nonferrous metal industries

Scope Note

Industrialized processing of nonferrous metals (e.g., aluminum, copper, tin, zinc, silver, gold, mercury); smelting, refining, and ingot production; products and their uses; economic importance of nonferrous metal industries; organization of labor and production; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 320 processing of basic materials

Related Terms

• 306 jewelry manufacture
• 316 mining and quarrying
• 326 smiths and their crafts
• 399 aircraft industry
• 436 medium of exchange