ICNEA 3211—Copper smelting

Where 3211 sits

1. C Manufacturing industry
2. 32 Non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry
3. 321 Commonly used non-ferrous metal smelting
4. 3211 Copper smelting

What 3211 includes

• Refers to the production activities of smelting, refining, electrolysis, etc. to extract copper from mining raw materials such as copper concentrates and waste miscellaneous copper materials.
• Including smelting activities for the following copper：
• Crude copper: mineral crude copper, recycled crude copper, electrodeposition copper to produce crude copper;
• Anode copper: mineral anode copper, regenerated anode copper, electrodeposition copper to produce anode copper;
• Refined copper (electrolytic copper): mineral refined copper, regenerated refined copper, electrodeposited copper;
• Directly use recycled copper.

3211 in other systems