Current Industrial Reports

U.S. Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

Bureau of the Census

Mining Machinery and Mineral Processing Equipment - 1997

MA35F(97)-1

Issued July 21, 1998

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this survey may be found in the introduction of the 1996 Manufacturing Profiles publication, issued

July 1998.

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Table 1. Manufacturers' Shipments of Mining and Mineral Processing Equipment

 by Type: 1997 and 1996

[Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars]

No. 1997 1996

Product Product description of

code cos. Quantity Value Quantity Value

 Mining and mineral processing 

 equipment........................................................................................ (X) (X) 2,128,011 (X) 1,790,505

3531K 70 Portable crushing, screening, washing, and 

 combination plants....................................................................... 17 976 130,371 676 97,018

 Crushing plants (classification based upon 

 the type of crusher first in the processing 

 flow):

3531K 41 Gyratory..................................................................................................... 7 130 35,164 72 20,064

3531K 42 Impact................................................................................................... 9 58 10,964 25 6,532

3531K 43 Jaw /1............................................................................................... 9 (D) (D) (D) (D)

3531K 44 Roll /1............................................................................................ 1 90 24,781 88 25,779

3531K 47 Screening, washing, and other plants............................................................. 12 698 59,462 491 44,643

35325 00 Underground mining machinery (except 

 parts sold separately)........................................................................................ 28 16,741 671,380 6,849 443,260

35325 41 Continuous mining machines, borer, ripper, 

 auger, and drum, including roadheading 

 machines /2........................................................................................ 8 (D) (D) 184 152,011

35325 56 Face haulage vehicles, rubber-tired, self- 

 propelled /2....................................................................................... 7 504 323,843 172 42,066

35325 70 Support vehicles, rubber-tired or track- 

 mounted............................................................................................... 13 330 20,777 300 22,418

35325 97 All other underground mining machinery, 

 n.e.c. ........................................................................................................ 21 15,907 326,760 a/ 6,193 226,765

35327 00 Crushing, pulverizing, and screening 

 (except portable) machinery (except 

 parts sold separately)............................................................................. 40 4,153 433,519 4,030 344,564

 Crushers, stationary type, including 

 skid mounted: 

35327 11 Gyratory...................................................................................................................... 6 a/ 261 a/ 82,855 279 79,075

35327 13 Impact...................................................................................................... 12 392 52,231 336 26,292

35327 17 Jaw.............................................................................................. 8 a/ 111 15,152 113 17,645

35327 19 Roll /3.................................................................................................... 9 (D) (D) (D) (D)

35327 31 Grinding mills and pulverizers /3.................................................................................. 8 a/ 287 a/ 166,583 250 r/ 114,403

 Screens, vibrating, stationary:

35327 56 Horizontal........................................................................................................ 15 a/ 939 a/ 39,042 934 34,201

35327 57 Inclined..................................................................................................... 20 a/ 1,743 a/ 56,740 1,742 56,822

53527 58 Other, including trommell................................................................ 8 a/ 139 6,878 104 2,816

35327 59 Other crushing, pulverizing, and 

 screening machinery, n.e.c.................................................................................................... 9 281 14,038 272 13,310

35328 00 Drills and other mining machinery, not 

 elsewhere classified (except parts)................................................................................. 25 16,453,351 458,797 16,739,738 461,801

 Drills and breakers (rotary and 

 percussion): 

35328 11 Rock drills, air and hydraulic powered /4.............................................................. 3 (D) (D) (D) (D)

35328 15 Coal drills and core drills /4.................................................................. 3 (D) (D) (D) (D)
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Table 1. Manufacturers' Shipments of Mining and Mineral Processing Equipment

 by Type: 1997 and 1996

[Quantity in units. Value in thousands of dollars]

No. 1997 1996

Product Product description of

code cos. Quantity Value Quantity Value

35328 50 Roof bolters /4..................................................................................... 5 10,751,063 165,471 10,257,752 171,369

35328 75 All other mining machinery and equipment 

 (except parts sold separately)................................................................................... 23 5,702,288 a/ 293,326 6,481,986 a/r/ 290,432

3533A Portable drilling rigs and parts.............................................................. 31 3,146,465 433,944 2,267,787 443,862

 Rotary, trailer and truck mounted with

 pull-back capacity:

3533A 21 Up to 14,999 lbs..................................................................................... 5 78 7,024 65 4,126

3533A 23 15,000 to 29,999 lbs................................................................................. 8 121 25,773 105 19,076

3533A 25 30,000 to 59,999 lbs. /5.................................................................... 5 (D) (D) (D) (D)

3533A 28 60,000 lbs. and over /5.................................................................................... 2 138 52,768 162 53,321

 Rotary blasthole drills, truck-, trailer-, or 

 track-mounted:

3533A 35 Up through 59,999 lbs. .................................................................. 5 229 79,956 232 76,068

3533A 38 60,000 lbs. and over................................................................................. 4 46 61,674 71 93,639

3533A 40 Construction drills.................................................................................... 11 135 18,869 1,753 17,449

3533A 49 Other portable drilling rigs, including 

 workover (service) rigs /6.................................................................................................. 6 (D) 63,203 (D) 63,032

3533A 78 Parts for portable drilling rigs /6............................................................... 21 3,145,718 124,677 2,265,399 117,151

 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. 

r/Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data. X Not applicable. 

 1/Product codes 3531K 43 and 3531K 44 are combined to avoid disclosing individual company data. 

 2/Product codes 35325 41 and 35325 56 are combined to avoid disclosing individual company data. 

 3/Product codes 35327 19 and 35327 31 are combined to avoid disclosing individual company data. 

 4/Product codes 35328 11, 35328 15, and 35328 50 are combined to avoid disclosing individual company data. 

 5/Product codes 3533A 25 and 3533A 28 are combined to avoid disclosing individual company data. 

 6/Product codes 3533A 49 and 3533A 78 are combined to avoid disclosing individual company data. 

 Note: The percent estimation of each item is indicated as follows : a/15 to 25 percent of this item is estimated. 

b/26 to 50 percent of this item is estimated. c/Over 50 percent of this item is estimated. 
 Table 2. Shipments, Exports, and Imports of Selected Mining Machinery and Mineral

 Processing Equipment: 1997 and 1996

[Value in thousands of dollars]

Manufactures' Exports of domestic Value of imports

Product description shipments merchandise /1 /2 for consumption

(value f.o.b. plant) (value at port) /1 /3 /4

1997

Portable crushing plants and stationary grinding

 machines........................................................................................179,313 82,391 45,728

Sorting, screening, separating or washing machines............... 176,160 80,676 89,895

Rock breaking machines, coal or rock cutters,

 tunneling machinery, and rock drilling and

 earth boring tools......................................................................... 418,461 121,213 206,662

Mine wagon pushers, locomotive or wagon traversers,

 wagon tippers, and similar railway wagon handling

 equipment......................................................................................91,630 9,086 981

Stationary crushing machines................................................... 162,289 34,586 36,579

1996

Portable crushing plants and stationary grinding

 machines......................................................................................... 125,951 91,982 36,748

Sorting, screening, separating or washing machines................ 151,792 53,331 69,720

Rock breaking machines, coal or rock cutters,

 tunneling machinery, and rock drilling and

 earth boring tools......................................................................... 323,380 138,816 165,693

Mine wagon pushers, locomotive or wagon traversers,

 wagon tippers, and similar railway wagon handling

 equipment.......................................................................................62,684 5,079 3,155

Stationary crushing machines..........................................................137,243 14,914 35,407

 1/For comparison of SIC codes with Schedule B export numbers, and import numbers, see Table 3.

 2/Source: Bureau of the Census report FT 446, U.S. Exports.

 3/Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption.

 4/This dollar value represents the c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value at first port of entry in the

United States plus U.S. import duties.
Table 3. Comparison of Standard Industrial Classification-Based Product Codes

 with Schedule B Export Numbers, and HTSUSA Import Numbers: 1997

Product Export Import

code Product description number /1 number /2

3531K 41 Portable crushing plants and stationary grinding 8474.20.0010 8474.20.0010

3531K 42 machines 8474.20.0070 8474.20.0070

3531K 43

3531K 44

35327 31

3531K 47 Sorting, screening, separating, or washing 8474.10.0010 8474.10.0010

35327 56 machines 8474.10.0090 8474.10.0090

35327 57

35327 58

35327 59

35325 41 Rock breaking machinery, coal or rock cutters, 8430.31.0000 8430.31.0040

35328 11 tunneling machinery, and rock drilling and earth 8430.39.0000 8430.31.0080

35328 15 boring tools 8430.50.0000 8430.39.0040

35328 50 8430.69.0000 8430.39.0080

8207.13.0000 8430.50.1000

8207.19.1030 8430.50.5000

8207.19.2030 8430.69.0000

8207.19.5030 8207.13.0000

8207.19.3030

8207.19.3060

8207.19.3090

8207.19.6030

8207.19.6060

8207.19.6090

35325 56 Mine wagon pushers, locomotive or wagon 8428.50.0000 8428.50.0000

35325 70 traversers, wagon tippers, and similar railway 

 wagon handling equipment 

35327 11 Stationary crushing machines 8474.20.0050 8474.20.0050

35327 13

35327 17

35327 19

 1/Source: 1997 edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B, Statistical Classification of 

Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. 

 2/Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United states, Annotated (1997).