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2012 Edition

national industry 327992

Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in calcining, dead burning, or otherwise processing beyond beneficiation, clays, ceramic and refractory minerals, barite, and miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals.

The immediate parent of national industry 327992 is international industry 32799: All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in crushing, grinding, pulverizing, washing, screening, sizing, or otherwise beneficiating mined clays, ceramics and refractory, and other miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals are classified in Industry Group 2123, Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 327992 - Barite processing beyond beneficiation
  2. 327992 - Barium processing beyond beneficiation
  3. 327992 - Blast furnace slag processing
  4. 327992 - Desiccants, activated clay, manufacturing
  5. 327992 - Diatomaceous earth processing beyond beneficiation
  6. 327992 - Feldspar processing beyond beneficiation
  7. 327992 - Flint processing beyond beneficiation
  8. 327992 - Fuller's earth processing beyond beneficiating
  9. 327992 - Graphite, natural (e.g., ground, pulverized, refined, blended), manufacturing
  10. 327992 - Kaolin, processing beyond beneficiation
  11. 327992 - Lead, black (i.e., natural graphite), ground, refined, or blended, manufacturing
  12. 327992 - Magnesite, crude (e.g., calcined, dead-burned, ground), manufacturing
  13. 327992 - Mica processing beyond beneficiation
  14. 327992 - Perlite aggregates manufacturing
  15. 327992 - Perlite, expanded, manufacturing
  16. 327992 - Pumice (except abrasives) processing beyond beneficiation
  17. 327992 - Pyrophyllite processing beyond beneficiation
  18. 327992 - Shale, expanded, manufacturing
  19. 327992 - Silicon, ultra high purity, manufacturing
  20. 327992 - Talc processing beyond beneficiation
  21. 327992 - Vermiculite, exfoliated, manufacturing

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 327992
2007 327992
2012 327992
2017 327992
2022 327992

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 3295 - Minerals and Earths, Ground or Otherwise Treated

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 327992, Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing:

  1. all other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
  2. ground or treated mineral and earth manufacturing
  3. manufacturing
  4. mica good manufacturing
  5. mineral and earth ground or otherwise treated
  6. nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
  7. other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
  8. slag digging and crushing
  9. soapstone and it product talc
  10. talc mill
  11. talc soapstone and it product

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