NAICS 212111 Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining

NAICS Code: 212111

Code Title: Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining

Code Sector: 21 - Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

NAICS 212111 Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) surface mining of bituminous coal and lignite; (2) developing bituminous coal and lignite surface mine sites; (3) surface mining and beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing coal) of bituminous coal; or (4) beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing coal), but not mining, bituminous coal.


Cross References

Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Manufacturing coke oven products in coke oven establishments--are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
  • Underground mining of bituminous coal--are classified in U.S. Industry 212112, Bituminous Coal Underground Mining;
  • Mining and/or beneficiating anthracite coal--are classified in U.S. Industry 212113, Anthracite Mining.

Alternate Titles

  • Bituminous coal and lignite surface mine site development for own account
  • Bituminous coal cleaning plants
  • Bituminous coal crushing
  • Bituminous coal or lignite beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing)
  • Bituminous coal screening plants
  • Bituminous coal stripping (except on a contract, fee, or other basis)
  • Bituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Bituminous coal washeries
  • Brown coal mining and/or beneficiating
  • Cleaning plants, bituminous coal
  • Coal beneficiating plants, bituminous or lignite (surface or underground)
  • Coal, bituminous, beneficiating
  • Coal, brown, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Crushing plants, bituminous coal
  • Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal or lignite (except on a contract basis)
  • Lignite surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Screening plants, bituminous coal or lignite
  • Semianthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Semibituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Strip mining, bituminous coal or lignite, on own account
  • Strip mining, lignite, on own account
  • Subbituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Tipple operation, bituminous coal mining and/or beneficiating
  • Washeries, bituminous coal or lignite

NAICS 212111 Crosswalk

Crosswalk between the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) --

Crosswalk between the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Code Revision 4.0 --

  • ISIC 0520 - Mining of lignite