Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in rolling, drawing, extruding and re-alloying copper, brass, bronze and other copper-based alloys, to produce products such as plates, sheets, strips, bars, wire and tubing, and specialty alloys.

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  Establishments primarily engaged in drawing copper wire (whether or not the establishment further works the wire by such operations as insulating it); and in recovering copper from scrap, are included.
  
  Example Activities:
  Alloying purchased copper
  Brass products, made by rolling, drawing, extruding or alloying purchased metal
  Bronze products, made by rolling, drawing, extruding or alloying purchased metal
  Coaxial cable, made in copper wire drawing plants
  Copper alloys (e.g., brass, bronze), made from purchased metals and copper-based alloys
  Copper and copper alloy shapes (e.g., bar, ingot, rod, sheet), made from purchased metal or scrap
  Copper powder, paste and flakes, made from purchased copper
  Copper products, made by rolling, drawing, extruding or alloying purchased metal
  Copper refining, secondary (i.e., from purchased metal or scrap)
  Copper rolling, drawing and extruding
  Electric cable and wire, copper, made in wire drawing plants
  Foil, copper and copper alloy, made by rolling purchased metal or scrap
  Pipe, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased metal or scrap
  Powder, made from purchased copper
  Refining copper, secondary (i.e., of purchased metal or scrap)
  Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased metal or scrap
  Tubing, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased metal or scrap
  Wire products, made in copper wire drawing plants
  Wire, copper and copper alloy, made in wire drawing plants

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  manufacturing copper and copper alloy products in a smelter or refinery (33141, Non-Ferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining)
  casting copper (33152, Non-Ferrous Metal Foundries)