SNI 24.440—Copper production

Where 24.440 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 24 Manufacture of basic metals
3. 24.4 Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
4. 24.44 Copper production
5. 24.440 Copper production

What 24.440 includes

• Production of unrefined or refined unwrought copper, alloyed or not, from ore or from copper waste and scrap
• Production of bars, rods, profiles, sheets, plates and strips of copper and copper alloys
• Production of wire from copper and copper alloys
• Production of pipes and fittings of copper and copper alloys
• Production of copper foil, whether or not printed, or on a backing of paper, cardboard, plastic or similar backing material
• Production of bars, rods, profiles, sheets, plates, strips, wire and tubes of brass

What 24.440 excludes

• Casting of copper, see 24.540
• Decomposition of copper waste and scrap, see 38.21

Example activities

• melting lamellas, production
• strip, copper strip, production
• foils, copper, production
• semi-finished products, copper, production
• copper, from ore or scrap, production
• sheet metal, copper sheet, production
• profiles, copper profiles, production
• powder, copper powder, production
• pipes, copper pipes, production
• rod, copper rod, production
• wire, copper wire, production
• copper alloys, production
• fusible wire, production

24.440 in other systems