NAICS Code 212230: Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining
National industry
SBA small business size standard: 1,400 employees
Definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating (i.e., preparing) ores valued chiefly for their copper, nickel, lead, or zinc content. Beneficiating includes the transformation of ores into concentrates. Establishments primarily engaged in recovering copper concentrates by the precipitation, leaching, or electrowinning of copper ore are included in this industry.
Code facts
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21
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212
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2122
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2122
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212
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21
NAICS codes and definitions come from the U.S. Census Bureau, size standards from the SBA.
Business activities under NAICS 212230
- Blende (zinc) mining and/or beneficiating
- Calamine mining and/or beneficiating
- Cerussite mining and/or beneficiating
- Galena mining and/or beneficiating
- Lead ore mine site development for own account
- Lead ore mining and/or beneficiating
- Lead-zinc ore mining and/or beneficiating
- Smithsonite mining and/or beneficiating
- Sphalerite mining and/or beneficiating
- Willemite mining and/or beneficiating
- Zinc ore mine site development for own account
- Zinc ores mining and/or beneficiating
- Zinc-blende (sphalerite) mining and/or beneficiating
- Zincite mining and/or beneficiating
- Chalcocite mining and/or beneficiating
- Chalcopyrite mining and/or beneficiating
- Copper beneficiating plants
- Copper ore concentrates recovery
- Copper ore mine site development for own account
- Copper ores mining and/or beneficiating
- Copper-water precipitates
- Cuprite mining and/or beneficiating
- Nickel concentrates recovery
- Nickel ore beneficiating plants
- Nickel ore mine site development for own account
- Nickel ores mining and/or beneficiating
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Contract opportunities
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Size standard history
Federal Register rules that named this code
From the NAICS codes each rule's amendments to 13 CFR 121.201 name. Rules that print their size standard tables as images aren't listed.
Quick answers
What is NAICS 212230?
NAICS 212230 is Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining, a national industry in NAICS 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction.
What is the NAICS code for copper-water precipitates?
The NAICS code for copper-water precipitates is 212230, Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining.
What is the NAICS code for copper beneficiating plants?
The NAICS code for copper beneficiating plants is 212230, Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining.
What is the NAICS code for nickel concentrates recovery?
The NAICS code for nickel concentrates recovery is 212230, Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining.
When did the size standard for NAICS 212230 last change?
The most recent Federal Register rule on record that names NAICS 212230 in the SBA's size standards is "Small Business Size Standards: Manufacturing and Industries With Employee-Based Size Standards in Other Sectors Except Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade" (88 FR 9970), published Feb 15, 2023 and effective Mar 17, 2023.
What is the latest contract opportunity under NAICS 212230?
The latest contract opportunity under NAICS 212230 is 1/
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