05.20
Class
Mining of lignite
SDMX: B0520
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
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
✗ Excludes
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, ovoids and similar solid lignite fuels, see 19.20 - work performed to develop or prepare properties for lignite mining, see 43.12
Frequently Confused With
05.10
Mining of hard coal
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08.92 Extraction of peat
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09.90 Support activities for other mining and quarrying
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09.90 Support activities for other mining and quarrying
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19.20 Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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