NACE-BEL 08.910—Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals

Where 08.910 sits

1. B Mining and quarrying
2. 08 Other mining and quarrying
3. 08.9 Mining and quarrying n.e.c.
4. 08.91 Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals
5. 08.910 Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals

What 08.910 includes

• The extraction of natural phosphates and natural potassium salts
• The extraction of native sulfur
• The extraction and preparation of pyrite and pyrrhotite, excluding roasting
• The extraction of natural barium sulfates and carbonates (barite and witherite), natural borates, and natural magnesium sulfates (kieserite)
• The extraction of colored earths, fluorspar, and other minerals exploited primarily as a source of chemicals
• Guano collection
• Medicinal mud extraction
• Extraction processes for producing lithium from brine

What 08.910 excludes

• Salt extraction, see 08.93
• Roasting of iron pyrite, see 20.13
• The manufacture of chemical fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 20.15

08.910 in other systems