An ongoing trial pitting a seriously ill worker against the manufacturers of engineered stone used in kitchen countertops ...

Here’s a kitchen design trend to die for. Quartz countertops are now the most popular choice among home renovators and designers because of their durability and resistance to stains, scratches, and ...

Millions of workers in the United States are exposed to hazardous silica dust in places where quartz is cut, drilled or polished, according to the Natural Stone Institute. “Protecting the health and ...

Homerun Resources, Inc., mines silica quartz sand in Bahia, Brazil. Samples of the sand are sent to UC Davis for research into purification and creating high-grade silica carbide. (Courtesy of Homerun ...

The innovative QRR pilot plant was designed and built to transform lower-purity quartz (SiO2) into high-purity silicon (Si) in a single step. The QRR, which uses electric high temperature plasma arc, ...

A federal proposal to lease 347 acres of the Ouachita National Forest for quartz mining has drawn concern from residents over ...

Australian Silica Quartz Group Ltd is an Australia-based mineral exploration company. The Company holds a number of hard rock quartz and high-grade silica sand projects in various stages of ...

Scientists discovered silica mineral quartz in a primitive meteorite, becoming the first in the world to present direct evidence of silica condensation within the solar protoplanetary disk. They also ...