Economic activity types

This subclass includes: - underground or open-pit mining of coal, including extraction by liquefaction - cleaning, sorting, crushing, compacting, etc., of coal, other operations related to the upgrading of the quality of the coal or its transportation and storage - reprocessing of coal from coal dust. Excludes: - mining of brown coal (lignite), see 05.20.0 - extraction of peat, see 08.92 - support activities on a fee or contract basis incidental to the extraction of hard coal, see 09.90 - test drilling for the extraction of coal, see 09.90 - production of solid fuels in coke ovens, see 19.10 - production of coal briquettes, see 19.20 - activities for the development of the coal industry, see 43.12

This class includes: - underground or open-pit mining of brown coal (lignite), including liquefaction - washing, dewatering, crushing, pressing, etc. of brown coal (lignite) and other operations related to the upgrading of the quality of the brown coal or its transport and storage. Excludes: - mining of hard coal, see 05.10 - extraction of peat, see 08.92 - support activities incidental to brown coal mining, see 09.90 - test drilling for brown coal mining, see 09.90 - manufacture of brown coal fuel briquettes, see 19.20 - activities for the development of the brown coal industry, see 43.12

This class includes: - extraction of crude petroleum - extraction of bituminous shale and bituminous sandstone - extraction of crude petroleum from bituminous shale and sandstone - activities incidental to the extraction of crude petroleum, such as decanting, desalination, dehydration, stabilisation, etc. Excludes: - activities auxiliary to oil and natural gas extraction, see 09.10 - exploration for oil and gas, see 09.10 - manufacture of refined petroleum products, see 19.20 - separation of gases from liquid petroleum during petroleum distillation, see 19.20 - operation of pipelines, see 49.50

This class includes: - production of gaseous crude hydrocarbons (natural gas) - extraction of condensate - separation and separation of liquid hydrocarbon fractions - gas desulphurisation - production of liquid hydrogen sulphide by compression or pyrolysis. This class excludes: - activities supporting oil and natural gas extraction, see 09.10 - exploration for oil and gas, see 09.10 - separation of gases from liquid petroleum during oil distillation, see 19.20 - production of industrial gases, see 20.11 - operation of pipelines, see 49.50

This class includes: - mining of ores, mainly valued for their iron content - enrichment and agglomeration of iron ore. Excludes: - mining and enrichment of iron ore (except calcination), see 08.91

This class includes: - quarrying of unworked, roughly trimmed or cut marble, granite, sandstone and other ornamental, facing and building stone - cutting and crushing of ornamental and building stone. This class excludes: - cutting, working and finishing of stone outside quarries, see 23.70

This class includes: - quarrying, crushing and sawing of limestone - mining of gypsum and anhydrite (anhydrous gypsum) Excludes: - mining of ores for the chemical industry and the production of fertilizers, see 08.91

This class includes: - mining of chalk and uncalcined dolomite. Excludes: - mining of raw materials for the chemical industry and fertilizer production, see 08.91 - production of calcined dolomite, see 23.52

This class includes: - mining of sand for industrial and construction purposes - gravel mining - crushing and grinding of stone, gravel and sand - sand quarrying. Excludes: - tar sand mining, see 06.10

This subclass includes: - mining of clay, fired clay, china clay (kaolin)

This subclass includes: - mining of natural phosphates and potassium salts - mining of natural sulfur - mining and enrichment of iron ore (pyrites), except by roasting - mining of natural barium sulfate (barite) and barium carbonate (witherite), natural borates, natural magnesium sulfate (kieserite) - mining of mineral pigments, fluorspar and other minerals primarily used as a source of chemicals - mining of animal remains (guano). Excludes: - salt mining, see 08.93 - iron ore roasting, see 20.13 - manufacture of chemical (synthetic) fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 20.15

This class includes: - extraction of peat - other activities related to the improvement of peat quality or its transport and storage. Excludes: - support services for peat extraction, see 09.90 - manufacture of soil mixtures from peat, soil, sand, clay, mineral fertilizers, etc., see 20.15 - manufacture of products from peat, see 23.99

This class includes: - underground mining of salt from mines, including dissolution and dewatering - production of salt from sea water or other brines by steam extraction - grinding, screening and refining of salt by the miner. Excludes: - processing of salt for the production of feed salt, e.g. salt iodization, see 10.84 - production of drinking water by desalination of brine, see 36.00

This subclass includes: - extraction of natural asphalt, asphaltites, hard bitumens and asphaltic bitumen-containing rock

This subclass includes: - mining of asbestos, diatomite, natural graphite, fossiliferous earths, natural zeolite, talc, feldspar, etc. - mining of quartz, slate, etc.

This subclass includes support services provided on a fee or contract basis to oil and gas extraction: - exploration services related to oil and gas extraction, conventional geological work to search for new deposits - directional drilling and over-drilling, back-and-forth drilling, installation, repair and removal of drilling rigs, cementing of oil and gas wells, casings, well filling, plugging, etc. - liquefaction of natural gas for transportation on the field and conversion of liquefied gas into natural gas - drainage, water extraction services on a fee or contract basis - exploratory drilling for gas and oil extraction - firefighting services on the field. Excludes: - services provided by an oil and gas operator on a fee or contract basis, see 06.10, 06.20 - specialised repair of mining machinery, see 33.12 - liquefaction of natural gas for off-site transportation and conversion of liquefied gas into natural gas, see 52.21 - geophysical, geological and seismic exploration activities, see 71.12

This class includes, in the mining industries classified in divisions 05, 07 and 08: - geological exploration services related to mining and quarrying, e.g. conventional geological work in search of new deposits - services for dewatering and dewatering of mine sites on a fee or contract basis - test drilling of boreholes. This class excludes: - services provided by an operator of mining and quarrying on a fee or contract basis, see divisions 05, 07 or 08 - specialised repair of mining machinery, see 33.12 - geophysical, geological and seismic surveying activities, see 71.12