10943 (v.3) WASM Cost and Capital Investment Estimation 602


Area: WASM Mineral Economics Teaching Area
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 16.0
 
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Lecture: 4 x 4 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 10940 (v.3) WASM Resource Sector Finance 601 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Students will be provided with a framework to assist with the estimation of capital and operating costs for preliminary financial modelling and evaluation of mining projects. This will include - order of magnitude estimates, top-down modelling of aggregated component costs using empirical cost-throughout curves, Be Hom-up estimation of disaggregated component costs from mine plans. A revision of discounted cash flow (DCF) evaluation techniques will also be carried out.
 
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Field of Education: 030303 Mining Engineering
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2005 Bentley Campus Trimester 1 Y        
2005 Bentley Campus Trimester 2 Y        
2005 Bentley Campus Trimester 3 Y        
2005 Kalgoorlie Campus Trimester 1 Y        
2005 Kalgoorlie Campus Trimester 2 Y        
2005 Kalgoorlie Campus Trimester 3 Y        
Area
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Central
External
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Partially
Online
Internal
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Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External