2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

212393 Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, milling, and/or drying or otherwise beneficiating (i.e., preparing) chemical or fertilizer mineral raw materials (except potash, soda, boron, and phosphate rock).

Illustrative Examples:

Barite mining and/or beneficiating
Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
Celestite mining and/or beneficiating
Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating
Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Mining and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating natural potassium, sodium, or boron compounds--are classified in U.S. Industry 212391, Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining;
  • Manufacturing industrial salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
  • Mining, milling, drying, and/or sintering or otherwise beneficiating phosphate rock--are classified in U.S. Industry 212392, Phosphate Rock Mining; and
  • Manufacturing table salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 311942, Spice and Extract Manufacturing.
2007
NAICS		   2012
NAICS		   2017
NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
212393   212393   212393   Alunite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Amblygonite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Arsenic mineral mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Barite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Barium ores mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Barytes mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Brimstone mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Celestite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Fertilizer minerals, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Fluorite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Guano mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Lepidolite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Lithium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Marcasite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Mineral pigments, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Ocher mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Pigments, natural, mineral, mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Pyrite concentrates mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Pyrite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Pyrrhotite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Salt, common, mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Salt, rock, mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Sienna mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Sodium chloride, rock salt, mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Spodumene mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Strontianite mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Strontium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Sulfur, native, mining and/or beneficiating
212393   212393   212393   Umber mining and/or beneficiating