NAICS Canada 212398—All other non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying

Where 212398 sits

1. 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
2. 212 Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas)
3. 2123 Non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying
4. 21239 Other non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying
5. 212398 All other non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying

Description

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing non-metallic minerals.

What 212398 excludes

• Extracting and processing peat (see 212397 peat extraction (can))
• Mining diamonds of industrial or gem quality (see 212392 diamond mining (can))
• Mining or quarrying dimension stone (see 21231 stone mining and quarrying)
• Mining or quarrying shale and mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing clays and refractory minerals (see 212326 shale, clay and refractory mineral mining and quarrying (can))
• Mining or recovering salt from brine wells (see 212393 salt mining (can))
• Mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing asbestos (see 212394 asbestos mining (can))
• Mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing gypsum (see 212395 gypsum mining (can))
• Mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing potash (see 212396 potash mining (can))
• Operating sand and gravel pits and dredging for sand and gravel (see 212323 sand and gravel mining and quarrying (can))

Example activities

• amethyst mining
• epsomite mining
• fluorspar mining
• gem stone mining
• mica mining
• sienna mining
• sulphur, ground or otherwise treated
• talc mining
• actinolite mine
• agate mining
• alum natural mining
• alunite mining
• amblygonite mining
• apatite mining
• arsenic mineral mining
• barite mining
• barium ore mining
• barytes mining
• black lead mine
• borate compounds (natural) mining
• borax mining
• boron mineral mining
• brimstone mining
• calcite mining

212398 in other systems