SCIAN 212231—Copper mining

Where 212231 sits

1. 21 Mining
2. 212 Mining of metallic and non-metallic minerals, except oil and gas
3. 2122 Metallic mineral mining
4. 21223 Copper, lead and zinc mining
5. 212231 Copper mining

Description

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

What 212231 includes

• Establishments primarily engaged in the exploitation of copper by means of solvent extraction and electrolytic deposition.

Example activities

• chalcocite, benefit
• chalcocite, mining
• chalcocite, integrated mining with beneficiation activities
• copper, profit
• copper mining
• copper, mining integrated with beneficiation activities
• copper, solvent extraction and electrolytic deposition
• copper, obtaining concentrates at the mine
• cuprite, benefit
• cuprite, mining
• cuprite, integrated mining with beneficiation activities
• nickel, benefit
• nickel mining
• nickel, integrated mining with beneficiation activities
• nickel, obtaining concentrates at the mine
• nickel-copper, profit
• nickel-copper mining
• nickel-copper, integrated mining with beneficiation activities
• copper pyrite, beneficiation
• copper pyrite mining
• copper pyrite, mining integrated with beneficiation activities
• copper beneficiation plants
• nickel sulfide, beneficiation
• nickel sulfide, mining

Cross-references for 212231

• Establishments primarily engaged in the exploitation and processing of molybdenum (212299, Mining of other metallic minerals); to the smelting, refining and refining of blister copper and electrolytic copper (331411, Smelting and refining of copper), and the recovery of copper and its aleactions (331420, Secondary copper lamination).

212231 in other systems