2022 Edition

national industry 212115

Underground Coal Mining

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) underground mining of bituminous and anthracite coal; (2) developing bituminous and anthracite coal underground mine sites; and (3) underground mining and beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing) of bituminous and anthracite coal.

The immediate parent of national industry 212115 is international industry 21211: Coal Mining

2022 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Surface mining and/or beneficiating of bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal--are classified in U.S. Industry 212114, Surface Coal Mining;
  • Providing support activities (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation) for the mining of coal on a contract or fee basis--are classified in U.S. Industry 213113, Support Activities for Coal Mining;
  • Manufacturing coke oven products in coke oven establishments--are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; and
  • Manufacturing coal products in steel mills--are classified in Industry 331110, Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 212115 - Bituminous coal or anthracite underground mine site development for own account
  2. 212115 - Bituminous coal or anthracite underground mining
  3. 212115 - Coal, bituminous or anthracite, underground mining
  4. 212115 - Hard coal (i.e., anthracite) underground mining
  5. 212115 - Semianthracite underground mining
  6. 212115 - Semibituminous coal underground mining
  7. 212115 - Subbituminous coal underground mining

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 212112 212113
2007 212112 212113
2012 212112 212113
2017 212112 212113
2022 212115

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 1222 - Bituminous Coal Underground Mining
  2. 1231 - Anthracite Mining

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 212115, Underground Coal Mining:

  1. anthracite mining
  2. bituminous coal underground mining
  3. bituminous coal underground mining naic
  4. coal mining
  5. coal mining not otherwise classified anthracite
  6. coal mining underground
  7. mining
  8. mining except oil and gas
  9. mining not otherwise classified
  10. mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction
  11. quarrying underground mining

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