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Section: B. Mining and quarrying

Division: 05. Mining of coal and lignite

Subcomponents of this SIC division include:

Group 05.1. Mining of hard coal
Group 05.2. Mining of lignite

More Information on this SIC Division

Mining of coal and lignite

This division includes the extraction of solid mineral fuels through underground or open-cast mining and includes operations (e.g. grading, cleaning, compressing and other steps necessary for transportation etc.) leading to a marketable product.

This division does not include coking (see 19.10), services incidental to coal or lignite mining (see 09.90) or the manufacture of briquettes (see 19.20).

05.1 Mining of hard coal

05.10 Mining of hard coal

05.10/1 Mining of hard coal from deep coal mines (underground mining)

This subclass includes:
- mining of hard coal: underground mining, including mining through liquefaction methods
- cleaning, sizing, grading, pulverising, compressing etc. of coal from underground mining to classify, improve quality or facilitate transport or storage
This subclass excludes:
- lignite mining, see 05.20
- peat digging, see 08.92
- support activities for hard coal mining, see 09.90
- test drilling for coal mining, see 09.90
- coke ovens producing solid fuels, see 19.10
- manufacture of hard coal briquettes, see 19.20
- work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see 43.12

05.10/2 Mining of hard coal from open cast coal working (surface mining)

This subclass includes:
- mining of hard coal: surface mining
- cleaning, sizing, grading, pulverising, compressing etc. of coal from surface mining to classify, improve quality or facilitate transport or storage
This class also includes:
- recovery of hard coal from culm banks

This subclass excludes:

- lignite mining, see 05.20

- peat digging, see 08.92

- support activities for hard coal mining, see 09.90

- test drilling for coal mining, see 09.90

- coke ovens producing solid fuels, see 19.10

- manufacture of hard coal briquettes, see 19.20

- work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see 43.12

05.2 Mining of lignite

05.20 Mining of lignite

This class includes:
- mining of lignite (brown coal): underground or surface mining, including mining through liquefaction
methods
- washing, dehydrating, pulverising, compressing of lignite to improve quality or facilitate transport or storage
This class excludes:
- hard coal mining, see 05.10
- peat digging, see 08.92
- support activities for lignite mining, see 09.90
- test drilling for coal mining, see 09.90
- manufacture of lignite fuel briquettes, see 19.20
- work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see 43.12