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26.01 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites. - Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites : 260 1.12 2601.20 - - Agglomerated - Roasted iron pyrites The principal ores generally classified in this heading are: (a) Red haematite, including specular iron ore and martite - iron oxides - and brown haematite (minettes) - hydrated iron oxide containing iron and calcium carbonates. (b) Limonite, hydrated iron oxide. (c) Magnetite, magnetic iron oxide. (d) Siderite or chalybite, iron carbonate. (e) Roasted iron pyrites or pyrites cinders, whether or not agglomerated. The heading also covers iron ores and concentrates with a manganese content of less than 20 % calculated on the dry weight (the ores and concentrates being heated to a temperature of 105 to I10 "C)(see Explanatory Note to heading 26.02). Depenhng upon their manganese content, these ores are known either as manganiferous iron ores or as fermginous manganese ores. The headin excludes finely ground magnetite and other finely ground iron ores fox use as pigments (Chapter 38). -
Notes. 1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Slag or similar industrial waste prepared as macadam (heading 25.17); (b) Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), whether or not calcined (heading 25.19); (c) Sludges from the storage tanks of petroleum oils, consisting mainly of such oils (heading 27.10); (d) Basic slag of Chapter 31; (e) Slag wool, rock wool or similar mineral wools (heading 68.06); (f) Waste or scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste or scrap containing precious metal or precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 71.12 or 85.49); or (g) Copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (Section XV). 2.- For the purposes of headings 26.01 to 26.17, the term “ores” means minerals of mineralogical species actually used in the metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury, of the metals of heading 28.44 or of the metals of Section XIV or XV, even if they are intended for non-metallurgical purposes. Headings 26.01 to 26.17 do not, however, include minerals which have been submitted to processes not normal to the metallurgical industry. 3.- Heading 26.20 applies only to : (a) Slag, 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, excluding ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste (heading 26.21); and (b) Slag, ash and residues containing arsenic, whether or not containing metals, of a kind used either for the extraction of arsenic or metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds. Subheading Notes. 1.- For the purposes of subheading 2620.21, “leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges” mean sludges obtained from storage tanks of leaded gasoline and leaded anti-knock compounds (for example, tetraethyl lead), and consisting essentially of lead, lead compounds and iron oxide. 2.- Slag, ash and residues containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds, are to be classified in subheading 2620.60.