Classification Detail

This class covers coal of all grades, lignite and peat irrespective of the method used in their extraction or beneficiation and the conversion of these fuels to other forms such as coke or gas. - Administration of solid mineral fuel affairs and services; conservation, discovery, development and rationalized exploitation of solid mineral fuel resources; supervision and regulation of the extraction, processing, distribution and use of solid mineral fuels; - production and dissemination of general information, technical documentation and statistics on solid mineral fuel affairs and services; - grants, loans or subsidies to support the solid mineral fuel industry and the coke, briquette or manufactured gas industries. Excludes: solid mineral fuel transportation affairs (classified to the appropriate class of group 04.5).