UK SIC 05.10—Mining of hard coal

Where 05.10 sits

1. B Mining and quarrying
2. 05 Mining of coal and lignite
3. 05.1 Mining of hard coal
4. 05.10 Mining of hard coal

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 05.101 Mining of hard coal from deep coal mines (underground mining)
• 05.102 Mining of hard coal from open cast coal working (surface mining)

What 05.10 includes

• Mining of hard coal: underground or surface mining, including mining through liquefaction methods
• Cleaning, sizing, grading, pulverising, compressing, etc. of coal to classify, improve quality or facilitate transport or storage
• Recovery of hard coal from culm banks

What 05.10 excludes

• Lignite mining, see 05.20
• Peat digging, see 08.92
• Support activities for hard coal mining, see 09.90
• Test drilling for coal mining, see 09.90
• Coke ovens producing solid fuels, see 19.10
• Manufacture of hard coal briquettes, ovoids and similar solid hard coal fuels, see 19.20
• Work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see 43.12

05.10 in other systems