Industry Description
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) of bituminous coal; or (4) beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing coal), but not mining, bituminous coal.
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Business Examples
Common types of business activities within NAICS 212111 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining are:
- Coal, bituminous, beneficiating
- Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal or lignite (except on a contract basis)
- Bituminous coal stripping (except on a contract, fee, or other basis)
- Semibituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
- Bituminous coal or lignite beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing)
- Tipple operation, bituminous coal mining and/or beneficiating
- Bituminous coal and lignite surface mine site development for own account
- Bituminous coal washeries
- Bituminous coal cleaning plants
- Strip mining, bituminous coal or lignite, on own account
- Subbituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
- Bituminous coal screening plants
- Screening plants, bituminous coal or lignite
- Brown coal mining and/or beneficiating
- Cleaning plants, bituminous coal
- Semianthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating
- Lignite surface mining and/or beneficiating
- Coal, brown, mining and/or beneficiating
- Bituminous coal crushing
- Coal beneficiating plants, bituminous or lignite (surface or underground)
- Crushing plants, bituminous coal
- Strip mining, lignite, on own account
- Washeries, bituminous coal or lignite
- Bituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
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Coal Mining in the US (21211)
Revenue 2025
$24.9bn
Growth 2025
-9.68%
Key Trends
Potential new regulations on coal mining and use of its products threatens to affect the industry's recovery
US metallurgical coal has been in high demand as developing nations have required high-quality steelmaking coals to build infrastructure
Strong long-term global growth is anticipated to support demand for US coal
Products and Services
Similar Industries
For some business types, there may be a similar industry to 212111 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining that is a better classification match. Establishments primarily engaged in:
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NAICS Cross Reference
Underground mining of bituminous coal--are classified in U.S. Industry 212112, Bituminous Coal Underground Mining; and
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NAICS Cross Reference
Mining and/or beneficiating anthracite coal--are classified in U.S. Industry 212113, Anthracite Mining.
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NAICS Cross Reference
Manufacturing coke oven products in coke oven establishments--are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
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NAICS Hierarchy 212111 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
NAICS Code 212111 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining sits in the 2-digit Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining sector. NAICS codes can be 2- to 6-digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be. Learn more about the structure of NAICS codes
2 Digits: 21
Sector Title: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
3 Digits 4 Digits 5 Digits 6 Digits
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2111 Oil and Gas Extraction
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21112 Crude Petroleum Extraction
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21113 Natural Gas Extraction
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2121 Coal Mining
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2122 Metal Ore Mining
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21221 Iron Ore Mining
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21222 Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining
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21223 Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining
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21229 Other Metal Ore Mining
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2123 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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21231 Stone Mining and Quarrying
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21232 Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying
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21239 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
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2131 Support Activities for Mining
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