CNAE 05.20—Lignite extraction

Where 05.20 sits

1. B Extractive Industries
2. 05 Extraction of anthracite, bituminous coal, and lignite
3. 05.2 Lignite extraction
4. 05.20 Lignite extraction

What 05.20 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

What 05.20 excludes

• Hard coal mining (see 05.10)
• Peat digging (see 08.92)
• Support activities for lignite mining (see 09.90)
• Test drilling for coal mining (see 09.90)
• Manufacture of lignite fuel briquettes, ovoids and similar solid lignite fuels (see 19.20)
• Work performed to develop or prepare properties for lignite mining (see 43.12)

05.20 in other systems