Explanatory Note
Title: Coal extraction
Includes extraction (underground or above ground, including by liquefaction) and beneficiation
(cleaning, calibration, sorting, etc.) of coals (includes anthracite) to classify, improve
quality or facilitate transport or storage. Includes coal recovery from dust
of pulverized coal.
Does not include:
Lignite extraction (05200);
Service activities related to coal extraction (09900);
Peat extraction (08920);
Coke production (19100);
Manufacture of briquettes and coal agglomerates (19203);
This subclass is part of the Portuguese Classification of Economic Activities (CAE-Rev.4), used for tax and statistical purposes in Portugal.
Parent class:
0510 - Mining of hard coal