NACE 05.20: Mining of lignite

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 05.20. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 0520.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 05.20 is "Mining of lignite". It sits in section B (MINING AND QUARRYING), then division 05 (Mining of coal and lignite), then group 05.2 (Mining of lignite). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 05.20 (Mining of lignite).

What the class includes

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

What it excludes

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

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2	Label (Rev. 2)	Also maps to
05.20	Mining of lignite	-

The label in 24 languages

bgДобив на кафяви и лигнитни въглища
csTěžba hnědého uhlí
daIndvinding af brunkul
deBraunkohlenbergbau
elΕξόρυξη λιγνίτη
enMining of lignite
esExtracción de lignito
etPruunsöe kaevandamine
fiRuskohiilen kaivu
frExtraction de lignite
gaMianadóireacht ligníte
hrVađenje lignita
huBarnaszén-, lignitbányászat
itEstrazione di lignite
ltRusvųjų anglių kasyba
lvLignīta ieguve
mtEstrazzjoni tal-linjite mill-minjieri
nlWinning van bruinkool
plWydobywanie węgla brunatnego (lignitu)
ptExtração de lenhite
roExtracția lignitului
skŤažba lignitu
slPridobivanje rjavega premoga in lignita
svBrunkolsutvinning

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Official classification texts from EU Vocabularies (Publications Office of the European Union, CC BY 4.0), read on 2026-10-05. Correspondence tables link classes that cover the same activities; one old class can be split across several new ones, so check the notes before you convert a dataset. Information only.