Division 08 : Other mining and quarrying

SECTION B : MINING AND QUARRYING
Division 08 : Other Mining and quarrying
Group	Class	Sub-class	Description
081			Quarrying of stone, sand and clay
	0810		Quarrying of stone, sand and clay
			This class excludes:
			- mining of bituminous sand, see 0610
			- mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals, see 0891
			- production of calcined dolomite, see 2394
			- cutting, shaping and finishing of stone outside quarries, see 2396
		08101	Quarrying of marble
		08102	Quarrying of granite
		08103	Quarrying of slate and building and monumental stone other than marble and granite
		08104	Mining of dolomite
		08105	Mining of gypsum including selenite
		08106	Operation of sand or gravel pits, basalt / porphyry, clay (ordinary), crushing and breaking of stone for use as a flux or raw material in lime or cement, manufacture or as building material, road metal or ballast and other materials for construction
		08107	Mining/quarrying of limestone, limeshell, ‘kankar’ and other calcareous minerals including calcite, chalk and shale
		08108	Mining of clays (kaolin, ball clay, wollastonite, bentonite, fuller’s earth, fire clay etc. )
		08109	Mining of refractory non-clay minerals (andalusite, kyanite, sillimanite, dunite, diaspore magnesite, diaspore, magnesite)
089			Mining and quarrying n.e.c.
	0891		Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals
			This class excludes:
			- extraction of salt, see 0893
			- roasting of iron pyrites, see 2011
			- manufacture of synthetic fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 2012
		08911	Mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur
		08912	Mining of natural phosphates including apatite minerals
		08913	Mining of earth colours (ochre including red oxide).
		08914	Mining of fluorspar
		08915	Mining of barytes
		08919	Mining of potash bearing salts/minerals; borate minerals and other fertiliser and chemical minerals n.e.c.
	0892		Extraction and agglomeration of peat
			This class excludes:
			- service activities incidental to peat mining, see 0990
			- manufacture of articles of peat, see 2399
		08920	Extraction and agglomeration of peat
			Extraction of salt
			This class excludes:
			- processing of salt into food-grade salt, e.g. iodized salt, see 1079
			- potable water production by evaporation of saline water, see 3600
		08931	Salt mining, quarrying, screening etc.
		08932	Salt production by evaporation of sea water or other saline waters
	0899		Other mining and quarrying n.e.c.
		08991	Mining of gemstones (agate, diamond, emerald, garnet (gem), jasper, rubby/ saphire etc.
		08992	Mining and quarrying of abrasive materials (pumice stone, emery, corundum, garnet and other natural abrasives)
		08993	Mining of mica
		08994	Mining of natural graphite
		08995	Mining of asbestos
		08996	Mining of vermiculite, perlite and chlorites
		08997	Mining of felspar and silica minerals including quartz, quartzite and fuch. Quartzite
		08998	Mining of talc/ steatite
		08999	Mining of laterite, diatomite and silicious fossil meals (e.g. diatomite); and other natural fluxes; natural asphalt or bitumen and other mining n.e.c.

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