · Neutral

    The Quartz Corp restructures its US operations, citing persistent losses in its renewable-energy business.

    The renewable energy industry, a significant business area for The Quartz Corp (TQC), is affected internationally by persistent losses.

  2. 2026-06-30 · Tightens

    The Quartz Corp indefinitely closes one of its Spruce Pine plants, the most concentrated node in the chain.

    …our operations including the indefinite closure of one quartz production facility located at Altapass Highway in Spruce Pine, NC, U.S. and reducing our workforce by 20-30 people as a result.

Science1

  1. source-backed readiness judgement

    A fully synthetic crucible

    Making the whole crystal-growing crucible from manufactured quartz, rather than only its inner lining.

Countries1

  1. computed from USGS and EIA tables

    Australia

    …Electronic-grade polysilicon, Crucible-grade high-purity quartz sand. Directory of public geology and industrial role, not a finding. A producer row with a source is the only way a mineral…

Glossary1

  1. definition

    Crucible

    The container a silicon crystal is grown in, lined with extremely pure quartz. The lining is manufactured; the body is still made from sand from a very small number of deposits.

Loops2

  1. the project's own model, not a measurement

    Materials qualification

    …300 mm prime silicon wafers, Crucible-grade high-purity quartz sand, Gallium, refined, CVD synthetic diamond heat spreader, Silicon carbide substrate, 200 mm semi-insulating, Two-phase…

  2. the project's own model, not a measurement

    Silicon

    …Electronic-grade polysilicon, Crucible-grade high-purity quartz sand, Semiconductor process engineers. A loop is how fast a design can be tried, built and measured; the slowest one sets the…