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CNAE 08.91—Mineral extraction for chemicals and fertilizers

Class · Clasificación Nacional de Actividades Económicas (2025)

Where 08.91 sits

  1. B Extractive Industries
  2. 08 Other extractive industries
  3. 08.9 Extractive industries n.e.c.
  4. 08.91 Mineral extraction for chemicals and fertilizers

What 08.91 includes

  • Mining of natural phosphates and natural potassium salts
  • Mining of native sulphur
  • Extraction and preparation of pyrites and pyrrhotite, except roasting
  • Mining of natural barium sulphate and carbonate (barytes and witherite), natural borates, natural magnesium sulphates (kieserite)
  • Mining of earth colours, fluorspar and other minerals valued chiefly as a source of chemicals
  • Guano mining
  • Mining of medicinal mud
  • Extraction processes to produce lithium from brine

What 08.91 excludes

  • Extraction of salt (see 08.93)
  • Roasting of iron pyrites (see 20.13)
  • Manufacture of synthetic fertilisers and nitrogen compounds (see 20.15)

08.91 in other systems

ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
HSICHong Kong
ICNEAChina
ISICUnited Nations (global)
JSICJapan
NAICS CanadaCanada
SCIANMexico
SICUnited States (legacy)
UK SICUnited Kingdom

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