North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2002

21211 - Coal Mining

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining bituminous coal, anthracite and lignite by underground mining, and auger mining, strip mining, culm bank mining and other surface mining. Mining operations and preparation plants (also known as cleaning plants and washeries), whether or not such plants are operated in conjunction with mine sites, are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • producing coal fuel briquettes and packaged fuel (See 32419 Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing)

• Example Activities:

  • Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal or lignite (except on a contract basis)

212114 - Bituminous Coal Mining^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining bituminous coal. Mining operations and preparation plants (also known as cleaning plants and washeries), whether or not such plants are operated in conjunction with mine sites, are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • producing coal fuel briquettes and packaged fuel (See 324190 Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing)

• Example Activities:

  • Anthracite mining
  • Bituminous coal washeries
  • Bituminous coal, mining
  • Breaking, washing, grading, bituminous coal (contract)
  • Coal mining, bituminous
  • Colliery, bituminous coal
  • Culm bank recovery, anthracite (except on a contract basis)
  • Preparation plants, bituminous coal
  • Strip mining, bituminous coal (except on a contract basis)
  • Thermal coal, bituminous, mining
  • Washeries, anthracite

212115 - Subbituminous Coal Mining^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining subbituminous coal. Mining operations and preparation plants (also known as cleaning plants and washeries), whether or not such plants are operated in conjunction with mine sites, are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • producing coal fuel briquettes and packaged fuel (See 324190 Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing)

• Example Activities:

  • Breaking, washing, grading, subbituminous coal
  • Colliery, subbituminous coal
  • Semibituminous coal mining
  • Subbituminous coal mining

212116 - Lignite Coal Mining^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining lignite coal. Mining operations and preparation plants (also known as cleaning plants and washeries), whether or not such plants are operated in conjunction with mine sites, are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • producing coal fuel briquettes and packaged fuel (See 324190 Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing)

• Example Activities:

  • Brown coal mining
  • Colliery, lignite coal
  • Lignite mining