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NAICS code 212114: Surface Coal Mining

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) surface mining of bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal; (2) developing bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal surface mine sites; (3) surface mining and beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing) of bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal; or (4) beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing), but not mining, bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal.

SBA small-business size limit
1,250 staff

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Activities listed under 212114

  • Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing, sizing)
  • Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite surface mine site development for own account
  • Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Brown coal mining and/or beneficiating
  • Coal beneficiating plants (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing)
  • Coal stripping (except on a contract, fee, or other basis)
  • Coal, bituminous, lignite, or anthracite, surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Coal, brown, mining and/or beneficiating
  • Culm bank recovery, bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite (except on a contract basis)
  • Hard coal (i.e., anthracite) surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Lignite surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Preparation plants, coal
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  • Semianthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Semibituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Strip mining, bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite, on own account
  • Subbituminous coal surface mining and/or beneficiating
  • Tipple operation, bituminous coal mining and/or beneficiating

Questions

What is NAICS code 212114?

NAICS 212114 is “Surface Coal Mining”. This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) surface mining of bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal; (2) developing bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal surface mine sites; (3) surface mining and beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing) of bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal; or (4) beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, washing, screening, and sizing), but not mining, bituminous coal, lignite, and anthracite coal.

What businesses use NAICS code 212114?

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite beneficiating (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing, sizing); Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite surface mine site development for own account; Bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite surface mining and/or beneficiating; Brown coal mining and/or beneficiating; Coal beneficiating plants (e.g., cleaning, crushing, screening, washing); and Coal stripping (except on a contract, fee, or other basis).

What is not included in NAICS 212114?

Businesses mainly underground mining and/or development of underground bituminous and anthracite coal mines are classified in U.S. Industry 212115, Underground Coal Mining; providing support activities (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation) for the mining of coal on a contract or fee basis are classified in U.S. Industry 213113, Support Activities for Coal Mining; and manufacturing coke oven products in coke oven establishments are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing.

What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 212114?

1,250 employees (average over the last 24 months), including affiliates. Source: 13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023.

What is the SIC code for NAICS 212114?

SIC codes 1221 (Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining) and 1231 (Anthracite Mining, part), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

What is the IRS business code for NAICS 212114?

212110 (Coal mining) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes. The IRS code covers NAICS 212114, 212115.

How do I find government contracts for NAICS 212114?

Federal agencies put a NAICS code on each solicitation in SAM.gov, and some states and cities use NAICS codes too. Add 212114 to your SAM.gov registration and to your bid alerts; PublicBeam emails new bids for the codes you choose every morning.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS (public domain); bids: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities. PublicBeam is independent and not affiliated with the Census Bureau or any agency. Always check the NAICS code in the official notice before you bid.