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NOGA 07.21 Mining of uranium and thorium ores
Activity from the Swiss General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA 2025), published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The full dataset (NACE 2.1 + ISIC 4 cross-walks) is included in Classifications (399 CHF).
0721Multilingual description
NOGA 2025 provides the official designation in the four languages used by the Swiss federal authorities, alongside their European equivalents.
| Language | Designation |
|---|---|
| Français (fr) | Extraction de minerais d’uranium et de thorium |
| Deutsch (de) | Bergbau auf Uran- und Thoriumerze |
| Italiano (it) | Estrazione di minerali di uranio e torio |
| English (en) | Mining of uranium and thorium ores |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 07.21 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 07.21.00 | Mining of uranium and thorium ores |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 07.21 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 07.21 | 07.21 Mining of uranium and thorium ores | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 07.21 | Mining of uranium and thorium ores | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 0721 | Mining of uranium and thorium ores | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 07.21 | Extraction de minerais d’uranium et de thorium | exact |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 07.21, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 07.29 | class | Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores |
| 07.10 | class | Mining of iron ores |
| 08.11 | class | Quarrying of ornamental stone, limestone, gypsum, slate and other stone |
| 08.12 | class | Operation of gravel and sand pits and mining of clay and kaolin |
| 06.20 | class | Extraction of natural gas |
| 06.10 | class | Extraction of crude petroleum |
| 08.91 | class | Mining of chemical and fertiliser minerals |
| 08.92 | class | Extraction of peat |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 07.21.
A company whose main activity falls under "Mining of uranium and thorium ores" is classified under NOGA code 07.21.
This category covers all companies whose main economic activity matches this description, whatever their size: sole traders, SMEs, large companies, branches and Swiss establishments.
The code is assigned on the principle of the main economic activity: if an entity has several activities, the one generating the most value added determines the classification.
How this code is used
NOGA code 07.21 is used by the Swiss federal authorities to classify companies by their main economic activity, notably:
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): business and establishment register (BER), censuses and structural statistics.
- OASI compensation funds: classification of the employer's activity at registration.
- Federal Tax Administration (FTA): VAT profiling, net tax debt rates and sector statistics.
- Commercial register: "activities" field when registering a new legal entity.
- SUVA and accident-insurance funds: pricing of accident-insurance contributions by risk class.
- SECO and labour-market statistics: sector analyses and targeted support measures.
Official source
This page reproduces information from the NOGA 2025 standard published by the Federal Statistical Office. For the official version:
bfs.admin.ch — NOGA — General Classification of Economic Activities
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