Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in producing bituminous coal or lignite at surface mines or in developing bituminous coal or lignite surface mines. This industry includes auger mining, strip mining, culm bank mining, and other surface mining, by owners or lessees or by establishments which have complete responsibility for operating bituminous coal and lignite surface mines for others on a contract or fee basis. Bituminous coal and lignite preparation plants performing such activities as cleaning, crushing, screening or sizing are included if operated in conjunction with a mine site, or if operated independently of any type of mine.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 1221 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining are:
- Brown coal mining
- Cleaning plants, bituminous coal
- Coal mining, bituminous: surface
- Coal preparation plants, bituminous or lignite
- Crushing plants, bituminous coal
- Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal or lignite: except on a contract
- Hard coal surface mining, except Pennsylvania anthracite
- Lignite mining
- Preparation plants, bituminous coal or lignite
- Screening plants, bituminous coal
- Semianthracite surface mining
- Semibituminous coal surface mining
- Strip mining, bituminous coal: except on a contract basis
- Strip mining, lignite: except on a contract basis
- Subbituminous coal surface mining
- Washeries, bituminous coal or lignite
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
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
US-SIC Hierarchy 1221 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
US-SIC Code 1221 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining sits in the 2-digit Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: B
Division Title: Mining
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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101 Iron Ores
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102 Copper Ores
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103 Lead and Zinc Ores
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104 Gold and Silver Ores
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106 Ferroalloy Ores, Except Vanadium
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108 Metal Mining Services
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109 Miscellaneous Metal Ores
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122 Bituminous Coal and Lignite Mining
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123 Anthracite Mining
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124 Coal Mining Services
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131 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas
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132 Natural Gas Liquids
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138 Oil and Gas Field Services
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141 Dimension Stone
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142 Crushed and Broken Stone, Including Riprap
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144 Sand and Gravel
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145 Clay, Ceramic, and Refractory Minerals
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147 Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining
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148 Nonmetallic Minerals Services, Except Fuels
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149 Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals, Except
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 1221 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 1221 - Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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122101 Coal washing
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122102 Coal mining & shipping
8 Digit SIC Codes
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12210000 Bituminous coal and lignite-surface mining
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12210100 Bituminous coal surface mining
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12210101 Auger mining, bituminous
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12210102 Culm bank mining
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12210103 Strip mining, bituminous
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12210104 Strip mining, lignite
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12210105 Surface mining, bituminous, nec
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12210106 Surface mining, lignite, nec
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12210200 Bituminous coal and lignite loading and preparation
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12210201 Coal preparation plant, bituminous or lignite
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12210202 Unit train loading facility, bituminous or lignite
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