Mining (except Oil and Gas)

Mineral Exploration, Beneficiation, and Extraction

    Industries in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) Sub-Section primarily engage in mining, mine site development, and beneficiating (i.e., preparing) metallic minerals and nonmetallic minerals, including coal. The term "mining" is used in the broad sense to include ore extraction, quarrying, and beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, sizing, concentrating, and flotation), customarily done at the mine site.      Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles which can be separated into mineral and waste, the former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations that take place in beneficiation are primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation, centrifugal separation, and so on. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis, distillation, and so on. However some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both stages: the beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting/refining) stages. The range of preparation activities varies by mineral and the purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum and natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed and screened, while yet others, such as gold and silver, can be transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site.
     Establishments in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) Sub-Section include those that have complete responsibility for operating mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) and those that operate mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) for others on a contract or fee basis. Establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a contract or fee basis, required for the mining and quarrying of minerals are classified in Sub-Section, Support Activities for Mining.

• ActiveEM Imaging for Geophysics and Mining - See through the earth with Active Electromagnetic Imaging, identify ore bodies, geologic structures, old workings, and hazards. Offshore, use high resolution seismic with solid streamer cable towed hydrophone arrays.
• Afriore Limited - A mining, mineral exploration, and mineral resource development, company focused in Southern Africa with coal, diamonds, gold, titanium, and base metals projects.
• AMT International Mining Corporation - Copper Creek Project in Arizona
• Atlantic Minerals Limited - Producer of chemical grade limestone, dolomite and construction aggregates.
• Ausdrill Limited - International drilling and contract mining. Features an overview of services, corporate and investor information.
• AZCO Mining, Inc. - Mineral mining corperation. Includes project and product information.
• Cambridge Carbonates Ltd. - Cambridge Carbonates provide worldwide experience in the geology of carbonate and evaporite systems.
• CAMEC - Tantalum mining in Africa.
• CBMap - CBMap is a GIS database related to mineral exploration in Central America and the Caribbean Basin.
• Discovery Int'l Geophysics Inc. - A leading geophysical provider in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• DRC Resources Corporation - Exploration and development of the Afton Mine Property, located in the Kamloops Mining Division, B.C.
• Exploration and Mining Information Systems - Specialising the historical and legacy data to the mining and exploration industries throughout Western Australia.
• GCXplore Mineral Exploration Geochemistry Consultants - Consultant for mineral exploration using geochemical methods.
• Geoquest Limited, Zambia - A mining and exploration contractor based in Zambia and Africa.
• Glengarry Resources Limited - Australian gold exploration company.
• Hulan(Jilin) Wollastonite Mining Co.,Ltd - Wollastonite mine in North China.
• Inmet Mining Corporation - International metal mining company, engaged in the exploration, development and mining of base and precious metals.
• Kaolin JSCo - Bulgarian mining company producing kaolin, silica sand, chamotte and carbonate fillers.
• Kyanite and Mullite Exploration and Production - A Kyanite and Mullite explorer and producer.
• Latin American Copper Group - Base metal exploration throughout latin america, with emphasis on oxide copper in Chile.
• Meriden Engineering LLC - Leasing and exploration company.
• Micafab India Pvt. Ltd - Mica mining with manufacture and export of mica products.
• M.I.M. Holdings Limited - Australian-based international mining and processing company.
• Mitsui & Co. Ltd - Exploration, development and mining activities in iron ore, coal, non-ferrous metals, and precious metals.
• Molycorp - Producer of lanthanide products.
• Montana Mining - GMRV - GMRV is actively exploring and developing precious and base metals in the Marysville Mining District, west of Helena, Mt.
• Newmont Australia - A well known Australian mining company, a leading gold and zinc producer, with many international mining interests.
• Nittetsu Mining Co. - Exploration by Nittetsu Mining Co.
• Orissa Mining Corporation - State owned mining corporation, producing iron, chrome ores, manganese, granite, and gems. India.
• Poltegor Engineering, Ltd. - Fume desulphurization and engineering services for mining, plus references and office rental information. Site in English/Polish
• Rawtech - A contractor to the mining and exploration industry.
• Rio Tinto - A world leader in finding, mining and processing the earth's mineral resources.
• Snowden - Mining consultants.
• Telluris Consulting - Geological consultants in airborne and satellite remote sensing methods.
• Wainwright Basalt Quarry - Suppliers of basalt aggregate in the UK.
• WMC Limited - International minerals producer of copper, uranium, alumina, nickel, fertilizers and gold. The company are also involved in exploration for new deposits of copper, gold, nickel and zinc deposits.