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Raw Materials in Industry

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 545-0175/01
Abbreviation SP
Course title Raw Materials in Industry
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Economics and Control Systems
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Importance of raw materials in the product chain
2. Perspectives of using domestic minerals
3. Superstrategic (critical) raw materials of the present
4. Mining industry, comparison of supply and demand
5. Areas of application of chemical industry products
6. Non-metallic raw materials in the glass and ceramic industry
7. Iron and non-ferrous metal ores in the metallurgical industry
8. Application of raw materials in heavy and medium engineering
9. Use of precious metals in light and precise engineering
10. Application of raw materials in other processing industries
11. Importance of raw materials in the energy industry
12. Use of raw materials in the construction industry
13. The position of secondary raw materials in the circular economy

E-learning

The learning management system Moodle (lms.vsb.cz) is used for communication beyond the presentations, which enables communication not only between the teacher and students, but also between students.

Literature

BLENGINI G.A. et al. Study on the EU's list of Critical Raw Materials. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020. ISBN 978-92-76-21049-8 .
RADETZKI, Marina; WÅRELL, Linda. A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1108841542 .
STAHEL, Walter R. The Circular Economy: A User's Guide. 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 .

Advised literature

BROWN, T.J. et al. World Mineral Production 2015-19. Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, 2021. ISBN 978-0-85272-790-4 .
WELLMER, Friedrich-W. et al. Raw Materials for Future Energy Supply. Springer, 2018. ISBN 978-3319912288 
CLAYTON, Blake C. Commodity Markets and the Global Economy. Cambridge University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1107042513 .
WAGNER, Lorie A. Materials in the economy: material flows, scarcity, and the environment. Denver: U.S. Geological Survey, 2002. ISBN 0-607-98412-0.


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