Explanatory Note
Title: Lignite extraction
Includes extraction (underground or above ground, including by liquefaction) and beneficiation
(cleaning, dehydration, pulverizing and compression) of lignite, to improve the quality or
facilitate transport or storage.
Does not include:
Coal extraction (05100);
Peat extraction (08920);
Service activities related to the extraction of lignite (09900);
Manufacture of briquettes and lignite 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:
0520 - Mining of lignite