244100 Precious metals production


This type includes:

  • production of basic precious metals:
  • production and refining of unwrought or wrought precious metals: gold, silver, platinum, etc. from ore and scrap
  • production of precious metal alloys
  • production of precious metal semi-products
  • production of silver rolled onto base metals
  • production of gold rolled onto base metals or silver
  • production of platinum and platinum group metals rolled onto gold, silver or base metals

This type also includes:

  • manufacture of wire of these metals by drawing
  • manufacture of precious metal foil laminates

This type excludes:

  • casting of non-ferrous metals (see 245300, 245400)
  • manufacture of precious metal jewellery (see 321202)

alloys of platinum; alloys of precious metals; alloys of silver; bars in precious metals; doubled and plated by gold; gold; gold alloys; golden half products; half produced in platinum; plated by platinum; plated by silver; platinium; platinum group metals; precious metals; precious metals, alloy, half precious metals; profiles in precious metals; silver; silver half products

Codification rules

Priority in case of multiple activities

If production, repair and sales activities are carried out, the priority is as follows :

- if production and sale: production takes priority
- if production and repair: production takes priority
- if repair and sale: repair takes priority

Outsourced activities (outsourcing)

There are several types of outsourcing, the enterprise may outsource::
• Part of a production process, classification: production
• All of a production process
o & owner of commodities, classification: production
o & non-owner of commodities, classification: section G, M or N :

For a construction enterprise:
• Part of the construction activities, classification: construction - section F

Further information:
- Introduction to NOGA 2008

Corresponding NOGA2002 codes