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 in semi-manufactured or in powder forms

• cladding of base metals with a covering of silver, gold or platinum, affixed by soldering, brazing, welding, hot-rolling or similar mechanical means

This type also includes:

• manufacture of wire of precious metals by drawing
• manufacture of precious metal plates, sheets, strips and foil laminates
• silver recovery from waste and scrap by electrolytic refining
• melting and casting of precious metal into ingots, blocks or similar forms

This type excludes:

• casting of copper, zinc and other non-ferrous metals, see 245400

• manufacture of precious metal jewellery, see 321202