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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

311214 (v.2) Project Evaluation 331

Area: Department of Mining Engineering
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
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: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: The principles and application of financial technical modelling to mining projects and financing are covered in this unit. Topics include the time value of money in nominal and real dollar terms, depreciation, taxes, royalties and other inputs to discounted cash flow evaluations. The financial technical modelling of mine operations. Introduction to economics, mineral economics and mineral supply processes. Commodity markets and marketing. Estimation of mine revenues for different types of mining operations. Project financing, role of debt, equity and joint ventures. The feasibility study process, reliability weaknesses, importance of reliable mining capital and operating costs. Project risks, resource and reserve risks, the JORC code, mining method risk, milling risks, failures of project integration. Identification and quantification of project risks, sensitivity analysis and simulation. Cut-off grades and project optimisation in the context of financial technical modelling. Evaluation of operation alternatives.
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.
Field of Education: 030303 Mining Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 1 Y        

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