NIC 24—Manufacture of basic metals

Where 24 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 24 Manufacture of basic metals

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 241 Manufacture of basic iron and steel
• 242 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
• 243 Casting of metals

What 24 includes

• This division includes the activities of smelting and/or refining ferrous and non-ferrous metals from ore, pig, metal waste or scrap, using electro metallurgic 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 or tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, and in molten form to make castings and other basic metal products.

24 in other systems