SNIClass

SNI 08.91—Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals

Class · Svensk näringsgrensindelning (2025)

Where 08.91 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

Contains 1 narrower code

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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