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Raw Materials Market

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 545-0156/02
Abbreviation TNS
Course title Raw Materials Market
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Economics and Control Systems
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Industrial market
2. Industry and classification of economic activities
3. The process of extraction and processing of raw materials
4. Primary and secondary sources of mineral resources
5. Specifics of the determination of prices of mineral raw materials
6. Secondary sources of market information
7. Primary sources of market information
8. Research of the mineral raw materials market
9. Raw Materials Initiative
10. The market for energy minerals
11. Non-metallic raw materials and building materials markets
12. The market for ores and industrial metals
13. Secondary raw materials market

E-learning

The scope of the contact part of the combined study is 8 hours of lectures and 8 hours of seminars per semester. Preparation of a professional project with a final report of at least 10 A4 pages on the topic of supply and demand for selected raw materials. Control during the semester as part of individual consultations and after submitting work. The Moodle learning management system (lms.vsb.cz) is used for communication beyond the scope of presentations. Through LMS Moodle, it is possible to communicate and transfer learning materials not only between the teacher and students, but also between students.

Literature

BROWN, T.J. et al. World Mineral Production 2015-19. Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, 2021. ISBN 978-0-85272-790-4 .
McCLAVE, James T.; BENSON, P. George; SINCICH, Terry. Statistics for business and economics. Harlow: Pearson, 2018. ISBN 978-1-292-22708-5 .
TILTON, John E.; GUZMÁN, Juan Ignacio. Mineral economics and policy. New York: RFF Press, Resources for the Future, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61726-088-9 .
CLARK, Iain J. Commodity option pricing: a practitioner's guide. Chichester: Wiley, 2014. ISBN 978-1-119-94451-5 .

Advised literature

ENKE, Margit; GEIGENMÜLLER, Anja; LEISCHNIG, Alexander (eds.). Commodity Marketing: Strategies, Concepts, and Cases. Springer, 2022. ISBN: 978-3030906566 .
SCHAEFFER, Peter V. Commodity modeling and pricing: methods for analyzing resource market behavior. Hoboken: Wiley, 2008. ISBN 978-0-470-31723-5.
McNEIL, Ruth. Business to business market research: understanding and measuring business markets. London: Kogan Page, 2005. ISBN 0-7494-4364-2.
KESLER, Stephen E. Mineral resources, economics and the environment. New York: Macmillan College Publishing Company, 1994. ISBN 0-02-362842-1.


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