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PSIC 2019 · Section
B

Mining And Quarrying

This section covers the extraction of naturally occurring minerals in solid, liquid, or gas forms, using various methods such as mining and well operations. It also includes activities that prepare these raw materials for marketing.

Includes

  • Extraction of minerals as solids (coal and ores), liquids (petroleum), or gases (natural gas)
  • Underground or surface mining
  • Well operation
  • Seabed mining
  • Supplementary activities for preparing crude materials for marketing, such as crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, sorting, concentrating ores, liquefaction of natural gas, and agglomeration of solid fuels