212210
212210 Iron ore mining
Extraction de minerais de fer • Canadian industry
What code 212210 includes
This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining, beneficiating or otherwise preparing iron ores, and manganiferous ores valued chiefly for their iron content.
Activities & Examples
- iron agglomerate and pellet production
- iron ore dressing (beneficiation) plants
- magnoferrite and manganiferous ore valued for iron content, mining
- iron agglomerate and pellet production
- iron concentrates, mining
- iron ore dressing (beneficiation) plants
- iron ore mining
- magnetite mining
- magnetite ore mining
- magnoferrite and manganiferous ore valued for iron content, mining
- mining ore (i.e., limonite, siderite, taconite, brown ore)
- production of sinter and other agglomerates
- production of sinter and other agglomerates (except those associated with blast furnace operations)
- sintering iron ore produced at the mine
- specular hematite concentrate mining
Exclusions & Cross-References
- operating blast furnaces to produce pig iron from iron ore (See 331110 Iron and steel mills and ferro-alloy manufacturing (US))
Classification Hierarchy
- Sector 21 — Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Subsector 212 — Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas)
- Industry group 2122 — Metal ore mining
- Industry 21221 — Iron ore mining
- Canadian industry 212210 — Iron ore mining
International Concordance
- US NAICS 2022: 212210 — Iron Ore Mining
- ISIC Rev. 4: B0710 — Mining of iron ores