Sibelco to build quartz plant in North Carolina for chip supply chain

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced Sibelco's investment to expand semiconductor-related industrial minerals manufacturing in North Carolina. The move extends the Trump administration's push to bring more of the chip supply chain, including raw materials, onto US soil.

• Sibelco will expand quartz materials output for semiconductors in North Carolina
• Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced the investment
• The project extends US chip onshoring to raw materials