subsector 212
Mining (except Oil and Gas)
Overview
Industries in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) subsector primarily engage in mining, mine site development, and beneficiating (i.e., preparing) metallic minerals and nonmetallic minerals, including coal. The term "mining" is used in the broad sense to include ore extraction, quarrying, and beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, sizing, concentrating, and flotation), customarily done at the mine site.
Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles which can be separated into mineral and waste, the former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, centrifugal separation, and so on. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis, distillation, and so on. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both stages: the beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting/refining) stages. The range of preparation activities varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site.
Establishments in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) subsector include those that have complete responsibility for operating mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) and those that operate mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) for others on a contract or fee basis. Establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a contract or fee basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, mine site preparation, construction, and transportation activities), required for the mining and quarrying of minerals are classified in Subsector 213, Support Activities for Mining.
The immediate parent of subsector 212 is sector 21: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Descendants
- 2121 - Coal Mining
- 2122 - Metal Ore Mining
- 21221 - Iron Ore Mining
- 21222 - Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining
- 21223 - Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining
- 21229 - Other Metal Ore Mining
- 2123 - Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
- 21231 - Stone Mining and Quarrying
- 212311 - Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying
- 212312 - Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying
- 212313 - Crushed and Broken Granite Mining and Quarrying
- 212319 - Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying
- 21232 - Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying
- 212321 - Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
- 212322 - Industrial Sand Mining
- 212323 - Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
- 21239 - Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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 | 212 | |
| 2007 | 212 | |
| 2012 | 212 | |
| 2017 | 212 | |
| 2022 | 212 |
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