244400 Copper production

This type includes:

• manufacture of unrefined or refined unwrought copper, alloyed or not alloyed, from ores or from copper waste and scrap

• manufacture of bars, rods, profiles, plates, sheets and strip of copper and copper alloys

• manufacture of wire of copper and copper alloys

• manufacture of tubes, pipes, tube and pipe fittings of copper and copper alloys

• manufacture of copper foil, whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials

This type also includes:

• manufacture of bars, rods, profiles, plates, sheets, strip, wire, tubes and pipes of brass

This type excludes:

• casting of copper, see 245400

• shredding of copper waste and scrap, see 382100