SSIC B—Mining and quarrying

Where B sits

1. B Mining and quarrying

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 08 Mining and quarrying
• 09 Service activities incidental to oil and gas extraction (except surveying and engineering design and consultancy services supporting mining, oil and gas extraction and offshore exploration activities)

What B includes

• Mining and quarrying include the extraction of minerals occurring naturally as solids (coal and ores), liquids (petroleum) or gases (natural gas), from mines, seabed, and the extraction of salt from sea water, brine, and other saline waters. Extraction can be achieved by different methods such as underground or surface mining, well operation, seabed mining etc.
• This section includes supplementary activities aimed at preparing the crude materials for marketing, for example, crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, sorting, beneficiation and concentration of ores and liquefaction of natural gas. Mining activities are classified on the basis of the principal mineral produced. Some of the technical operations of this section, particularly related to the extraction of hydrocarbons, may also be carried out for third parties by specialised units as an industrial service which is reflected in division 09 'Service activities incidental to oil and gas extraction'.

What B excludes

• Further processing of the extracted materials, see section C 'Manufacturing'
• Usage of the extracted materials without a further transformation for construction purposes, see section F 'Construction'
• Bottling of natural spring and mineral waters, see 11041
• Overburden removal and contouring of land at mine sites, see 43121

B in other systems