Business Sector FAQs

 Sector 21: Mining

Questions about this sector are provided below and apply to the Sector as a whole.

 Questions

• Sector Questions

1.  What is a mineral establishment?
2.  What activities should be included when I report mining activity?
3.  I believe that I am a service provider yet I received a mining form.
4.  My company is not a mining company, what should I do?
5.  How do I complete my "nationwide" report?

 Answers

• Sector Questions




1.  What is a mineral establishment?

A mineral establishment is a single physical location where mineral operations are performed. A separate report must be filed for each mineral establishment operated by the company during any part of 2007. This includes mines under development. The operator of the establishment should complete the report, whether the operator is the owner or is operating it under lease or contract.

EXAMPLES:

• Mine only (a mine may be a lode operation, pit, beach, underground, or placer deposit)
• Mine and concentration plant (such plants may be engaged in milling, washing, agglomeration, or other types of mineral concentration)
• Concentration plant only
• Mines or sites under exploration, development, or maintenance
• Plants under construction

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2.  What activities should be included when I report mining activity?

INCLUDE:

• Operations of a mine together with its associated shops, auxiliary units, yards, mill, beneficiating, concentration or washing plant, and offices
• A mill, beneficiating, or concentration plant not at the site of the mines served, or operated under separate management from the mines, together with its associated shops, yards, auxiliary units, and offices

INCLUDE WHEN CARRIED ON AT THE SAME PHYSICAL LOCATION:

• Generating energy for the mine or plant (include a central power plant serving two or more mines or plants with the one for which the power plant furnished the most electric energy)
• Maintenance of mine, plant, and equipment
• Receiving, shipping, storage, research, record keeping, health, safety, cafeteria, and other services

EXCLUDE:

• Operation of company stores, boardinghouses, bunkhouses, and recreational facilities.
• Separate sales branches, research laboratories, and general administrative offices.
• Sintering plants operated in conjunction with blast furnaces
• Recovery of metals through smelting or refining (except for mercury)

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3.  I believe that I am a service provider yet I received a mining form.

The mining sector does include establishments providing support work to operators of mineral properties, including oil and gas wells.

EXAMPLES:

• Exploration for minerals and prospect and test drilling
• Sinking mine shafts and overburden stripping
• Mining metal ores, coal, stone, and other minerals for another's account, including the loading of culm-bank material
• Pumping and draining mines and quarries
• Installing production equipment

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4.  My company is not a mining company, what should I do?

If the location shown in the address box of the report form is not a mining company, please indicate the nature of your business in the remarks section and return the form to us.

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5.  How do I complete my "nationwide" report?

INCLUDE:

• All nationwide service activities performed under your current Employer Identification Number (EIN) for 2007
• All activities performed in the United States and adjoining offshore areas (offshore areas applicable for forms MI-21351 and MI-21352 only)
• Separate state and offshore area (if applicable) information in Item 26B.

"Nationwide" reports are only sent to establishments primarily performing service work for operators on a contract or fee basis.

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