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Industrial raw materials market

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 545-0194/01
Abbreviation TPS
Course title Industrial 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 markets
2. Supply and demand in commodity markets
3. Sources of data on commodity markets
4. Commodity market research
5. Representation of critical raw materials in selected markets
6. Energy markets
7. Markets of building materials
8. Markets of non-mineral raw materials
9. Precious metals markets
10. Markets of ores and industrial metals
11. Markets of secondary raw materials
12. Soft commodity markets
13. Cryptocurrency Markets

E-learning

For communication beyond in-person lectures and exercises, the Moodle learning management system (lms.vsb.cz) is used. This platform facilitates communication not only between the instructor and students but also among students themselves.

Literature

BULLOCK, Richard L. a MERNITZ, Scott (ed.). Mineral property evaluation: handbook for feasibility studies and due diligence. Englewood, Colorado: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, [2018]. ISBN 978-0-87335-445-5.
FANELLI, Viviana. Financial modelling in commodity markets. Chapman & Hall/CRC financial mathematics series. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]. ISBN 978-1-138-73910-9.
TAMVAKIS, Michael N. Commodity trade and finance. Second edition. Grammenos library. New York: Informa Law from Routledge, 2015. ISBN 978-0-415-73245-1.
TILTON, John E. a GUZMÁN, Juan Ignacio. Mineral economics and policy. New York: RFF Press, Resources for the Future, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61726-088-9.

Advised literature

ALWAN, Layth C.; CRAIG, Bruce A. a MCCABE, George P. The practice of statistics for business and economics. Fifth edition. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, [2020]. ISBN 978-1-319-32481-0.
GARNER, Carley. A Trader's First Book on Commodities: Everything You Need to Know about Futures and Options Trading Before Placing a Trade. 3rd Edition. Decarley Trading, 2017. ISBN 1948018004 .
KESLER, Stephen E. Mineral resources, economics and the environment. New York: Macmillan College Publishing Company, c1994. ISBN 0-02-362842-1.
SCHAEFFER, Peter. Commodity modeling and pricing: methods for analyzing resource market behavior. Wiley finance series. Hoboken: Wiley, c2008. ISBN 978-0-470-31723-5.