NIC 081008 - Mining of clays (ordinary, kaolin, ball clay, wollastonite, bentonite, fuller's earth, fire clay etc.)

NIC 081008 classifies mining of clays (ordinary, kaolin, ball clay, wollastonite, bentonite, fuller's earth, fire clay etc.) as a final six-digit resource extraction activity under Section B and Division 08. Use it...

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081008 at a Glance

Code 081008

Official title Mining of clays (ordinary, kaolin, ball clay, wollastonite, bentonite, fuller's earth, fire clay etc.)

Version NIC 2025

Source authority MoSPI

Section B - Mining and quarrying

Division 08 - Other mining and quarrying

Group 081 - Quarrying of stone, sand and clay

Class 0810 - Quarrying of stone, sand and clay

Level Sub-class

Depth 5/5

Children 0

Last verified 2026-04-21

In this section

081001

Quarrying, rough trimming and sawing of marble

081002

Quarrying, rough trimming and sawing of granite

081003

Quarrying, rough trimming and sawing of slate and building & monumental stone other than marble and granite

081004

Mining of dolomite

081005

Mining of gypsum including selenite

081006

Crushing and breaking of stone for use as a flux or raw material in lime or cement manufacture or as building material, road metal or ballast and other materials for construction within quarry location

081007

Mining and quarrying of limestone, limeshell, "Kankar" and other calcareous minerals excluding chalk and shale and other uncalcined dolomite

081008

Mining of clays (ordinary, kaolin, ball clay, wollastonite, bentonite, fuller's earth, fire clay etc.)

081099

Quarrying of stone, sand and clay n.e.c. including mining of refractory non-clay minerals

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Official note

Class 0810 note from source layer

This class excludes: - mining of bituminous sand, see 0610 - mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals, see 0891 - production of calcined dolomite, see 2394 - cutting, shaping and finishing of stone outside quarries, see 2396