SBI 24—Manufacture of basic metals

Where 24 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 24 Manufacture of basic metals

Contains 5 narrower codes

• 24.1 Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
• 24.2 Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel
• 24.3 Manufacture of other products of first processing of steel
• 24.4 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
• 24.5 Casting of metals

What 24 includes

• This division encompasses the smelting and/or refining of ferrous and non-ferrous metals from ore, ore debris, metal waste, or scrap, using electrometallurgical and other process metallurgical techniques.
• This division also includes the production of metal alloys and superalloys by adding other chemical elements to pure metals. The output of smelting and refining, usually in the form of ingots, is used in rolling, drawing, and extruding to produce products such as plates, sheets, strips, bars, steel wire, or tubes, pipes, and hollow profiles, in molten form to make castings and other base metal products.

24 in other systems