Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying

This Industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing mine sites, or in mining or quarrying nonmetallic minerals (except fuels). Also included are certain well and brine operations, and preparation plants primarily engaged in beneficiating (e.g., crushing, grinding, washing, and concentrating) nonmetallic minerals.

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, and centrifugal separation. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis and distillation. However, some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both 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.

Stone Mining and Quarrying

• Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying
• Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying
• Crushed and Broken Granite Mining and Quarrying
• Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying

Sand, Gravel, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining and Quarrying

• Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
• Industrial Sand Mining
• Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining
• Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining

Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying

• Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining
• Phosphate Rock Mining
• Other Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining
• All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and/or Beneficiating Companies

• Aber Diamond Corporation -
• Asia Pacific Res. Ltd. - Asia Pacific Resources Ltd. (APR) has discovered a world-class potash resource near the city of Udon Thani, in northeast Thailand.
• ATEÞMAR Marble and Mining Co. - ATESMAR Foreign Trade Co.has been founded on 1992 for Exportintg the Turkish Natural Stones like as Marbles and Granites. With the passed days ATESMAR Foreign Trade Co.has turned into a Mining and Quarrying Company. Just now, it is calling as ATESMAR MARBLE & MINING Co.and work in alot of quarries.
• Atlantic Minerals Limited - Producer of chemical grade limestone, dolomite and construction aggregates.
• AZCO Mining, Inc. - Mineral mining corperation. Includes project and product information.
• CAMEC - CAMEC is an African mining, investment, development and trading company with offices in the UK and Africa. CAMEC has recognised that it is in a strong position to capitalise on opportunities within the coal sector. CAMEC's cobalt exploration, mining and processing activities are focused in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the world's richest cobalt region. CAMEC's activities in Copper are currently focused on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). CAMEC views gold exploration and production as a key element in its strategy. Although the current focus of exploration and production is in Mozambique, the DRC and Zimbabwe, the Company is looking at further projects across Africa. CAMEC aims to be a major low cost producer of tantalite, an important industrial commodity particularly for the electronics industry.
• Cambridge Carbonates Ltd. - Cambridge Carbonates provide worldwide experience in the geology of carbonate and evaporite systems.
• CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. - Whether you call it saleratus, sodium bicarbonate, or plain old baking soda -- Church & Dwight is the world's #1 producer of the versatile white powder. Church & Dwight's ARM & HAMMER baking soda is used as leavening, deodorizer, cleaner, and swimming pool pH stabilizer.
• Feldspar Corporation - Feldspar Corporation produces soda feldspar, potash feldspar, kaolin, ball clay, talc and sands for worldwide industry including ceramics, glass, coatings, plastics, caulks, sealants, adhesives and elastomers.
• Highwood Resources Ltd. - Highwood Resources Ltd. is a Canadian processing and manufacturing company that supplies high-value industrial mineral products to the paint and chemical industries throughout the world. The Company has mining and processing facilities in North America and southeast Asia and markets barite, silica, gypsum, talc, dolomite and zeolite products worldwide through an extensive distribution network.
• Hulan(Jilin) Wollastonite Mining Co.,Ltd - Wollastonite mine in North China.
• IMC Global - Farm animals need food, water, and IMC Global! The world's leading phosphate producer, IMC Global feeds the earth that feeds the world's crops. It makes fertilizers from phosphates and potash.
• 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.
• Mahavir Minerals Ltd. - A LEADING MANUFACTURER AND EXPORTER OF FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, BALLCLAY, DOLOMITE, CALCITE, TALC, BARYTES POWDER SSW IN INDIA. AGENTS FOR DENTAL PRODUCTS & CERAMIC PIGMENT DYES OF NORITAKE, CMP INDUSTRIES, YAMAHACHI DENTAL MFG. CO. AND KEYSTONE INDUTRIES.
• Micafab India Pvt. Ltd - Mica mining with manufacture and export of mica products.
• Minera Andes Inc. - Minera Andes is an advanced-stage mining exploration corporation that controls mineral properties and projects on 163,000 hectares (403,000 acres) in three provinces of Argentina. Precious metals properties in two provinces are moving toward advanced exploration and potential mining development. They are partnered with two other mining companies and provide Minera Andes with ongoing cash income. Minera Andes' properties, consisting primarily of gold, silver and copper prospects, are located in the Argentine Cordillera and Patagonia.
• Molycorp - Producer of lanthanide products.
• Mountain Province Diamond -
• Namibian Minerals Corp. - Namibian Minerals Corporation is engaged in ocean diamond exploration and mining off the coast of Namibia and marine diamond exploration off the coast of South Africa.
• Nittetsu Mining Co. - Exploration by Nittetsu Mining Co.
• Phosphate Resource PLP - Phosphate Resource Partners Limited Partnership (PLP), through its joint venture investment in IMC Phosphates Company, is one of the world's largest and lowest-cost producers, marketers and distributors of phosphate crop nutrients and animal feed ingredients, with operations in central Florida and on the Mississippi River in Louisiana.
• Potash Corp./Saskatchewan - Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company with significant market share in each of the three primary nutrient products: potash, phosphate and nitrogen.
• Rio Tinto - A world leader in finding, mining and processing the earth's mineral resources.
• Shivam Mines & Minerals - SHIVAM GROUP OF INDUSTRIES was established in 1979. The mineral activity of the SHIVAM started as Shivam Minerals & Allied Industries by 1984 in Bhuj Kachchh area of Gujarat state in India.
• Stansbury Holdings Corp. - Stansbury is a US mining company specializing in the mining of vermiculite, for use in the horticultural industry, and garnet, used for sandblasting and waterjet cutting
• Trivalence Mining Corp - Trivalence Mining Corporation (Trivalence) is an exploration and development company primarily focused on the production of diamonds.
• USEC Inc. - USEC Inc., a global energy company, is engaged in the supply of low enriched uranium for commercial nuclear power plants.
• Victor Industries, Inc. - Our Company offers a unique line of zeolite base fertilizer/soil amendment products. Envirolizer, Our flagship product, is currently available in a 4 lb box. Envirolizer dramatically reduces watering and fertilizer requirements. Depending on your soil and the plants you are growing you may not need to re-fertilize for up to three years. This concentrated product can be mixed to produce 80 lbs of potting soil or mixed in the top six inches of your garden (preparing a 100 sq. ft. garden?) Use up to 10% for perennials and beds; use 5% for annuals. Organic Envirolizer provides similar nutrient retention and water conservation characteristics of Envirolizer from all organic sources. Envirolizer Z is a natural mineral providing the water retention characteristics of Envirolizer without the plant nutrients added. Just mix Envirolizer Z with your potting soil or in your garden, fertilizing with your own favorite brand of fertilizer. Envirolizer Z will aid in the absorption and slow release of your fertilizer, reducing the leaching of these valuable nutrients into groundwater.
• 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 .