North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 2122 is used by federal buyers for market research, set-aside size standards, and reporting. Official titles come from the Census Bureau NAICS structure.
Official definition
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing mine sites or mining metallic minerals, and establishments primarily engaged in ore dressing and beneficiating (i.e., preparing) operations, such as crushing, grinding, washing, drying, sintering, concentrating, calcining, and leaching. Beneficiating may be performed at mills operated in conjunction with the mines served or at mills, such as custom mills, operated separately.
- Official title
- Metal Ore Mining
- Code level
- 4
- Parent industry
- Mining (except Oil and Gas) 212
- Open opportunities
- 0 open · 0 active
Source and edition
2022 NAICS Manual definition and reference material from the U.S. Census Bureau.