ATECO 07—Mining of metal ores

Where 07 sits

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

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 07.1 Mining of iron ores
• 07.2 Mining of non-ferrous metal ores

What 07 includes

• This division includes mining for metallic minerals (ores), performed through underground or open-cast extraction, seabed mining, and so on.
• This division also includes ore dressing and beneficiating operations (e.g. crushing, grinding, washing, drying, sintering, calcining or leaching ore, gravity separation or flotation operations).

What 07 excludes

• Roasting of iron pyrites, see 20.13
• Operation of blast furnaces, see division 24
• Production of aluminium oxide, see 24.42

07 in other systems