Estimating the volatility of mining projects considering price and operating cost uncertainties

Resources Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-94

  Costa Lima, Gabriel A ^a   Suslick, Saul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Project; Real options; Risk; Uncertainty; Volatility

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION MAKING; GOLD MINES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; TAXATION;

COMMODITY PRICE; GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION;

MINING;

COMMODITY PRICE; GOLD MINE; MINING; PRODUCTION COST; RISK;

EID: 33750081068     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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