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Mineral Raw Materials Economics

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0925/01
Abbreviation ENS
Course title Mineral Raw Materials Economics
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Antonín Kunz, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction to mineral economics
Mineral deposits utilization and basic of relevant legislation
Objectives and strategy of mineral deposits utilization, the ways of economic evaluation of mineral deposits
Economic exploitation of mineral deposits
CAPEX analysis
Setting of value of mine enterprise, value of raw material in the mineral deposit
Raw material and mineral markets, description and functions
Basics of raw material and mineral policy
International organizations and mineral policy
Energy policy of the government, Czech Republic and mineral economics

E-learning

E- learning is an option of the lessons.

Literature

MAXWELL, P. (2006). Australian Mineral Economics - A Survey of Important Issues: (Monograph 24). The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM). Retrieved from
https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpAMEASII2/australian-mineral-economics/australian-mineral-economics
KESLER, S., SIMON, A.. (2015). Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from
https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpMREE0001/mineral-resources-economics/mineral-resources-economics
SIVEK, M.: Ekonomika nerostných surovin. Ostrava: VŠB – Technická univerzita, 2007. 206 s. + CD-ROM.
THOMAS, L.: Coal Geology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 385 pp.

Advised literature

JOHNSTON, D. (2003). International Exploration Economics, Risk, and Contract Analysis. PennWell. Retrieved from
https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpIEERCA02/international-exploration/international-exploration
HALDAR, S. K.. (2013). Mineral Exploration - Principles and Applications. Elsevier. Retrieved from
https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpMEPA000A/mineral-exploration-principles/mineral-exploration-principles
MALEČKOVÁ, V., M. SIVEK a J. JIRÁSEK: Vybrané příklady z ekonomiky nerostných surovin. Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR & Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2012.
VANĚČEK, M.: Úvod do ekonomiky nerostných surovin pro ložiskové geology. ČSALG, 2018, 89 s.