This class includes:
- mining of lignite (brown coal): underground or surface mining, including mining through liquefaction methods
- washing, dehydrating, pulverizing, and compressing lignite to improve its quality or facilitate transport and storage
This class excludes:
- hard coal mining, see CAEN 0510
- peat digging, see CAEN 0892
- support activities for lignite mining, see CAEN 0990
- test drilling for coal mining, see CAEN 0990
- manufacture of lignite fuel briquettes, see CAEN 1920
- work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see CAEN 4312