541-0986/01 – World Mineral Resources (SNSZ)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 0 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jakub Jirásek, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Martin Sivek, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 1996/1997 | Year of cancellation | 2009/2010 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
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 world mineral resources.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
Definition of the world mineral resources. Relations between resources and reserves
of the mineral deposits. Problems of the availability raw materials resources.
Prediction world´s trends raw materials consumption. Faktors world development
of the production, consumption and utilization raw materials. Geografic
distributin of the mineral deposits anf world consumption energy resources,
metallic and industrial mineral resources.
Compulsory literature:
Kesler S. E.: Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Prentice Hall,
1994, 391 pp.
Laznicka, P.: Giant Metallic Deposits. Future Sources of Industrial Metals. Berlin: Springer, 2006. 732 pp.
Energy Information Administration: International Energy Outlook 2006. Washington: EIA, 2006. 192 p.
Recommended literature:
International Energy Agency: Enegy Statistics Homepage. Available at www:
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/index.asp (29.10.2008).
USGS Minerals Yearbook: Commodity Statistics and Information.Available at
www:http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ (29.10.2008).
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
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