Mining of lignite

This class includes:

• mining of lignite (brown coal): underground or surface mining, including mining through liquefaction methods
• washing, dehydrating, pulverising, compressing of lignite to improve quality or facilitate transport or storage

This class excludes:

• hard coal mining, see 05.10
• peat digging, see 08.92
• support activities for lignite mining, see 09.90
• test drilling for coal mining, see 09.90
• manufacture of lignite fuel briquettes, ovoids and similar solid lignite fuels, see 19.20
• work performed to develop or prepare properties for lignite mining, see 43.12