SNI 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

• Extraction of natural phosphates and natural potassium salts
• Extraction of solid sulfur
• Mining and processing of pyrites and magnetic pyrites, excluding roasting
• Extraction of natural deposits of barium sulfate and carbonate (tungstic acid and witherite), borates and magnesium sulfates (kieserite)
• Extraction of earth colors, fluorspar and other minerals that are primarily used as a source of chemicals
• Guano extraction
• Extraction of medicinal clay
• Extraction processes to produce lithium from brine
• Extraction of earth colors, fluorspar and other minerals that are primarily used as a source of chemicals
• Extraction of natural deposits of barium sulfate and barium carbonate (tungspar and witherite), borates and magnesium sulfates (kieserite)

What 08.910 excludes

• Salt extraction, see 08.930
• Roasting of pyrites and other natural iron sulphides, see 20.130
• Production of synthetic fertilizers and nitrogen products, see 20.150

Example activities

• apatite, mining
• arsenic sulfides, mining
• mining of minerals for the production of chemicals and fertilizers
• mining, chemical goods
• phosphates, mining
• guano, mining
• chemical minerals, mining
• chemical raw materials, mining
• nitrate, mining
• extraction of natural phosphates and potassium salts
• extraction and processing of pyrites and magnetic pyrites, excluding roasting

08.910 in other systems