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NAICS Canada 212210—Iron ore mining

Canadian Industry · North American Industry Classification System (Canada) (2022 v1.0)

Where 212210 sits

  1. 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
  2. 212 Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas)
  3. 2122 Metal ore mining
  4. 21221 Iron ore mining
  5. 212210 Iron ore mining

Description

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing iron ores, and manganiferous ores valued chiefly for their iron content.

What 212210 includes

  • Production of sinter and other agglomerates (except those associated with blast furnace operations)

What 212210 excludes

  • Operating blast furnaces to produce pig iron from iron ore (see 331110 iron and steel mills and ferro-alloy manufacturing (us))

Example activities

  • iron agglomerate and pellet production
  • iron ore dressing (beneficiation) plants
  • magnoferrite and manganiferous ore valued for iron content, mining
  • iron concentrates, mining
  • iron ore mining
  • magnetite mining
  • magnetite ore mining
  • mining ore (i.e., limonite, siderite, taconite, brown ore)
  • production of sinter and other agglomerates
  • sintering iron ore produced at the mine
  • specular hematite concentrate mining

Index entries for 212210

15 entries from the official NAICS Canada alphabetic index that classify under this code.

  • Agglomerates, iron ore, beneficiating
  • Briquets, iron, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Brown ore mining and/or beneficiating
  • Hematite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Iron ore (e.g., hematite, magnetite, siderite, taconite) mining and/or beneficiating
  • Iron ore agglomerates mining and/or beneficiating
  • Iron ore beneficiating plants (e.g., agglomeration, sintering)
  • Iron ore mine site development for own account
  • Iron ore, blocked, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Limonite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Manganiferous ores valued for iron content, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Siderite mining and/or beneficiating
  • Sintered iron ore produced at the mine
  • Taconite concentrates or agglomerates beneficiating
  • Taconite ores mining and/or beneficiating

212210 in other systems

ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
ATECOItaly
CNAESpain
HSICHong Kong
ICNEAChina
ISICUnited Nations (global)
JSICJapan
KSICSouth Korea
MSICMalaysia
NACEEuropean Union
NAFFrance
NAICSUnited States
NOGASwitzerland
PKDPoland
SCIANMexico
SICUnited States (legacy)
SNISweden
UK SICUnited Kingdom
WZGermany

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