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Division ⛏ B Mining and Quarrying

05 — Mining of Coal and Lignite

05
Division
Mining of coal and lignite
SDMX: B05
Division Level
2 Depth
2 Children
4 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

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

✗ Excludes

This division excludes: - services incidental to coal or lignite mining, see 09.90 - coking, see 19.10 - manufacture of briquettes, see 19.20

Frequently Confused With

09.90
Support activities for other mining and quarrying
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 19.10
Manufacture of coke oven products
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 19.20
Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
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Sub-categories

2
05.1
Mining of hard coal
05.2
Mining of lignite

Related Divisions

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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