Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining
(1) smelting ores into nonferrous metals and/or (2) the primary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum) by electrolytic methods or other processes.
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Example Companies
- ●Freeport-McMoRan- Copper producer
- ●Rio Tinto- Mining company
- ●Glencore- Commodities company
This Code is NOT For...
NAICS 331410 does not cover the following activities. Use the correct code instead:
Recovering copper or copper alloys from scrap or dross and/or alloying, rolling, drawing, and extruding purchased copper
Rolling, drawing, and/or extruding nonferrous metal shapes (except copper and aluminum) from purchased nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum) or by recovering nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum) and rolling, drawing, or extruding
Recovering nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum) from scrap and making primary forms and/or alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum)
Making aluminum from alumina
Operating facilities where commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans, and metals, are sorted into distinct categories without also smelting or refining
Sorting, breaking up, and wholesaling scrap metal without also smelting or refining
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