U.S. Census Bureau

2007 NAICS Definitions


212111 Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining

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.

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Corresponding Index Entries
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal and lignite surface mine site development for own account
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal cleaning plants
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal crushing
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal or lignite beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing)
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal screening plants
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal stripping (except on a contract, fee, or other basis)
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Bituminous coal washeries
212111212111212111 Brown coal mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Cleaning plants, bituminous coal
212111212111212111 Coal beneficiating plants, bituminous or lignite (surface or underground)
212111212111212111 Coal, bituminous, beneficiating
212111212111212111 Coal, brown, mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Crushing plants, bituminous coal
212111212111212111 Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal or lignite (except on a contract basis)
212111212111212111 Lignite surface mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Screening plants, bituminous coal or lignite
212111212111212111 Semianthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Semibituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Strip mining, bituminous coal or lignite, on own account
212111212111212111 Strip mining, lignite, on own account
212111212111212111 Subbituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Tipple operation, bituminous coal mining and/or beneficiating
212111212111212111 Washeries, bituminous coal or lignite