24.4 – Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals

This class includes: - production of basic precious metals: • production and refining of unwrought or wrought precious metals: gold, silver, platinum, etc., from ore and scrap - production of precious metal alloys - production of precious metal in semi-manufactured or in powder forms - cladding of base metals with a covering of silver, gold or platinum, affixed by soldering, brazing, welding, hot-rolling or similar mechanical means · This class also includes: - manufacture of wire of precious metals by drawing - manufacture of precious metal plates, sheets, strips and foil laminates - silver recovery from waste and scrap by electrolytic refining - melting and casting of precious metal into ingots, blocks or similar forms · This class excludes: - casting of copper, zinc and other non-ferrous metals, see 24.54 - manufacture of precious metal jewellery, see 32.12

This class includes: - production of unwrought aluminium, alloyed or not alloyed, from alumina or from aluminium waste and scrap - manufacture of aluminium bars, rods, profiles and wire - manufacture of aluminium tubes, pipes, tube and pipe fittings - manufacture of aluminium plates, sheets and strip, whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics - manufacture of aluminium foil, whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials · This class also includes: - production of aluminium oxide (alumina) · This class excludes: - casting of aluminium and other light metals, see 24.53 - shredding of aluminium waste and scrap, see 38.21

This class includes: - production of unwrought lead, zinc and tin, alloyed or not alloyed, from ores or from lead, zinc or tin waste and scrap - manufacture of bars, rods, profiles, wire, plates, sheets, strip and foil of lead, zinc or tin · This class also includes: - manufacture of zinc powder by atomisation of molten zinc · This class excludes: - casting of lead, zinc or tin, see 24.54 - shredding of lead, zinc or tin waste and scrap, see 38.21

This class includes: - manufacture of unrefined or refined unwrought copper, alloyed or not alloyed, from ores or from copper waste and scrap - manufacture of bars, rods, profiles, plates, sheets and strip of copper and copper alloys - manufacture of wire of copper and copper alloys - manufacture of tubes, pipes, tube and pipe fittings of copper and copper alloys - manufacture of copper foil, whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials · This class also includes: - manufacture of bars, rods, profiles, plates, sheets, strip, wire, tubes and pipes of brass · This class excludes: - casting of copper, see 24.54 - shredding of copper waste and scrap, see 38.21

This class includes: - production of unwrought chrome, manganese, nickel, etc., alloyed or not alloyed, from ores or oxides or from electrolytic and aluminothermic refining of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc., waste and scrap - manufacture of bars, rods, profiles and wire of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc. - manufacture of plates, sheets, strip and foil of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc. - production of mattes of nickel - production of other non-ferrous metals · This class excludes: - casting of non-ferrous metals, see 24.53, 24.54 - shredding of non-ferrous metal waste and scrap, see 38.21