Industry Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, milling, and/or drying or otherwise beneficiating (i.e., preparing) chemical or fertilizer mineral raw materials (except potash, soda, boron, and phosphate rock).
Illustrative Examples:
Barite mining and/or beneficiating
Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
Celestite mining and/or beneficiating
Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating
Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within NAICS 212393 - Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining are:
- Amblygonite mining and/or beneficiating
- Barium ores mining and/or beneficiating
- Sulfur mining and/or beneficiating
- Strontium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
- Salt, common, mining and/or beneficiating
- Arsenic mineral mining and/or beneficiating
- Pyrite mining and/or beneficiating
- Marcasite mining and/or beneficiating
- Umber mining and/or beneficiating
- Fluorspar mining and/or beneficiating
- Salt, rock, mining and/or beneficiating
- Guano mining and/or beneficiating
- Barytes mining and/or beneficiating
- Ocher mining and/or beneficiating
- Rock salt mining and/or beneficiating
- Celestite mining and/or beneficiating
- Strontianite mining and/or beneficiating
- Sulfur, native, mining and/or beneficiating
- Brimstone mining and/or beneficiating
- Sienna mining and/or beneficiating
- Pyrite concentrates mining and/or beneficiating
- Alunite mining and/or beneficiating
- Lepidolite mining and/or beneficiating
- Pigments, natural, mineral, mining and/or beneficiating
- Pyrrhotite mining and/or beneficiating
- Fluorite mining and/or beneficiating
- Mineral pigments, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
- Spodumene mining and/or beneficiating
- Fertilizer minerals, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
- Sodium chloride, rock salt, mining and/or beneficiating
- Lithium mineral mining and/or beneficiating
- Barite mining and/or beneficiating
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Mineral & Phosphate Mining in the US (21239)
Revenue 2025
$8.6bn
Growth 2025
1.09%
Key Trends
The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector has contributed significantly to this industry's noticeable decline
Industry profitability has remained volatile
Accelerating industrial production is expected to buoy the industry's short-term prospects
Products and Services
Similar Industries
For some business types, there may be a similar industry to 212393 - Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining that is a better classification match. Establishments primarily engaged in:
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NAICS Cross Reference
Mining and/or milling or otherwise beneficiating natural potassium, sodium, or boron compounds--are classified in U.S. Industry 212391, Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining;
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NAICS Cross Reference
Mining, milling, drying, and/or sintering or otherwise beneficiating phosphate rock--are classified in U.S. Industry 212392, Phosphate Rock Mining; and
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NAICS Cross Reference
Manufacturing table salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 311942, Spice and Extract Manufacturing.
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NAICS Cross Reference
Manufacturing industrial salt--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
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NAICS Hierarchy 212393 - Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining
NAICS Code 212393 - Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining sits in the 2-digit Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral 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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