080 Metal Ore Mining

**Exclusions/References:** - Units mainly engaged in - (a) operating blast furnaces to produce pig iron from iron ore are included in Class 2110 Iron Smelting and Steel Manufacturing; and - (b) production of direct reduced iron/hot briquetted iron are included in Class 2110 Iron Smelting and Steel Manufacturing. **Primary Activities:** - Iron ore dressing or beneficiating - Iron ore mining - Iron sand mining

**Exclusions/References:** - Units mainly engaged in production of alumina are included in Class 2131 Alumina Production. **Primary Activities:** - Aluminium ore mining - Bauxite mining

**Exclusions/References:** - Units mainly engaged in custom smelting or refining of copper are included in Class 2133 Copper, Silver, Lead and Zinc Smelting and Refining. **Primary Activities:** - Copper ore leaching - Copper ore mining - Electro won copper production

**Exclusions/References:** - Units mainly engaged in custom smelting or refining of gold are included in Class 2139 Other Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing. **Primary Activities:** - Alluvial gold mining - Eluvial gold mining - Gold bullion production - Gold dredging - Gold mining - Gold ore roasting and flotation extraction, including metallurgical hydro-extraction - Gold washing or sluicing - Reworking of mullock heaps or tailings for gold

**Primary Activities:** - Ilmenite sand mining - Leucoxene sand mining - Mineral sand mining - Monazite sand mining - Rutile sand mining - Synthetic rutile production - Zircon sand mining

**Primary Activities:** - Nickel ore mining

**Exclusions/References:** - Units mainly engaged in roasting of sulphide concentrate or in smelting or refining of silver lead or zinc are included in Class 2133 Copper, Silver, Lead and Zinc Smelting and Refining. **Primary Activities:** - Lead ore mining - Silver-lead-zinc ore mining - Silver ore mining - Zinc ore mining

**Primary Activities:** - Antimony ore mining - Beryllium ore mining - Bismuth ore mining - Iron pyrite mining - Manganese ore mining - Metallic ore mining n.e.c. - Molybdenite mining - Platinum group metal mining - Tantalite mining - Tin ore mining - Tungsten ore mining - Uranium ore mining