NAICS Code Description


212323 - Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining

Top Businesses by Annual Sales for 212323 – Click for Complete Profiles:

Minerals Technologies IncOld Hickory Clay Company
Imerys Usa IncMilwhite Inc
Active Minerals Intl LLCThiele Kaolin Company
Vanderbilt Minerals LLCEJ Bognar Incorporated
Redmond Incorporated

This U.S. industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site and/or mining clay (e.g., china clay, paper clay and slip clay) or ceramic and refractory minerals and (2) establishments primarily engaged in beneficiating (i.e., preparing) clay or ceramic and refractory minerals.

Illustrative Examples:

Bentonite mining and/or beneficiating
Fuller's earth mining and/or beneficiating
Common clay mining and/or beneficiating
Kaolin mining and/or beneficiating
Feldspar mining and/or beneficiating
Ball clay mining and/or beneficiating
Fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
Shale (except oil shale) mining and/or beneficiating


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

  • Shaping, molding, glazing, and firing pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixtures--are classified in Industry 327110, Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing;
  • Shaping, molding, baking, burning, or hardening clay and nonclay refractories, and structural clay products--are classified in Industry 327120, Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing;
  • Calcining, dead burning, or otherwise processing (i.e., beyond basic preparation) clay or ceramic and refractory minerals--are classified in U.S. Industry 327992, Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing; and
  • Oil shale mining and/or beneficiating--are classified in Industry 211120, Crude Petroleum Extraction.
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Index Entries for 212323
212325212325212325212323Andalusite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Aplite mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323Ball clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Bentonite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Bleaching clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Brucite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Burley mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323China clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Clay bleaching
212325212325212325212323Clay mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323Clay, ball, mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Clay, ceramic and refractory minerals, mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Clay, fire, mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323Clay, natural, mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Common clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Common shale mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Cornwall stone mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Cyanite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Diaspore mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Dumortierite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Earth, fuller's (e.g., all natural bleaching clays), mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Feldspar mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Flint clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Fuller's earth mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323Kaolin mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Kyanite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Laterite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Magnesite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Nepheline syenite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Olivine, non-gem, mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323Paper clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Pegmatite, feldspar, mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Pinite mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Plastic fire clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Refractory minerals mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323Rubber clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Shale (except oil shale) mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Sillimanite mining and/or beneficiating
212324212324212324212323Slip clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Stoneware clay mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Syenite, nepheline, mining and/or beneficiating
212325212325212325212323Topaz, non-gem, mining and/or beneficiating