2007 NAICS Definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) recovering aluminum and aluminum alloys from scrap and/or dross (i.e., secondary smelting) and making billet or ingot (except by rolling) and/or (2) manufacturing alloys, powder, paste, or flake from purchased aluminum.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
- Making aluminum and/or aluminum alloys from alumina--are classified in U.S. Industry 331312, Primary Aluminum Production;
- Refining alumina--are classified in U.S. Industry 331311, Alumina Refining;
- Manufacturing aluminum sheet, plate, and foil from purchased aluminum or by recovering aluminum from scrap and flat rolling or continuous casting--are classified in U.S. Industry 331315, Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing;
- Manufacturing aluminum extruded products from purchased aluminum or by recovering aluminum from scrap and extruding--are classified in U.S. Industry 331316, Aluminum Extruded Product Manufacturing;
- Manufacturing rolled ingot or billet from purchased aluminum or by recovering aluminum from scrap and rolling or drawing--are classified in U.S. Industry 331319, Other Aluminum Rolling and Drawing;
- Sorting and breaking up scrap metal without also smelting or refining--are classified in Industry 423930, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers; and
- 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.
Index entries that bring you to this industry:
- Alloying purchased aluminum metals
- Aluminum alloys made from scrap or dross
- Aluminum billet made from purchased aluminum
- Aluminum billet made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills
- Aluminum extrusion ingot (i.e., billet), secondary
- Aluminum flakes made from purchased aluminum
- Aluminum ingot made from purchased aluminum
- Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing
- Aluminum ingot, secondary, manufacturing
- Aluminum recovering from scrap and making ingot and billet (except by rolling)
- Aluminum smelting, secondary, and making ingot and billet (except by rolling)
- Flakes, aluminum, made from purchased aluminum
- Metal powder and flake made from purchased aluminum
- Paste made from purchased aluminum
- Powder made from purchased aluminum
- Refining aluminum, secondary

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