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2007 NAICS Definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) mining clay (except kaolin and ball), ceramic, or refractory minerals; (2) developing the mine site for clay, ceramic, or refractory minerals; and (3) beneficiating (i.e., preparing) clay (except kaolin and ball), ceramic, or refractory minerals.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Shaping, molding, baking, burning, or hardening clay and nonclay refractories, and structural clay products--are classified in Industry 32712, Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing;
• Developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating kaolin or ball clay--are classified in U.S. Industry 212324, Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining; and
• Shaping, molding, glazing, and firing pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixtures--are classified in Industry 32711, Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Andalusite mining and/or beneficiating
• Aplite mining and/or beneficiating
• Bentonite mining and/or beneficiating
• Bleaching clay mining and/or beneficiating
• Brucite mining and/or beneficiating
• Burley mining and/or beneficiating
• Clay (except kaolin, ball) mining and/or beneficiating
• Clay bleaching
• Clay, ceramic and refractory minerals, mining and/or beneficiating
• Clay, fire, mining and/or beneficiating
• Common clay mining and/or beneficiating
• Common shale mining and/or beneficiating
• Cornwall stone mining and/or beneficiating
• Cyanite mining and/or beneficiating
• Diaspore mining and/or beneficiating
• Dumortierite mining and/or beneficiating
• Earth, fuller's (e.g., all natural bleaching clays), mining and/or beneficiating
• Feldspar mining and/or beneficiating
• Fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
• Flint clay mining and/or beneficiating
• Fuller's earth mining and/or beneficiating
• Kyanite mining and/or beneficiating
• Laterite mining and/or beneficiating
• Magnesite mining and/or beneficiating
• Nepheline syenite mining and/or beneficiating
• Olivine, non-gem, mining and/or beneficiating
• Pegmatite, feldspar, mining and/or beneficiating
• Pinite mining and/or beneficiating
• Plastic fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
• Refractory minerals mining and/or beneficiating
• Shale (except oil shale) mining and/or beneficiating
• Sillimanite mining and/or beneficiating
• Stoneware clay mining and/or beneficiating
• Syenite, nepheline, mining and/or beneficiating
• Topaz, non-gem, mining and/or beneficiating