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Raw Materials Business

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Course Unit Code545-0304/12
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOZ99doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D.
Summary
The raw materials are important for State economy. The subject introduces raw
material policy of the Czech Republic, instrument control raw material
management, especially economics.
The subject is based on valid legislature and documents of the Czech Republic.
The subject also deals in internationally business. There are explained
internationally accepted commercial terms, INCOTERMS. There are described
trends of World prices, international marketing, financing entrepreneurial
design and damping mining in the Czech Republic, privatization of mining
industry.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student is able to identify speciality of raw-material business, appreciate advantages and disadvantages of trade practices, current legislation. Student is able to evaluate raw material importance for needs of Czech Republic
Course Contents
1 Raw materials policy of the State, definition of terms
2 Legal environment and spatial planning
3 Principle of safeguarding State policy, the importance and the role of mineral resources
4 Tools of raw materials, the use of secondary raw materials policy
5 Domestic raw materials base, prices of raw materials
6 International trade, business methods (direct and indirect)
7 International monetary policy, international marketing
8 Basic obligations of the participants in the trade
9 Incoterms
10 Duty, value added tax and excise tax
11 Economics and finance of the business plan
12 Role of the State in the investment process
13 Risks associated with mining activities
14 Valuation of mineral deposits
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Czech geological survey Geofond: Mineral commodity summaries of the Czech republic, Statistical data to 2010, http://www.geology.cz/extranet/publikace/online/surovinove-zdroje/surroc_2011_en.pdf
Statistical Review of World Energy 2012, www.bp.com/statisticalreview
VLACH, O.: Obchod surovinami, VŠB-TU Ostrava 2006, 76 s. ISBN 80-248-1024-7
Mezinárodní pravidla pro výklad dodacích doložek, Incoterms 2010, ICC ČR
Recommended Reading:
Mining Journal, Glueckauf, etc
professional journals, available in the reading room VSB-TU Ostrava
KAUEROVÁ,L., VILAMOVÁ,Š. Mezinárodní marketing I. díl. VŠB-Technická univerzita, Ostrava 2000, 79 s. ISBN 80-7078-818-6
STARÝ, Jaromír a kol., Surovinové zdroje České republiky, nerostné suroviny, Ročenka 2010, 489 stran, ISSN 1801-6693, vydává MŽP, také: www.Geofond.cz, Také starší ročníky této ročenky, zvláště pro delší časové řady údajů
Syllaby pro jednotlivé suroviny
odborné časopisy, dostupné ve studovně VŠB-TU Ostrava
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit45 (45)25
                Semestrální projektSemestral project45 25
        ExaminationExamination55 (55)26
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination30 14
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination25 12