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national industry 212230

Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating (i.e., preparing) ores valued chiefly for their copper, nickel, lead, or zinc content. Beneficiating includes the transformation of ores into concentrates. Establishments primarily engaged in recovering copper concentrates by the precipitation, leaching, or electrowinning of copper ore are included in this industry.

The immediate parent of national industry 212230 is international industry 21223: Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Refining copper concentrates--are classified in Industry 331410, Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining; and
  • Developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating iron and manganiferous ores valued for their iron content--are classified in Industry 212210, Iron Ore Mining.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 212230 - Blende (zinc) mining and/or beneficiating
  2. 212230 - Calamine mining and/or beneficiating
  3. 212230 - Cerussite mining and/or beneficiating
  4. 212230 - Chalcocite mining and/or beneficiating
  5. 212230 - Chalcopyrite mining and/or beneficiating
  6. 212230 - Copper beneficiating plants
  7. 212230 - Copper ore concentrates recovery
  8. 212230 - Copper ore mine site development for own account
  9. 212230 - Copper ores mining and/or beneficiating
  10. 212230 - Copper-water precipitates
  11. 212230 - Cuprite mining and/or beneficiating
  12. 212230 - Galena mining and/or beneficiating
  13. 212230 - Lead ore mine site development for own account
  14. 212230 - Lead ore mining and/or beneficiating
  15. 212230 - Lead-zinc ore mining and/or beneficiating
  16. 212230 - Nickel concentrates recovery
  17. 212230 - Nickel ore beneficiating plants
  18. 212230 - Nickel ore mine site development for own account
  19. 212230 - Nickel ores mining and/or beneficiating
  20. 212230 - Smithsonite mining and/or beneficiating
  21. 212230 - Sphalerite mining and/or beneficiating
  22. 212230 - Willemite mining and/or beneficiating
  23. 212230 - Zinc ore mine site development for own account
  24. 212230 - Zinc ores mining and/or beneficiating
  25. 212230 - Zinc-blende (sphalerite) mining and/or beneficiating
  26. 212230 - Zincite mining and/or beneficiating

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 212231 212234
2007 212231 212234
2012 212231 212234
2017 212230
2022 212230

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 1021 - Copper Ores
  2. 1031 - Lead and Zinc Ores
  3. 1061 - Ferroalloy Ores, Except Vanadium

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 212230, Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining:

  1. copper nickel lead and zinc mining
  2. copper ore
  3. copper ore and nickel ore mining
  4. ferroalloy ore except vanadium
  5. lead and zinc ore
  6. lead ore and zinc ore mining
  7. metal mining not prospecting
  8. metal mining prospecting
  9. metal ore mining
  10. mining except oil and gas
  11. mining not otherwise classified not coal surface copper and nickel ore
  12. mining not otherwise classified not coal surface lead and zinc ore
  13. mining not otherwise classified not coal underground all other metal ore
  14. mining not otherwise classified not coal underground copper ore and nickel ore
  15. mining not otherwise classified not coal underground lead ore and zinc ore
  16. mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction
  17. ore milling
  18. ore milling or processing
  19. quarrying underground mining

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