SIC 08.91 5 enterprises in the UK
Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals
What this covers (19 activity descriptions)
- Alum mine
- Barium sulphate (natural) mining
- Barytes mine
- Borates (natural) mining
- Carbonate (barytes and witherite) mining
- Celestine pit
- Chemical minerals mining
- Earth colours and fluorspar mining
- Fertiliser minerals mining
- Fluorspar mining
- Guano mining
- Iron pyrites extraction (not for iron production)
- Magnesium sulphates (natural kieserite) mining
- Native sulphur mining
- Ochre pit
- Phosphates (natural) mining
- Potash mine
- Potassium salts (natural) mining
- Pyrites and pyrrhotite extraction and preparation
Guidance for this activity
Get authorisation for a water activity in Scotland (CAR)
How to comply with Scotland's Controlled Activities Regulations (CAR 2011) for any activity affecting surface water or groundwater — abstraction, impoundment, engineering in or near a water body, and discharges. Covers the four-tier authorisation system (General Binding Rules, Registration, Simple Licence, Complex Licence), pre-application advice, fees, and enforcement, all administered by SEPA.
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