NACE 24.41—Precious metals production

Where 24.41 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 24 Manufacture of basic metals
3. 24.4 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
4. 24.41 Precious metals production

What 24.41 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
• 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

What 24.41 excludes

• Casting of copper, zinc and other non-ferrous metals, see 24.54
• Manufacture of precious metal jewellery, see 32.12

24.41 in other systems