SCIAN 2123—Non-metallic mineral mining

Where 2123 sits

1. 21 Mining
2. 212 Mining of metallic and non-metallic minerals, except oil and gas
3. 2123 Non-metallic mineral mining

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 21231 Mining of limestone, marble and other dimension stones
• 21232 Mining of sand, gravel, tezontle, tepetate, clays and other refractory minerals
• 21239 Mining of other non-metallic minerals

Description

Economic units mainly engaged in the exploitation of non-metallic minerals, such as limestone, dimension stone (marble, quarry stone); sand, gravel, refractory and non-refractory clays, and salt, and beneficiation activities, such as screening, crushing and other treatments of soils and rocks.

What 2123 includes

• Establishments primarily engaged in the exploitation of granite, onyx and serpentine; to the exploitation and processing of mica; to the exploitation of confetti and peanut, and to the collection of salt by evaporating seawater, lake brine and other natural brines in the sun.

Cross-references for 2123

• Establishments primarily engaged in mining of mineral coal (2121, Mining of mineral coal); to the production of refined and iodized salt (3119, Other food industries); to the manufacture of chemical fertilizers (3253, Manufacture of fertilizers, pesticides and other agrochemicals); to the obtaining of clay integrated with the production of finished articles (3271, Manufacture of products based on clays and refractory minerals); to the manufacture of cement (3273, Manufacture of cement, concrete and their products); of lime and gypsum (3274, Manufacture of lime, gypsum and gypsum products); of products based on quarry stones by means of cutting, dimensioning, polishing, rolling and beveling (3279, Manufacture of other products based on non-metallic minerals), and of graphite electrodes (3359, Manufacture of other electrical equipment and accessories).

2123 in other systems