Sector: 31-33 Manufacturing

NAICS Code 331491 - Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding

Industry Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) rolling, drawing, or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube) from purchased nonferrous metals and/or (2) recovering nonferrous metals from scrap and rolling, drawing, and/or extruding shapes (e.g., bar, plate, sheet, strip, tube) in integrated mills.

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Business Examples

Common types of business activities within NAICS 331491 - Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding are:

  • Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
  • Aircraft and automotive wire and cable (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Zirconium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Wire screening, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Wire cloth, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Titanium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Lead rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
  • Foil, nickel, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
  • Molybdenum and molybdenum alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills
  • Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills
  • Foil, silver, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
  • Welding rod, uncoated, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Gold foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
  • Tin rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Magnesium foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
  • Energy wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Magnesium and magnesium alloy bar, rod, shape, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Nonferrous wire (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Magnesium rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Tin and tin alloy bar, pipe, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Silver foil made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
  • Tungsten bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Selenium bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Pipe, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made by rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased nonferrous metal
  • Zirconium and zirconium alloy bar, rod, billet, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Coaxial cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Platinum and platinum alloy rolling, drawing, or extruding from purchased metals or scrap
  • Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Plate, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Rod, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Apparatus wire and cord (except aluminum, copper) made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Platinum and platinum alloy sheet and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Precious metal bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made in integrated secondary smelting mills and wire drawing plants
  • Gold rolling and drawing purchased metals or scrap
  • Zinc rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Silver rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Molybdenum rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Titanium and titanium alloy bar, billet, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Foil, gold, made by rolling purchased metals or scrap
  • Lead and lead alloy bar, pipe, plate, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Nails, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Nickel rolling, drawing, or extruding purchased metals or scrap
  • Nickel and nickel alloy pipe, plate, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Gold and gold alloy bar, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Magnet wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Silver and silver alloy bar, rod, sheet, strip, and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Iridium bar, rod, sheet, strip and tubing made from purchased metals or scrap
  • Mesh, wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Communications wire or cable, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Cord sets, flexible, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) in wire drawing plants
  • Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants
  • Zinc and zinc alloy bar, plate, pipe, rod, sheet, tubing, and wire made from purchased metals or scrap

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Nonferrous Metal Rolling & Alloying in the US (33149)

Revenue 2025

$16.4bn

Growth 2025

-0.05%

Key Trends

  • The industry suffered from the growing trend of production offshoring in many downstream industries

  • Demand from aerospace manufacturers has provided a lucrative avenue for expansion

  • Challenging market conditions and regulatory concerns are expected to drive down revenue

Products and Services

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Similar Industries

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NAICS Hierarchy 331491 - Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding

NAICS Code 331491 - Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding sits in the 2-digit Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding sector. NAICS codes can be 2- to 6-digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be. Learn more about the structure of NAICS codes

2 Digits: 31-33

Sector Title: Manufacturing

3 Digits 4 Digits 5 Digits 6 Digits

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