Division 05: Mining of coal and lignite

Section B, Mining and quarrying. 2 subcategories with ISTAT's explanatory notes and the ATECO 2022 codes they come from.

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  1. 05Mining of coal and lignite

    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

    • peat digging, see 08.9208.92
    • services incidental to coal or lignite mining, see 09.9009.90
    • coking, see 19.1019.10
    • manufacture of briquettes, see 19.2019.20
  2. 05.1Mining of hard coal
  3. 05.10Mining of hard coal
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Excludes

    • lignite mining, see 05.2005.20
    • peat digging, see 08.9208.92
    • support activities for hard coal mining, see 09.9009.90
    • test drilling for coal mining, see 09.9009.90
    • coke ovens producing solid fuels, see 19.1019.10
    • manufacture of hard coal briquettes, ovoids and similar solid hard coal fuels, see 19.2019.20
    • work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see 43.1243.12
  4. 05.10.0Mining of hard coal
  5. 05.10.00Mining of hard coal
    From ATECO 2022: 05.10.00 Estrazione di antracite e litantrace (all from here)
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    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
    • mining of lithanthrax

    Also includes

    • recovery of hard coal from culm banks
  6. 05.2Mining of lignite
  7. 05.20Mining of lignite
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Excludes

    • hard coal mining, see 05.1005.10
    • peat digging, see 08.9208.92
    • support activities for lignite mining, see 09.9009.90
    • test drilling for coal mining, see 09.9009.90
    • manufacture of lignite fuel briquettes, ovoids and similar solid lignite fuels, see 19.2019.20
    • work performed to develop or prepare properties for lignite mining, see 43.1243.12
  8. 05.20.0Mining of lignite
  9. 05.20.00Mining of lignite
    From ATECO 2022: 05.20.00 Estrazione di lignite (all from here)
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    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

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