Sector dedicated to the machinery used for the exploitation of minerals that have been accumulated in the soil and subsoil. The mining activity is divided into metallic mining, that is, copper, gold, silver, aluminum, lead, iron, mercury, etc., which are used as basic raw materials for the production of a variety of industrial products, while non-metallic also known as quarry and construction refers to quartz, sapphire, emerald, granite, marble, mica, etc

Which are used as construction materials and raw material for jewelry, ornamentation, among other uses. Another type of mining is the extraction of energy or fuel minerals, mainly used to generate energy, such as oil, natural gas and coal.