PKD 08.91.Z—Extraction of minerals for the chemical industry and for the production of fertilizers

Where 08.91.Z sits

1. B Mining and Quarrying
2. 08 Other mining and quarrying
3. 08.9 Mining and quarrying, not elsewhere classified
4. 08.91 Extraction of minerals for industry
5. 08.91.Z Extraction of minerals for the chemical industry and for the production of fertilizers

What 08.91.Z includes

• Mining of natural phosphate and potassium salts,
• Mining of native sulfur,
• Mining and processing of pyrites and magnetopyrites, excluding roasting,
• Mining of natural barium and magnesium sulfates (kieserites), natural barium carbonates (barites and witherites), natural borates,
• Mining of mineral pigments, fluorspars, and other valuable minerals used in the chemical industry,
• Mining of guano,
• Mining of therapeutic mud,
• Mining processes for the production of lithium from brine.

What 08.91.Z excludes

• Mining of salt, see 08.93.Z,
• Roasting of iron pyrites, see 20.13.Z,
• Production of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 20.15.Z.

08.91.Z in other systems