Prerequisits:

Second-cycle Bologna degree in the relevant track or a university (level VII) degree.

Content (Syllabus outline):

• Introduction
• European policies and guidelines
• Economic and socio-economic aspects of exploitation of mineral resources
• Circular economy
• ZRud-1 and the National Mining Strategy, spatial and environmental aspects
• Multiplicative and synergistic effects of extracting mineral raw materials
• Individual work (seminar) in accordance with the student’s background

Readings:

Selected chapters from books and papers:

• Robb (2005) Introduction to ore-forming processes. Blackwell Publ. https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/7567389/mod_folder/content/0/Robb%2C%20Laurence_Ore-forming%20processes.pdf?forcedownload=1
• Drovenik, Pleničar (1980) Nastanek rudišč v SR Sloveniji. Geologija. https://www.geologija-revija.si/index.php/geologija/article/view/1743/1800
• du Bray EA Eds. (1996) Preliminary Compilation of Descriptive Geoenvironmental Mineral Deposit Models. USGS Open-File Report 95–0831. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0831/
• Marjoribanks, r. (2010) Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining. Springer Berlin https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74375-0
• Dill, H.G., (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium, Earth-Science Reviews 100,1–4, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011
• Zakon o rudarstvu (ZRud-1) https://pisrs.si/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO5706
• CRM akt https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials/critical-raw-materials-act_en
• Državna rudarska strategija. https://www.gov.si/zbirke/projekti-in-programi/drzavna-rudarska-strategija/
• bilten Mineralne surovine, Geološki zavod Slovenije. http://www.geo-zs.si/index.php/za-javnost/publikacije2/periodi%C4%8Dne-publikacije/mineralne-surovine
• UN Framework Classification for Resources https://unece.org/climate-change/press/un-framework-classification-resources-will-be-instrumental-eu-critical-raw

Objectives and competences:

The student will acquire in-depth knowledge of socio-economic, environmental, legislative and management aspects of the mineral resource’s extraction in Slovenia and the EU. The student shall also individually explore the topic of mineral raw materials supply from the perspective of his/her PhD thesis.

Intended learning outcomes:

The student can extract the main aspects of the mineral resource’s extraction from the perspective they master. They know the main criteria for beginning of raw materials extraction, including spatial, environmental, geological, sociological and economic factors, and knows how to meaningfully integrate them into the wider picture of the development of society.

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures
• Field work
• Seminar
• Independent work assignments
• Consultations
• e-Learning

Assessment:

• written paper with presentation 100 %