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World Mineral Resources

Summary

Definition of the world mineral resources. Relations between resources and reserves
of the mineral deposits. Problems of the availability raw materials resources.
Prediction world´s trends raw materials consumption. Faktors world development
of the production, consumption and utilization raw materials. Geografic
distributin of the mineral deposits anf world consumption energy resources,
metallic and industrial mineral resources.

Literature

Kesler S. E.: Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Prentice Hall,
1994, 391 pp.
Laznicka, P.: Giant Metallic Deposits. Future Sources of Industrial Metals. Berlin: Springer, 2006. 732 pp.
Energy Information Administration: International Energy Outlook 2006. Washington: EIA, 2006. 192 p.

Advised literature

International Energy Agency: Enegy Statistics Homepage. Available at www:
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/index.asp (29.10.2008).
USGS Minerals Yearbook: Commodity Statistics and Information.Available at
www:http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ (29.10.2008).


Language of instruction čeština, čeština
Code 541-0986
Abbreviation SNSZ
Course title World Mineral Resources
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jakub Jirásek, Ph.D.