545-0156/01 – Raw Materials Market (TNS)
Gurantor department | Department of Economics and Control Systems | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Roman Kozel, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Describe the process of extraction, processing and trade of mineral resources. Classify mineral raw materials. Choose appropriate research methods in the raw material industry. Create supply and demand in the mineral raw materials market. Evaluate opportunities and threats in the raw materials market.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
The subject is a mineral raw material market. Emphasis is placed on understanding the process from mining, through processing to the trading of minerals. At the lectures students learn about the whole process, overview of the main minerals and market research. During the course the students gain practical experience in the preparation of a semester project on the topic of creating supply and demand of selected mineral resources.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Presentation of a semester project, written and oral exam.
E-learning
The scope of the contact part of the combined study is 8 hours of lectures and 8 hours of seminars per semester. Preparation of a professional project with a final report of at least 10 A4 pages on the topic of supply and demand for selected raw materials. Control during the semester as part of individual consultations and after submitting work. The Moodle learning management system (lms.vsb.cz) is used for communication beyond the scope of presentations. Through LMS Moodle, it is possible to communicate and transfer learning materials not only between the teacher and students, but also between students.
Other requirements
Semester project
Minimum participation 50%
Individually according to the instructions of the teacher
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Industrial market
2. Industry and classification of economic activities
3. The process of extraction and processing of raw materials
4. Primary and secondary sources of mineral resources
5. Specifics of the determination of prices of mineral raw materials
6. Secondary sources of market information
7. Primary sources of market information
8. Research of the mineral raw materials market
9. Raw Materials Initiative
10. The market for energy minerals
11. Non-metallic raw materials and building materials markets
12. The market for ores and industrial metals
13. Secondary raw materials market
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction