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Group 242 - Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals

PSIC Group 242 covers Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals. Direct children below it include Gold and other precious metal refining, Non-ferrous Smelting and Refining, except Precious Metals, and...

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Children 5
Last verified 2026-10-21
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Code summary

Code 242
Official title Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
Version PSIC 2019
Source layer PSA / BSP
Parent 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.
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Practical summary

Group 242 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 Gold and other precious metal refining, Non-ferrous Smelting and Refining, except Precious Metals, and Non-ferrous Rolling, Drawing and Extrusion Mills. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.

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Source-backed description

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 semi-products Production of silver rolled onto base metals Production of gold rolled onto base metals or silver Production of platinum and platinum group metals rolled onto gold, silver or base metals Production of aluminum from alumina Production of aluminum from electrolytic refining of aluminum waste and scrap Production of aluminum alloys Semi-manufacturing of aluminum Production of lead, zinc and tin from ores Production of lead, zinc and tin from electrolytic refining of lead, zinc and tin waste and scrap Production of lead, zinc and tin alloys Semi-manufacturing of lead, zinc and tin Production of copper from ores Production of copper from electrolytic refining of copper waste and scrap Production of copper alloys Manufacture of fuse wire or strip Semi-manufacturing of copper Production of chrome, manganese, nickel etc. from ores or oxides Production of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc. from electrolytic and aluminothermic refining of chrome, manganese, nickel etc. from waste and scrap Production of alloys of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc. Semi-manufacturing of chrome, manganese, nickel, etc. Production of mattes of nickel Production of uranium metal from pitchblende or other ores Smelting and refining of uranium This class also includes: Manufacture of wire of these metals by drawing Production of aluminum oxide (alumina) Production of aluminum wrapping foil Manufacture of aluminum (tin) foil laminates made from aluminum (tin) foil as primary component Manufacture of precious metal foil laminates This class excludes: Casting of non-ferrous metals, see 2432; Manufacture of precious metal jewelry, see 3211.