CAEN Code 2441: Precious Metal Production

This class includes:

• production of basic precious metals:
  • Production and refining of unworked or worked 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 class also includes:

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

This class excludes:

• casting of non-ferrous metals, see CAEN 2453, CAEN 2454
• manufacture of precious metal jewellery, see CAEN 3212

Also used for in caselaw:

• Extraction of silver from waste chemicals, by electrolytic refining
• Melting and casting of jewellery into slabs