UK SIC 2007 08120: Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 08.12 and NACE Rev. 2.1 08.12. ISIC Rev. 4: 0810.

UK SIC 2007 code 08120 is "Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 08.12, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin". UK companies state one or more SIC codes when they file at Companies House, and the codes appear in the company record. In NACE Rev. 2.1 the matching class is 08.12, "Operation of gravel and sand pits and mining of clay and kaolin".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	08120	Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin
NACE Rev. 2	08.12	Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin
NACE Rev. 2.1	08.12	Operation of gravel and sand pits and mining of clay and kaolin
ISIC Rev. 4	0810

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

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

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UK SIC 2007: Companies House condensed list of the ONS classification (gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0), read 2026-10-05. NACE data: EU Vocabularies (CC BY 4.0). Information only.