CLANAE 08.990—Mining and quarrying n.e.c.

Where 08.990 sits

1. B Mining and quarrying
2. 08 Mining and quarrying n.e.c.
3. 08.9 Mining and quarrying n.e.c.
4. 08.99 Mining and quarrying n.e.c.
5. 08.990 Mining and quarrying n.e.c.

What 08.990 includes

• The extraction of rough gemstones and those roughly worked by sawing, exfoliating, or grinding that require further processing, such as: - agate - aquamarine - amethyst - rock crystal - topaz - other fine and ornamental gemstones for gemological use
• The extraction of garnet, both for gemstones and for obtaining natural abrasives.
• The extraction and processing or beneficiation of mineral substances not classified elsewhere: - asbestos - corundum - quartz - diatomite - feldspar - natural graphite - mica - pumice - talc - vermiculite - zeolite
• The extraction and beneficiation of volcanic materials: - volcanic granules - perlite - pozzolan - tuff
• The extraction and beneficiation of natural barite or barium sulfate, when its primary use is as a drilling mud weighting agent in oil drilling.
• Extraction and processing of: - asphalt - natural bitumen - gravel - inorganic limestone - chalk - natural cryolite and chiolite - fluorite used in jewelry making - siliceous fossil powders - rhodochrosite (manganese carbonate) - tufa - witherite or natural barium carbonate

What 08.990 excludes

• Manganese carbonate (rhodochrosite) when used as electrode coating for welding (subclass 07.299).
• The extraction and processing of fluorite that is not used in jewelry making for personal adornment or ornamentation (subclass 08.912).

08.990 in other systems