Mining of hard coal

This class 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

This class also includes:

• recovery of hard coal from culm banks

This class 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