UK SIC 2007 08910: Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 08.91 and NACE Rev. 2.1 08.91. ISIC Rev. 4: 0891.

UK SIC 2007 code 08910 is "Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 08.91, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals". 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 08.91, "Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	08910	Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals
NACE Rev. 2	08.91	Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals
NACE Rev. 2.1	08.91	Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals
ISIC Rev. 4	0891

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes: - mining of natural phosphates and natural potassium salts - mining of native sulphur - extraction and preparation of pyrites and pyrrhotite, except roasting - mining of natural barium sulphate and carbonate (barytes and witherite), natural borates, natural magnesium sulphates (kieserite) - mining of earth colours, fluorspar and other minerals valued chiefly as a source of chemicals

What it excludes

This class excludes: - extraction of salt, see 08.93 - roasting of iron pyrites, see 20.13 - manufacture of synthetic fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, see 20.15

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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.