This activity 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
- production of aluminium, aluminium alloys, and semi-manufacturing of aluminium
- production of lead, zinc and tin and semi-manufacturing of lead, zinc and tin
- production of copper from ores or from electrolytic refining of copper waste and scrap
- production of copper alloys, manufacture of fuse wire or strip, and semi-manufacturing of copper
- production of chrome, manganese, nickel etc., production of alloys of chrome, manganese, nickel etc., and semi-manufacturing of chrome, manganese, nickel etc.
- production of mattes of nickel
- production of uranium metal from pitchblende or other ores
- smelting and refining of uranium
- manufacture of wire of these metals by drawing
- production of aluminium oxide (alumina)
- production of aluminium wrapping foil
- manufacture of aluminium (tin) foil laminates made from aluminum (tin) foil as primary component
- manufacture of precious metal foil laminates