SCIAN 212222—Silver mining

Where 212222 sits

1. 21 Mining
2. 212 Mining of metallic and non-metallic minerals, except oil and gas
3. 2122 Metallic mineral mining
4. 21222 Gold and silver mining
5. 212222 Silver mining

Description

Economic units mainly engaged in the exploitation of minerals valued primarily for their silver content, such as sylvanite, and beneficiation activities such as crushing, screening, grinding, flotation and leaching, aimed at obtaining concentrates and precipitates.

Example activities

• silver processing plants
• silver, profit
• silver, mining
• silver, integrated mining with processing activities
• silver, obtaining concentrates in the mine
• sylvanite, a benefit for obtaining silver
• sylvanite, integrated mining with silver processing activities
• sylvanite, exploitation for obtaining silver
• tellurite, benefit
• tellurite, mining
• tellurite, integrated mining with beneficiation activities
• tellurides, beneficial for obtaining silver
• tellurides, integrated exploitation with the processing activities for obtaining silver
• tellurides, exploitation for obtaining silver

Cross-references for 212222

• Establishments primarily engaged in smelting, refining and affining of silver (331412, Smelting and refining of precious metals); to the recovery of silver and its aleations (331490, Secondary rolling of other non-ferrous metals), and the smelting of silver (331520, Casting of non-ferrous metal parts).

212222 in other systems