KBLI 24—Basic Metal Industry

Where 24 sits

1. C Industry
2. 24 Basic Metal Industry

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 241 Basic Metal Iron and Steel Industry
• 242 Precious Base Metals and Other Non-Ferrous Base Metals Industry
• 243 Metal Casting

What 24 includes

• This division includes the smelting and refining of ferrous and non-ferrous metals from ore, pig metal, and scrap metal, using various metallurgical techniques.
• This division also includes the manufacture of alloys and superalloys by mixing alloying elements with pure metals. The products of the smelting and refining processes are typically ingots, which are used in milling, drawing, and extrusion to manufacture products such as plate, sheet, slab, strips, bars, wire or tube, pipe, and hollow profiles, as well as in liquid form for molding and other base metal products.

24 in other systems