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081100 Quarrying of ornamental stone, limestone, gypsum, slate and other stone


This type includes:

  • quarrying, rough trimming and sawing of monumental and building stone (for example, marble, granite, sandstone)
  • breaking and crushing of ornamental and building stone
  • quarrying, crushing and breaking of limestone
  • mining of gypsum and anhydrite
  • mining of chalk and uncalcined dolomite
  • production of granules, chippings and powder of extracted stones, whether heat-treated or not

This type excludes:

  • mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals, see 089100

  • production of calcined dolomite, see 235200

  • cutting, shaping and finishing of stone outside quarries, see 2370

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