05.10
Class
Mining of hard coal
SDMX: B0510
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - mining of hard coal: underground or surface mining, including mining through liquefaction methods - cleaning, sizing, grading, pulverising, compressing, etc. of coal to classify, improve quality or facilitate transport or storage
+ Also Includes
This class also includes: - recovery of hard coal from culm banks
✗ Excludes
This class 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, ovoids and similar solid hard coal fuels, see 19.20 - work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see 43.12
Frequently Confused With
Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXMining engineers
SOC 2020:2123 Common titles: Mine manager, Petroleum engineer
Quarry workers and pipe layers
SOC 2020:8123 Common titles: Quarry hand, Stone cutter
Energy plant operatives
SOC 2020:8122 Common titles: Driller, Rig hand
Related Occupations
Civil engineers
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section B (Mining of hard coal).
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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