This analysis uses input-output analysis to examine the economic
contributions of U.S. mining in terms of output, employment, payroll, personal income and payroll taxes. For the purpose of this analysis, the U.S. mining includes the mining of coal, uranium, metal ores, stone quarrying, sand and gravel and other nonmetallic minerals. It excludes oil and natural gas extraction.
This analysis also presents data on the value of the products of mining to other selected U.S. industries. These are examples of industries whose output is dependent on the products of mining and for which substitute materials are not readily available or economically viable. Mining also provides value to the
economy through use of its products, and this part of the analysis attempts to capture that value.