COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FEASIBILITY STUDIES IN MINING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIN 5051 FEASIBILITY STUDIES IN MINING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BAYRAM KAHRAMAN

Offered to

Mining Operation
Mining Operation
Mining Operation

Course Objective

This course contains Principles of engineering economic analysis, project financing, capital investment decision in mining, financial management in mining, cost indices and escalation, operating cost estimating and optimization in mining,

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Basic Concepts
2   Content and Components of Feasibility Studies
3   Market Analysis
4   Technical Analysis
5   Financial Analysis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts
2 The basic principles of feasibility studies
3 Content and Components of Feasibility Studies
4 Feasibility Study
5 Market Analysis
6 Technical Analysis
7 Technical Analysis
8 Projects presentation
9 Financial Analysis
10 Financial Analysis
11 Financial Analysis
12 Establishment of a mine feasibility study sample
13 Establishment of a mine feasibility study sample
14 Projects presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

The Main Source: KAHRAMAN B., Madenlerde Fizibilite , Basılmamış Ders Notu
UNIDO, Manual for the Preparation of Industrial Feasibility Studies , UN, New York, 1978.
KÖSE, H., KAHRAMAN, B., Maden Işletme Ekonomisi , Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Yayınları No:223, 1997.
2. PAKDEMIRLI, E., Yatırım Planlaması ve Fizibilite Planlaması , E.Ü. Mühendislik Bilimleri Fakültesi Yayınları No: 17, Izmir, 1977
3. PINAR, C., Yatırım Projelerinin Değerlendirilmesi ve Finansmanı , Izmir, 1977
4. SARIARSLAN, H., Yatırım Projelerinin Hazırlanması ve Değerlendirilmesi , Turan Kitabevi, Ankara, 1994
5. EMIROĞLU, A., Ticari Açıdan Yatırım Projeleri Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations, assignments and classroom discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Bayram KAHRAMAN
Phone : +90 232 301 75 21

Office Hours

Monday- Wednesday: 02:30-03:00 pm.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparation for midterm exam 2 13 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Midterm 2 4 8
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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