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Selected readings in mineral economics /
Selected Readings in Mineral Economics reviews the economic principles of mineral investment activities and mining decisions. Topics range from mineral reserves and exploration to the economics of mineral projects, taxation issues, and marketing and finance. This text is comprised of 27 chapters. Af...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1987]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Selected Readings in Mineral Economics; Copyright Page; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; PART 1:RESERVES, RESOURCES, AND EXPLORATION; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. THE CONCEPT OF RESERVES-EXPANDED; INTRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY
- AN ADEQUATE CRITERIA?; RESERVES EXPANDED; MINERAL MATERIAL RESERVES: DOES THE SOURCE MATTER?; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. REFLECTIONS ON THE ""EXPANDED RESERVES"" CONCEPT; EXAMPLE OF PORPHYRY COPPERS; STABLE BASE FOR CALCULATIONS; RESOURCE AND RESERVE DEFINITIONS; ECONOMIC VS SUB-ECONOMIC; INTERNATIONAL SCOPE; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 3.monitoring canada's mine productionabstract; introduction; scope of monitoring; need for mine-by-mine analysis; derivation of monitoring curves; estimating possible levels of future production; view of future needs; reserve levels; exploration successes; reserve additions; acknowledgments; references; chapter 4.looking for the improbable needle in a haystack: the economics of base metal exploration in canada; abstract; resume; introduction; mineral exploration economics; the case of base metal exploration in canada2; some exploration planning and government policy concerns.
- CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX: Canadian Base Metal Deposits for Evaluation; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 5. EXPLORATION RISK; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPT OF RISK IN MINERAL EXPLORATION; INVESTMENT CRITERIA AND PROBABILITY ANALYSIS IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; THE EXPLORATION DECISION PROCESS; THE SEARCH
- ORGANIZATION OF EXPLORATION EFFORT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. MINERAL EXPLORATION PRODUCTIVITY: FOCUSING TO RESTORE PROFITABILITY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; EVALUATION PROCEDURE; THE DIRECT COST OF SUCCESS; THE TIME COST OF EXPLORATION; DISCOVERY RISK AND ITS PRACTICAL IMPLICATION.
- Variability of returns among economic discoveriesthe multi-billion dollar discovery; exploration dynamics; the question of remote area exploration; australia or canada?; exercising control; summing up; references; footnotes; part 2:economics of mineral projects; introduction; chapter 6.project evaluation
- a key step to implementation; abstract; introduction; economic and financial environment of the mineral industry; project analysis; analytical considerations in an uncertain economic and financial environment; conclusions; chapter 7. analysis of risk in mining projects; abstract.
- Variation in project d.c.f.risk analysis procedure; characteristics of skewed probability curves; application of r.s.s. method of risk analysis; comparison of r.s.s. and monte carlo simulation procedures; bibliography; chapter 8.coalmod a financial analysis and policy simulation model for coal mining developments; abstract; introduction; coalmod computer system aspects; model scope; current applications; summary; chapter 9.the effect of inflation on the evaluation of mines; abstract; introduction; inflation defined and indexes; the effects of an increasing general price level.