NAICS code: 212325 — Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
2022 NAICS code: 212323 — Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining
Industry description: This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site and/or mining clay (e.g., china clay, paper clay and slip clay) or ceramic and refractory minerals and (2) establishments primarily engaged in beneficiating (i.e., preparing) clay or ceramic and refractory minerals.

Illustrative Examples:

Bentonite mining and/or beneficiating
Fuller's earth mining and/or beneficiating
Common clay mining and/or beneficiating
Kaolin mining and/or beneficiating
Feldspar mining and/or beneficiating
Ball clay mining and/or beneficiating
Fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
Shale (except oil shale) mining and/or beneficiating


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

NAICS hierarchy: 21 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction > 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas) > 2123 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying > 21232 Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying

ExioML sector: Sand and clay
Region: US, year: 2022
Value added: 11524.4593847 M.EUR
Employment: 9.59074182368 thousand persons
GHG emissions: 13750254688.4 kg CO2 eq.
Energy carrier net total: 92058.3535645 TJ
Carbon intensity: 1.1931366348216725

Companies in this industry:

Company: Campbell Clinton Contr Inc
Myron is a promotional products company, catering to customers in varying industries.

Company: Zeotech Corporation
Zeotech is one of the largest producers of natural ZeoliteZeoliteZeolite is a family of several microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts. They mainly consist of silicon, aluminium, oxygen, and have the general formula M n+ 1/n(AlO. 2) −https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ZeoliteZeolite - Wikipedia. Zeotech Corporation mines and processes a unique natural zeolite mineral ore called clinoptiloliteclinoptiloliteClinoptilolite is a natural zeolite composed of a microporous arrangement of silica and alumina tetrahedra. It has the complex formula (Na,K,Ca) 2–3Al.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ClinoptiloliteClinoptilolite - Wikipedia. An emphasis on producing new applications through research and development sets Zeotech Corporation apart from other zeolite mining operations .

Company: Buildex Inc
Buildex was founded in Ottawa Kansas 1950. Today, we ship more than 225,000 cubic yards of our lightweight aggregates throughout the United States every year. Because lightweight aggregate is the only product we manufacture, we can concentrate on quality, consistency, and service to our numerous customers.

Company: American Colloid Company
American Colloid - A Minerals Technologies company is a resource- and technology-based growth company that develops, produces and markets worldwide a broad range of specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and related systems and services.

Company: Applied Minerals Inc
Applied Minerals, Inc. engages in the production of halloysite clay and natural iron oxide solutions. It offers its products under the Dragonite, Dragonite-XR, Dragonite-HP, Dragonite-PureWhite, and Amiron brands.