NIC 07—Mining of metal ores

Where 07 sits

1. B Mining and quarrying
2. 07 Mining of metal ores

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 071 Mining of iron ores
• 072 Mining of non-ferrous metal ores

What 07 includes

• This division includes mining for metallic minerals (ores), performed through underground or opencast extraction, seabed mining etc.
• Ore dressing and beneficiating operations, such as crushing, grinding, washing, drying, sintering, calcining or leaching ore, gravity separation or flotation operations

What 07 excludes

• Roasting of iron pyrites, see 2011
• Production of aluminium oxide, see 2420
• Operation of blast furnaces, see division 24

07 in other systems