KBLI 07—Metal Ore Mining

Where 07 sits

1. B Mining and Excavation
2. 07 Metal Ore Mining

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 071 Iron Sand and Iron Ore Mining
• 072 Mining of Metal Ore That Does Not Contain Iron

What 07 includes

• This basic division includes metal ore mining, which is conducted through underground mining, open-cast mining, seabed mining, and other methods.
• This major division also includes - beneficiation operations, such as crushing, grinding, washing, drying, sintering (heating without melting), calcination (heating to oxidation), and sludge processing of metal ores, as well as flotation and gravity separation operations.

What 07 excludes

• This division does not include: - heating/roasting of iron pyrites, see class 2011; - production of alumina, see class 2420; - operation of blast furnaces, see division 24.

07 in other systems