08 Metal Ore Mining
This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC group:
080 Metal Ore Mining
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
0801 Iron Ore Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining iron ore or iron sands. Units primarily engaged in the production of sinter and other agglomerates, except those associated with blast furnace operations, are classified in this class.
Primary activities
- Iron ore dressing or beneficiating
- Iron ore mining
- Iron sand mining
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in
- operating blast furnaces to produce pig iron from iron ore are included in Class 2110 Iron Smelting and Steel Manufacturing; and
- production of direct reduced iron/hot briquetted iron are included in Class 2110 Iron Smelting and Steel Manufacturing.
0802 Bauxite Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in bauxite mining.
Primary activities
- Aluminium ore mining
- Bauxite mining
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in production of alumina are included in Class 2131 Alumina Production.
0803 Copper Ore Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining copper ore.
Primary activities
- Copper ore leaching
- Copper ore mining
- Electro won copper production
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.
0804 Gold Ore Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining gold ore and in beneficiating gold ore, or in the preliminary extraction of gold from ore mined by the same unit by smelting or by extraction of gold from a liquor.
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
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in custom smelting or refining of gold are included in Class 2139 Other Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing.
0805 Mineral Sand Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining mineral sand (except iron sand).
Primary activities
- Ilmenite sand mining
- Leucoxene sand mining
- Mineral sand mining
- Monazite sand mining
- Rutile sand mining
- Synthetic rutile production
- Zircon sand mining
0806 Nickel Ore Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining nickel ore.
Primary Activities
- Nickel ore mining
0807 Silver-Lead-Zinc Ore Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining ores of silver, lead or zinc.
Primary activities
- Lead ore mining
- Silver-lead-zinc ore mining
- Silver ore mining
- Zinc 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.
0809 Other Metal Ore Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining metallic mineral ore not elsewhere classified.
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