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Code 241
Official title Manufacture of basic iron and steel
Version PSIC 2019
Source layer PSA / BSP
Section C - Manufacturing
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PSIC Group 241 covers Manufacture of basic iron and steel. Direct children below it include Operation of steel works and rolling mills and Operation of Blast Furnaces and Steel Making Furnaces. It clusters closely...
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Group 241 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under C Manufacturing > 24 MANUFACTURE OF BASIC METALS 'This division includes the activities of smelting and/or refining ferrous and non- ferrous metals from ore, pig or scrap, using electrometallurgic and other process metallurgic techniques. This division also includes the manufacture of metal alloys and super-alloys by introducing other chemical elements to pure metals. The output of smelting and refining, usually in ingot form, is used in rolling, drawing and extruding operations to make products, such as plate, sheet, strip, bars, rods, wire, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, and in molten form to make castings and other basic metal products.. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as Operation of steel works and rolling mills and Operation of Blast Furnaces and Steel Making Furnaces. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.
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Where this code is used
This group is used when reviewers compare a short list of classes such as Operation of steel works and rolling mills and Operation of Blast Furnaces and Steel Making Furnaces and need to decide which family is the closest fit. It is common in internal classification review and administrative lookup work.
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How to choose it
Use this group when the activity sits between similar classes such as Operation of steel works and rolling mills and Operation of Blast Furnaces and Steel Making Furnaces. The safest choice is the one whose wording matches the actual production, service or operating model most closely.
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Source-backed description
This class includes operations of conversion by reduction of iron ore in blast furnaces and oxygen converters or of ferrous waste and scrap in electric are furnaces or by direct reduction of iron ore without fusion to obtain crude steel which is smelted and refined in a ladle furnace and then poured and solidified in a continuous caster in order to produce semi-finished flat or long products, which are used, after reheating, in rolling, drawing and extruding operations to manufacture finished products such as plate, sheet, strip, bars, rods, wire, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles. This class includes: Operation of blast furnaces, steel converters, rolling and finishing mills Production of pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms Production of ferro-alloys Production of ferrous products by direct reduction of iron and other spongy ferrous products Production of iron of exceptional purity by electrolysis or other chemical processes Production of granular iron and iron powder Production of steel in ingots or other primary forms Remelting of scrap ingots of iron or steel Production of semi-finished products of steel Manufacture of hot-rolled and cold-rolled flat rolled products of steel Manufacture of hot-rolled bars and rods of steel Manufacture of hot-rolled open sections of steel Manufacture of steel bars and solid sections of steel by cold drawing, grinding or turning Manufacture of open sections by progressive cold forming on a roll mill or folding on a press of flat-rolled products of steel Manufacture of wire of steel by cold drawing or stretching Manufacture of sheet piling of steel, and welded open sections of steel Manufacture of railway track materials (unassembled rails) of steel Manufacture of seamless tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of steel, by hot rolling, hot extrusion or hot drawing, or by cold drawing or cold rolling Manufacture of welded tubes and pipes of steel, by cold or hot forming and welding, delivered as welded or further processed by cold drawing or cold rolling or manufactured by hot forming, welding and reducing Manufacture of tube fittings of steel, such as flat flanges and flanges with forged collars, butt-welded fittings, threaded fittings and socket-welded fittings This class excludes: Manufacture of tubes, pipes and hollow profiles and of tube or pipe fittings of cast- iron, see 2431; Manufacture of seamless tubes and pipes of steel by centrifugal casting, see 2431; Manufacture of tube or pipe fittings of cast- steel, see 2431. 2411 24110 Operation of blast furnaces and steel making furnaces
FAQ
What does PSIC Group 241 cover?
PSIC Group 241 clusters a smaller family of classes under Manufacture of basic iron and steel and is useful when the business sits between closely related options.
How do I compare Group 241 with sibling groups?
Look at the parent class and the nearby sibling groups. On this page, the most relevant nearby options are 242 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals and 243 Casting of metals.
Why is Group 241 useful for classification?
It sits at the point where a broad sector is already narrowed enough to compare a small family of similar classes before the final code choice.