541-0262/06 – Mineral Economics (ENS)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Geological EngineeringCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Antonín Kunz, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Antonín Kunz, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2005/2006Year of cancellation2022/2023
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
DUR20 Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2
Part-time Credit and Examination 6+6

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Goal of the subject is to provide knowledge to the university student, so he/she will be able to understand given points at issue good enough to analyse its content, to realise synthesis of the acquired information and its evaluation. This sciential base allow student to compare results of the synthesis, propose modifications and solve the problems of the mineral economics.

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Tutorials

Summary

Mineral economics and geological exploration, development and mining of the mineral deposits and mineral processing of the raw materials. Extraneous influences functioning on the mineral industry (mineral pricing and mineral markets, legislative changes, technological changes). Estimation of the recoverable reserves and their assessment, investment analysis of the geological exploration and development of the mineral deposits. Assessment of the mining companies and the mineral deposits. Government and mineral policy, exploration and mining companies and mineral economics, mineral markets and mineral pricing. Mineral and energy policy, international organizations and the mineral policy.

Compulsory literature:

Gocht, W.R.-Zantop, H.-Eggert, R.G.: International Mineral Economics. New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, Spring - Verlag, 1988, 271 p.

Recommended literature:

Runge I.C.: Mining Economics and Strategy. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc., 1998.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

The study of recommended literature.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to the mineral economics and the basics of terminology 2. Structure of the mineral economics and their interdependence with other activities of the mining industry 3. Exploitation of the mineral deposits and mineral economics, participants of the mineral deposits exploitation 4. Fundamentals of the legislation of the minetral deposits exploitation 5. Goals and strategy of the exploitation of the mineral deposits, forms of the economic assessment mineral deposits 6. Derivation of a economicallly mineable reserves of the mineral deposits 7. Analysis and investment assessment 8. Investment analysis and phases of the mineral deposits exploitation 9. Basic characteristic and goals of the pricing mining company property 10. Mineral markets and their participants and their organization 11. Mineral markets and mineral pricing, influences on supply of the raw materials 12. Fundamental principles of the mineral and energy policy 13. Characteristic of the raw materials policy and energy security of the Czech Republic 14. nternational organizations and the raw materials policy

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2012/2013 Winter semester, validity until: 2022/2023 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Exercises evaluation Credit 33  17
        Examination Examination 67  18 3
Mandatory attendence participation: attendance at lectures recommended, other forms of teaching min. 75% účast na přednáškách doporučená, na ostatních formách výuky min. 75%

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2021/2022 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (2102T003) Commerce Engineering in Raw Materials Treatment Industry K Czech Most 1 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (2102T003) Commerce Engineering in Raw Materials Treatment Industry P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (2102T003) Commerce Engineering in Raw Materials Treatment Industry K Czech Most 1 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (2102T003) Commerce Engineering in Raw Materials Treatment Industry P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (2102T003) Commerce Engineering in Raw Materials Treatment Industry K Czech Most 1 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal K Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal K Czech Most 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal K Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal K Czech Most 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal K Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal K Czech Most 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2008/2009 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2007/2008 (N2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904T022) Waste Treatment and Disposal P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2015/2016 Winter
2014/2015 Summer