212114 Surface Coal Mining
Overview
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) surface mining of bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal; (2) developing bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal surface mine sites; (3) surface mining and beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing) of bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal; or (4) beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing), but not mining, bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal.
Top Organizations
Cross-References
- Underground mining and/or development of underground bituminous and anthracite coal mines--are classified in U.S. Industry 212115, Underground 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.
Index Entries
| Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing, sizing) |
| Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite surface mine site development for own account |
| Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating |
| Brown coal mining and/or beneficiating |
| Coal beneficiating plants (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing) |
| Coal stripping (except on a contract, fee, or other basis) |
| Coal, bituminous, lignite, or anthracite, surface mining and/or beneficiating |
| Coal, brown, mining and/or beneficiating |
| Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite (except on a contract basis) |
| Hard coal (i.e., anthracite) surface mining and/or beneficiating |
| Lignite surface mining and/or beneficiating |
| Preparation plants, coal |
| Semianthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating |
| Semibituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating |
| Strip mining, bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite, on own account |
| Subbituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating |
| Tipple operation, bituminous coal mining and/or beneficiating |