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NACE 08.12: Operation of gravel and sand pits and mining of clay and kaolin

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 08.12. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 0810.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 08.12 is "Operation of gravel and sand pits and mining of clay and kaolin". It sits in section B (MINING AND QUARRYING), then division 08 (Other mining and quarrying), then group 08.1 (Quarrying of stone, sand and clay). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 08.12 (Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin).

What the class includes

This class includes: - extraction and dredging of industrial sand, sand for construction and gravel - breaking and crushing of gravel - quarrying of sand - mining of clays, refractory clays and kaolin

What it excludes

This class excludes: - mining of bituminous sand, see 06.10

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2Label (Rev. 2)Also maps to
08.12Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin-

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08.11 Quarrying of ornamental stone, limestone,…

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