Federal obligations in nonferrous metal except aluminum smelting and refining (NAICS 331410)

Except-aluminum smelting, not aluminum or foundries

NAICS 331410 covers smelting and refining of nonferrous metals except aluminum. Copper, zinc, and related primary-metal work can land here when the award is tagged 331410. Aluminum smelting and nonferrous foundries sit on other 331 lines. The $3,218,482,630.84 total is the except-aluminum smelting tag, not “all nonferrous metal.”

An aluminum-smelting award will not raise this except-aluminum row. A copper-refining vehicle tagged 331410 will. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not a USGS mineral census and not an FEC employer string such as “miner.”

818 awards on a $3.22 billion obligation stock

Eight hundred eighteen awards produced $3,218,482,630.84 in obligations. That is a thin action count. Large refining vehicles can dominate; the packet does not name them. The table shows tagged dollars and the 818-award count, not tons refined.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,218,482,630.84 rollup. A multi-year vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow performance. The industry page does not convert obligations into a cash calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. critical-minerals grants and many defense-stockpile assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 818 awards. Open program pages for grant-funded activity in this industry.

The label is a Census NAICS classification. It is not a USGS mine census and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,218,482,630.84 and the 818-award count.

What the 331410 table is and is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a furnace failed, that a lot was off-spec, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score outcomes from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,218,482,630.84 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontractors may be missing if the prime coded 331410. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 331 primary-metal codes

Aluminum smelting and nonferrous foundries are separate 331 pages. Adding them to $3,218,482,630.84 would mix aluminum and shape-casting with except-aluminum smelting. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 818-award count. For a recipient that also holds grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 331410 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Smelting versus foundries and aluminum

An aluminum-smelting award will not raise the 818-award count. An except-aluminum refining vehicle tagged 331410 sits in $3,218,482,630.84 even if the same prime also holds a foundry contract. SpendingVault does not merge those rows.

Searchers who want “all federal nonferrous metal” must add aluminum and foundry codes and will still miss grants. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 331410 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called miner. The $3,218,482,630.84 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cut a lot will lower the running total without publishing a tonnage statistic on this hub. Open award rows for metal-class descriptions. Neighboring 331 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 331410.

A copper-refining lot tagged 331410 still sits in $3,218,482,630.84; an aluminum-smelting award does not. The 818 awards remain an action count, not a furnace census. Keep foundry NAICS on their own pages. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 331410 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. Stockpile grants without NAICS stay outside this contract rollup. Do not add aluminum or foundry codes into $3,218,482,630.84 without documenting a recode. The 818 awards stay an action file, not a tonnage roster. Open award rows for CLIN-level descriptions the NAICS hub does not publish. Neighboring codes stay on their own SpendingVault industry pages unless those awards were tagged 331410. Keep obligations distinct from outlays on this rollup. Assistance awards without NAICS remain outside the contract tag. The packet reports only this NAICS tag from USAspending.gov contract actions, not outlays and not assistance without a NAICS field. Do not treat this industry total as an FEC employer string or as a cash-outlay extract from Treasury.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 331410?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,218,482,630.84 in obligations across 818 awards tagged nonferrous metal (except aluminum) smelting and refining. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC employer string and not a combined total of neighboring NAICS codes.

Does this include aluminum smelting?

Aluminum smelting sits on other 331 lines, not 331410. Those awards will not add to the $3,218,482,630.84 total unless tagged 331410. The 818 awards are the nonferrous-except-aluminum smelting and refining contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding aluminum codes is a recode you must document on this page.

Does this include foundries?

Nonferrous foundries that pour shapes use other 331 codes. Those awards will not add to the $3,218,482,630.84 total unless tagged 331410. The 818 awards are the smelting-and-refining contract tag. Open foundry industry pages for shape-casting obligations, not this smelting rollup from USAspending.gov.

Are these figures outlays or obligations?

They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,218,482,630.84 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 818 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.