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, and bottom-up estimation of disaggregated component costs from mine plans. A revision of discounted cash flow evaluation techniques will also be carried out.
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Field of Education:	030303 Mining Engineering
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
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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