Division 09: Mining support service activities

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. 09Mining support service activities

    This division includes specialised support services incidental to mining provided on a fee or contract basis.

    It includes exploration services through traditional prospecting methods (for example taking core samples and making geological observations as well as drilling, test drilling or redrilling for oil wells, metallic and non-metallic minerals).

    Other typical services cover building oil and gas well foundations, cementing oil and gas well casings, cleaning, bailing and swabbing oil and gas wells, draining and pumping mines, and so on.

  2. 09.1Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
  3. 09.10Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Excludes

    • service activities performed by operators of oilfields or gas fields, see 06.10, 06.2006.1006.20
    • specialised repair and maintenance of drilling and extraction machinery and equipment, see 33.1233.12
    • specialised offshore installation, repair and maintenance of equipment that forms an integral part of floating platforms, see division 4343
    • liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for the purpose of land or water transport, not done at the mine site, see 52.21 or 52.2252.2152.22
    • geophysical surveying services, on a contract or fee basis, see 71.1271.12
  4. 09.10.0Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
  5. 09.10.00Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
    From ATECO 2022: 09.10.00 Attività di supporto all'estrazione di petrolio e di gas naturale (all from here)
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Includes

    • oil and gas extraction service activities provided on a fee or contract basis:
      • exploration services in connection with petroleum or gas extraction (e.g. traditional prospecting methods, making geological observations at prospective sites)
      • directional drilling and redrilling; spudding in; derrick erection in situ, repairing and dismantling; cementing oil and gas well casings; pumping of wells; plugging and abandoning wells, etc.
      • liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for the purpose of transport, done at the mine site
      • oil and gas extraction draining and pumping services, on a fee or contract basis
      • test drilling in connection with petroleum or gas extraction

    Also includes

    • firefighting services and fire-prevention services for oilfields and gas fields
  6. 09.9Support activities for other mining and quarrying
  7. 09.90Support activities for other mining and quarrying
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Excludes

    • operating mines or quarries on a contract or fee basis, see divisions 05, 07, 08050708
    • specialised repair and maintenance of mining machinery, see 33.1233.12
    • geophysical surveying services, on a contract or fee basis, see 71.1271.12
  8. 09.90.0Support activities for other mining and quarrying
  9. 09.90.00Support activities for other mining and quarrying
    From ATECO 2022: 09.90.01 Attività di supporto all'estrazione di pietre ornamentali, da costruzione, da gesso, di anidrite, per calce e cementi, di dolomite, di ardesia, di ghiaia e sabbia, di argilla, di caolino, di pomice (in part) · 09.90.09 Attività di supporto all'estrazione di altri minerali n.c.a. (in part)
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Includes

    • support services on a fee or contract basis, required for mining activities of divisions 05, 07, 08:
      • exploration services by using traditional prospecting methods (e.g. taking core samples and making geological observations at prospective sites)
      • draining and pumping services on a fee or contract basis
      • test drilling and test hole boring
    • securing mine shafts and tunnels
    • demolition and dismantling of underground mining facilities

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