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Raw Materials in Industry

Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 545-0175
Abbreviation SP
Course title Raw Materials in Industry
Coordinating department Department of Economics and Control Systems
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D.

Anotace

The course focuses on the application potential of raw materials in selected industrial sectors with an emphasis on the strategic importance of critical raw materials for modern technologies. The lectures emphasize the application of final products from mineral raw materials in target markets. During the exercises, students gain practical experience by working on a semester project on the flow of raw materials across the industrial spectrum, from mining to the final product and subsequent recycling.
Students can identify the importance of raw materials for the national economy and explain the relationship between supply and demand on the market of individual raw materials. Students will be able to apply the use of raw materials in selected industrial sectors and assess the usability of raw materials in a specific market. Students will be able to find alternative uses for raw materials.

Povinná literatura

RADETZKI, Marina; WÅRELL, Linda. A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1108841542 .
SEGAL, David. Critical Materials for a Low-carbon Economy. London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024. 160 s. ISBN 978-1-83767-495-4 .
STAHEL, Walter R. The Circular Economy: A User's Guide. London: Routledge, 2019. ISBN 978-0367200176 .
TILTON, John E. a Juan Ignacio GUZMÁN. Mineral economics and policy. New York: RFF Press, Resources for the Future, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61726-088-9.

Doporučená literatura

BONTEMPI, Elza. Raw Materials Substitution Sustainability. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-60830-3 .
IDOINE, N.E. et al. World Mineral Production 2021-23. Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, 2025. ISBN 978-0-85272-802-4 .
WELLMER, Friedrich-W. et al. Raw Materials for Future Energy Supply. Springer, 2018. ISBN 978-3319912288 
RAMAKRISHNA, Seeram a RAMASUBRAMANIAN, Brindha. Handbook of Materials Circular Economy. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2024. ISBN 978-981-97-0588-7