NAICS 331492 · Manufacturing
Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum): Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 185 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) alloying purchased nonferrous metals and/or (2) recovering nonferrous metals from scrap. Establishments in this industry make primary forms (e.g., bar, billet, bloom, cake, ingot, slab, slug, wire) using smelting or refining processes.
Businesses classified here include
- Alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
- Detinning scrap (e.g., cans)
- Germanium recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Gold recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Ingot, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary smelting and refining
- Iridium recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Lead recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Magnesium recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Metal powder and flake nonferrous (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased metal
- Nickel recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals
- Nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and alloying plants
- Nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) secondary smelting and refining
- Paste, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metal
- Platinum recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Powder, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metal
- Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap
- Recovering silver from used photographic film or X-ray plates
- Refining nonferrous metals and alloys (except aluminum, copper), secondary
- Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
- Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
- Selenium recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Silver recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Silver recovering from used photographic film or X-ray plates
- Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary
- Smelting nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary
- Superalloys, nonferrous based, made from purchased metals or scrap
- Tin recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- Tungsten carbide powder made by metallurgical process
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 331492), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)
- Pennsylvania 21 locations
- Texas 14 locations
- Illinois 12 locations
- New York 11 locations
- Tennessee 11 locations
- Arizona 9 locations
- California 9 locations
- Ohio 9 locations
- Rhode Island 8 locations
- New Jersey 7 locations