Advanced Training in Commodity Economics & Finance - Mineral Economics: Industry and Investment

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

The course will have as its focus investment decision-making in the mining sector. It will begin with an introduction to the mining sector and its key economic characteristics. It will then look more closely at the organisations that make investment decisions in mining, the principles that guide those decisions and the processes that shape them. It will also look at how investments in the mining sector are financed, how government policies affect them and consider the development impacts of mining investments.

Objectives :

Practical understanding of :
• The functioning of the mining and mineral industries;
• The range of factors that need to be taken into account in making decisions on mineral investment;
• The tools available to help make those decisions.