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B - MINING AND QUARRYING

CAEN Code 0520: Mining of lignite

This class includes:

  • mining of lignite (brown coal): underground or surface mining, including mining through liquefaction methods
  • washing, dehydrating, pulverizing, and compressing lignite to improve its quality or facilitate transport and storage

This class excludes:

  • hard coal mining, see CAEN 0510
  • peat digging, see CAEN 0892
  • support activities for lignite mining, see CAEN 0990
  • test drilling for coal mining, see CAEN 0990
  • manufacture of lignite fuel briquettes, see CAEN 1920
  • work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see CAEN 4312