MINING AND QUARRYING STATISTICS 1. Introduction Mining is the extraction of mineral occurring naturally such as coal, ores, crude petroleum and natural gas. In view of their significance to the Nigerian economy and peculiarities, the compilation of statistics of petroleum and natural gas (which are coded as division 11 of the ISIC) Jul 07, 2017 1 The private mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector industry sector includes such subsectors as oil and gas extraction, coal mining, metal ore mining, nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying, and support activities for mining. The IIF program uses the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to define industry. From 2003 to 2008 the IIF program used the 2002