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Customs Tariff Act 1987
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Chapter 26
Ores, slag and ash
(a) Slag or similar industrial waste prepared as macadam (2517);
(b) Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), whether or not calcined (2519);
(c) Basic slag of Chapter 31;
(d) Slag wool, rock wool or similar mineral wools (6806);
(e) Waste or scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal (7112); or
(f) Copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (Section XV).
2.- For the purposes of 2601 to 2617, “ores” means minerals of mineralogical species actually used in the metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury, of the metals of 2844 or of the metals of Section XIV or XV, even if they are intended for non-metallurgical purposes. 2601 to 2617 do not, however, include minerals which have been submitted to processes not normal to the metallurgical industry.
3.- 2620 applies only to ash and residues of a kind used in industry either for the extraction of metals or as a basis for the manufacture of chemical compounds of metals.
| 2601 | IRON ORES AND CONCENTRATES, INCLUDING ROASTED IRON PYRITES: | |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- |
| 2601.1 | - Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites: | |
| 2601.11.00 | - - Non-agglomerated | 2% |
| 2601.12.00 | - - Agglomerated | 2% |
| 2601.20.00 | - Roasted iron pyrites | 2% |
| 2602.00.00 | MANGANESE ORES AND CONCENTRATES, INCLUDING MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORES AND CONCENTRATES WITH A MANGANESE CONTENT OF 20% OR MORE, CALCULATED ON THE DRY WEIGHT | 2% |
| 2603.00.00 | COPPER ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2604.00.00 | NICKEL ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2605.00.00 | COBALT ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2606.00.00 | ALUMINIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2607.00.00 | LEAD ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2608.00.00 | ZINC ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2609.00.00 | TIN ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2610.00.00 | CHROMIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2611.00.00 | TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- |
| 2612 | URANIUM OR THORIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES: | |
| 2612.10.00 | - Uranium ores and concentrates | 2% |
| 2612.20.00 | - Thorium ores and concentrates | 2% |
| 2613 | MOLYBDENUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES: | |
| 2613.10.00 | - Roasted | 2% |
| 2613.90.00 | - Other | 2% |
| 2614.00.00 | TITANIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2% |
| 2615 | NIOBIUM, TANTALUM, VANADIUM OR ZIRCONIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES: | |
| 2615.10.00 | - Zirconium ores and concentrates | 2% |
| 2615.90.00 | - Other | 2% |
| 2616 | PRECIOUS METAL ORES AND CONCENTRATES: | |
| 2616.10.00 | - Silver ores and concentrates | 2% |
| 2616.90.00 | - Other | 2% |
| 2617 | OTHER ORES AND CONCENTRATES: | |
| 2617.10.00 | - Antimony ores and concentrates | 2% |
| 2617.90.00 | - Other | 2% |
| 2618.00.00 | GRANULATED SLAG (SLAG SAND) FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL | 2% |
| 2619.00.00 | SLAG, DROSS (OTHER THAN GRANULATED SLAG), SCALINGS AND OTHER WASTE FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL | 2% |
| 2620 | ASH AND RESIDUES (OTHER THAN FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL), CONTAINING METALS OR METALLIC COMPOUNDS: | |
| 2620.1 | - Containing mainly zinc: | |
| 2620.11.00 | - - Hard zinc spelter | 2% |
| 2620.19.00 | - - Other | 2% |
| 2620.20.00 | - Containing mainly lead | 2% |
| 2620.30.00 | - Containing mainly copper | 2% |
| 2620.40.00 | - Containing mainly aluminium | 2% |
| 2620.50.00 | - Containing mainly vanadium | 2% |
| 2620.90.00 | - Other | 2% |
| 2621.00.00 | OTHER SLAG AND ASH, INCLUDING SEAWEED ASH (KELP) | 2% |