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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

10947 (v.5) Mineral Market Analysis 601

Area: Department of Minerals and Energy Economics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 32.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 9 x 4 Hours Semester
Prerequisite(s): 10939 (v.6) Natural Resources Economics 601 or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: A brief review of the nature of mineral market analysis, microeconomic principles. Demand and consumption: demand determinants, intensity of use: concepts and trends, material substitution and demand elasticities. Costs, supply and production: primary supply: stages, sources and determinants, secondary supply and recycling, supply elasticities, comparative cost analysis and long run cost trends. Market structure, prices, economic rents and competitiveness: the industrial organisation paradigm, mineral markets: types and evolution, prices: past and future, volatility hedging, cartels and commodity agreements and economic rents. Future trends and prospects: an examination of selected mineral commodities.
Field of Education: 091900 Economics and Econometrics (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2014 Perth City Campus Trimester 2 Y        

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