Each year, nearly 47,000 pounds of materials must be mined for each person in the U.S. to maintain their standard of living. The Mining Industry of the Future, a collaboration between the U.S. mining industry and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies, is working to make the U.S. mining industry the most efficient and advanced in the world.

The Missouri Mining Industry consists of 230 companies in five major categories:

1. Mining Except Oil and Gas (NAICS 212)
2. Support Activities for Coal Mining (NAICS 213113)
3. Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing (NAICS 327992)
4. Nonferrous Metal (NAICS 33141)
5. Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Allowing of Nonferrous Metal (NAICS 331492)

Twelve of Missouri's 230 mining companies have sales over $25-Million.

Doe Run Company in Viburnum and Mississippi Lime in Ste. Genevieve are the leaders with sales ranging from $100 million and $500 million annually.

MISSOURI INDUSTRY FACTS

• Greater than 7500 Missourians are employed by the Mining Industry.
• Mining companies are located in 81 counties throughout the state.
• The two leading counties by employment are:
  • Iron County = 1059 employees (14% of the total employment)
  • Ste. Genevieve County = 928 employees (12% of the total employment)
• The area with the most companies is the St. Louis City, St. Louis County Region with 29 companies.
• Missouri's combined direct and indirect economic gain from the mining industry is $8,559,315,000 (1998 data).

For more information on the Missouri Mining Industry, refer to the MISSOURI MINING INDUSTRY PROFILE (PowerPoint, 444 KB)

Missouri Industry Profile

MINING INDUSTRY PROFILE (PowerPoint, 444 KB)

OIT Mining Vision and Roadmap

MINING VISION (PDF, 122 KB)

MINING INDUSTRY ROADMAP FOR CROSSCUTTING TECHNOLOGIES (PDF, 132 KB)

MINERAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP (PDF, 192 KB)

Department of Energy Web Pages

OIT's Mining IOF Home Page

Last Updated: 8/4/02