|
61
<br />CABARRUS
<br />ECONOMIC D E V E L O P M E N T
<br />Mining — NAICS 21
<br />Mining
<br />% of Total Employment by County 2Q12
<br />0.45
<br />0.4
<br />0.35
<br />0.3
<br />0.25
<br />0.2
<br />0.15
<br />0.1
<br />0.05
<br />0
<br />The Mining sector
<br />comprises establishments
<br />that extract naturally
<br />occurring mineral solids,
<br />such as coal and ores;
<br />liquid minerals, such as
<br />crude petroleum; and
<br />gases, such as natural gas.
<br />The term mining is used in
<br />the broad sense to include
<br />quarrying, well operations,
<br />beneficiating (e.g., crushing,
<br />screening, washing, and
<br />flotation), and other
<br />preparation customarily
<br />performed at the mine site,
<br />or as a part of mining
<br />activity.
<br />The Mining sector distinguishes two basic activities: mine operation and mining support activities. Mine
<br />operation includes establishments operating mines, quarries, or oil and gas wells on their own account or
<br />for others on a contract or fee basis. Mining support activities include establishments that perform
<br />exploration (except geophysical surveying) and /or other mining services on a contract or fee basis
<br />(except mine site preparation and construction of oil /gas pipelines).
<br />Establishments in the Mining sector are grouped and classified according to the natural resource mined
<br />or to be mined. Industries include establishments that develop the mine site, extract the natural
<br />resources, and /or those that beneficiate (i.e., prepare) the mineral mined. Beneficiation is the process
<br />whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles that can be separated into mineral and waste, the
<br />former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are
<br />primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, and centrifugal separation. In
<br />contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as
<br />electrolysis and distillation. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both the
<br />beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting /refining) stages. The range of preparation activities
<br />varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and
<br />natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as
<br />gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site.
<br />Mining, beneficiating, and manufacturing activities often occur in a single location. Separate receipts will
<br />be collected for these activities whenever possible. When receipts cannot be broken out between mining
<br />and manufacturing, establishments that mine or quarry nonmetallic minerals, beneficiate the nonmetallic
<br />minerals into more finished manufactured products are classified based on the primary activity of the
<br />establishment. A mine that manufactures a small amount of finished products will be classified in Sector
<br />21, Mining. An establishment that mines whose primary output is a more finished manufactured product
<br />will be classified in Sector 31 -33, Manufacturing.
<br />Cabarrus Economic Development 3003 Dale Earnhardt Boulevard, Kannapolis, NC 28083 USA
<br />704.782.4000 1 CabarrusEDC.com I FaceBook.com /CabarrusEDC I Twitter.com /CabarrusEDC
<br />1 -3
<br />IN'IL NA'1.0-I. I IINtIMII:
<br />' l El / t
<br />Page 333
<br />O� O� O� O� O
<br />C C C C C
<br />O O O� O�
<br />C C G G
<br />O�
<br />G
<br />O� G O�
<br />ci
<br />P �S �att G ammas` �
<br />Z
<br />The Mining sector
<br />comprises establishments
<br />that extract naturally
<br />occurring mineral solids,
<br />such as coal and ores;
<br />liquid minerals, such as
<br />crude petroleum; and
<br />gases, such as natural gas.
<br />The term mining is used in
<br />the broad sense to include
<br />quarrying, well operations,
<br />beneficiating (e.g., crushing,
<br />screening, washing, and
<br />flotation), and other
<br />preparation customarily
<br />performed at the mine site,
<br />or as a part of mining
<br />activity.
<br />The Mining sector distinguishes two basic activities: mine operation and mining support activities. Mine
<br />operation includes establishments operating mines, quarries, or oil and gas wells on their own account or
<br />for others on a contract or fee basis. Mining support activities include establishments that perform
<br />exploration (except geophysical surveying) and /or other mining services on a contract or fee basis
<br />(except mine site preparation and construction of oil /gas pipelines).
<br />Establishments in the Mining sector are grouped and classified according to the natural resource mined
<br />or to be mined. Industries include establishments that develop the mine site, extract the natural
<br />resources, and /or those that beneficiate (i.e., prepare) the mineral mined. Beneficiation is the process
<br />whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles that can be separated into mineral and waste, the
<br />former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are
<br />primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, and centrifugal separation. In
<br />contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as
<br />electrolysis and distillation. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both the
<br />beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting /refining) stages. The range of preparation activities
<br />varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and
<br />natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as
<br />gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site.
<br />Mining, beneficiating, and manufacturing activities often occur in a single location. Separate receipts will
<br />be collected for these activities whenever possible. When receipts cannot be broken out between mining
<br />and manufacturing, establishments that mine or quarry nonmetallic minerals, beneficiate the nonmetallic
<br />minerals into more finished manufactured products are classified based on the primary activity of the
<br />establishment. A mine that manufactures a small amount of finished products will be classified in Sector
<br />21, Mining. An establishment that mines whose primary output is a more finished manufactured product
<br />will be classified in Sector 31 -33, Manufacturing.
<br />Cabarrus Economic Development 3003 Dale Earnhardt Boulevard, Kannapolis, NC 28083 USA
<br />704.782.4000 1 CabarrusEDC.com I FaceBook.com /CabarrusEDC I Twitter.com /CabarrusEDC
<br />1 -3
<br />IN'IL NA'1.0-I. I IINtIMII:
<br />' l El / t
<br />Page 333
<br />
|