Industry Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) recovering copper or copper alloys from scraps; (2) alloying purchased copper; (3) rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube, wire) from purchased copper; and (4) recovering copper or copper alloys from scrap and rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube, wire).
Excludes
Smelting copper ore, primary copper refining, and/or rolling, drawing, or extruding primary copper made in the same establishment--are classified in Industry 331410, Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining;
Manufacturing wire products from purchased copper wire--are classified in Industry 33261, Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing;
Die-casting purchased copper--are classified in U.S. Industry 331523, Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundries;
Rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes from purchased nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum) or recovering nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum) from scrap and rolling, drawing, or extruding--are classified in U.S. Industry 331491, Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding;
Recovering nonferrous metals (except copper, aluminum) from scrap and making primary forms and/or alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except copper and aluminum)--are classified in U.S. Industry 331492, Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum);
Insulating purchased copper wire--are classified in U.S. Industry 335929, Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing;
Operating facilities where commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans, and metals, are sorted into distinct categories without also smelting or refining--are classified in Industry 562920, Materials Recovery Facilities; and
Sorting, breaking up, and wholesaling scrap metal without also smelting or refining--are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
Keywords
Aircraft and automotive wire or cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Alloying purchased copper
Alloying purchased copper metals
Apparatus wire or cord made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Armored cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Armored cable, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and drawing plants
Bar, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Brass products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Bronze products, rolling, drawing, or extruding, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants
Cartridge cups, discs, and sheets, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Coaxial cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Communications wire or cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Copper alloys (e.g., brass, bronze) made from purchased metal or scrap
Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap
Copper foil made from purchased metal or scrap
Copper powder, flakes, and paste made from purchased copper
Copper products made by drawing purchased copper
Copper products made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased copper
Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills
Copper products made in integrated secondary smelting mills and drawing plants
Copper secondary smelting and alloying
Copper secondary smelting and refining from purchased metal or scrap
Cord sets, flexible, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Energy wire or cable, copper, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Foil, copper, made from purchased metal or scrap
Insulated wire or cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Insulated wire or cable, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants
Magnet wire, insulated, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Mesh, wire, made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Metal powder and flake made from purchased copper
Paste made from purchased copper
Pipe, extruded and drawn, brass, bronze, and copper, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Plate, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Powder made from purchased copper
Refining copper, secondary
Rod, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Sheet, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Shipboard cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Signal and control cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Tubing, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
Weatherproof wire or cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Wire cloth made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Wire cloth, copper, made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants
Wire, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
Wire, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made in integrated secondary smelting and wire drawing plants
Wire, mechanical, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants
