Precious metals production

This class 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 class 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 class excludes:

• casting of copper, zinc and other non-ferrous metals, see 24.54
• manufacture of precious metal jewellery, see 32.12