Bethesda Mining Company 02/24/2011 Introduction Bethesda Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ West Virginia‚ and Kentucky. Recently the coal mining industry has been impacted by environmental regulations that have presented challenges for the industry. However‚ a combination of increased demand for coal and new pollution reduction technologies has led to an improved market demand for high-sulfur coal. Bethesda is considering operating a new strip
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CHAPTER 7‚ Case #1 BETHESDA MINING To analyze this project‚ we must calculate the incremental cash flows generated by the project. Since net working capital is built up ahead of sales‚ the initial cash flow depends in part on this cash outflow. So‚ we will begin by calculating sales. Each year‚ the company will sell 600‚000 tons under contract‚ and the rest on the spot market. The total sales revenue is the price per ton under contract times 600‚000 tons‚ plus the spot market sales times the
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: الدراسات العليا التخصص: ادارة اعمال Downsizing الاسم : علي حجازي ابو علي الرقم الجامعي:1112482 الاستاذ :د. صلاح عودة Downsizing International forest products company (IFP) supported the local workforce and provide many job opportunities. However it had a problem which led the manager of the company to cutback the workforce by 30 percent on a crash basis. That decision should be performed by the human resource director at IFP‚ Scott wheeler‚ who had to put a suitable plan with
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Case: Bethesda Mining (Chapter 6) I have been asked by the President of Bethesda Mining Company to analyze a proposition by Mid-Ohio Electric Company to supply coal for its electric generators for the next four years. This proposition involves opening a new mine in Ohio‚ and making an investment in new equipment of $85‚000‚000‚ with a residual value to be transferred to a subsequent location of 60% of the purchase price‚ or $51‚000‚000. The equipment will be depreciated according to a 7-year MARCS
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Bethesda Mining In order to decide whether our company should undertake the project‚ we should refer to the project’s NPV and IRR. NPV indicates the possible profit (net cash flow) which the project will yield in future‚ a positive NPV suggests that company can earn profit from the investment and vice versa. IRR is the discounted rate which makes the NPV of all cash flows equal to zero‚ the greater the amount it exceeds the cost of capital (required rate of return)‚ the higher the net cash flow
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CHAPTER 6‚ Case #1 BETHESDA MINING To analyze this project‚ we must calculate the incremental cash flows generated by the project. Since net working capital is built up ahead of sales‚ the initial cash flow depends in part on this cash outflow. So‚ we will begin by calculating sales. Each year‚ the company will sell 500‚000 tons under contract‚ and the rest on the spot market. The total sales revenue is the price per ton under contract times 500‚000 tons‚ plus the spot market sales times the
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Bethesda Mining Company To be able to analyze the project‚ we need to calculate the project’s NPV‚ IRR‚ MIRR‚ Payback Period‚ and Profitability Index. Since net working capital is built up ahead of sales‚ the initial cash flow depends in part on this cash outflow. So‚ we will begin by calculating sales. Each year‚ the company will sell 600‚000 tons under contract‚ and the rest on the spot market. The total sales revenue is the price per ton under contract times 600‚000 tons‚ plus the spot market
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Mini Case Study-Bethesda Mining Mini-Case Study: Bethesda Mining Company Week 4 Application 2 Jo-Ann Savoie Walden University Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment DDBA-8140-2 Dr. Guerman Kornilov March 24‚ 2011 The following Mini-Case on Bethesda Mining Company was taken from the text corporate finance (2010‚ P. 203-204). In order to determine if Bethesda Mine should open‚ a thorough analysis of the payback period‚ profitability
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Mini-Case Study: Bethesda Mining Company Week 4 Application 2 Jo-Ann Savoie Walden University Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment DDBA-8140-2 Dr. Guerman Kornilov March 24‚ 2011 The following Mini-Case on Bethesda Mining Company was taken from the text corporate finance (2010‚ P. 203-204). In order to determine if Bethesda Mine should open‚ a thorough analysis of the payback period‚ profitability index‚ average accounting
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World Blues add on. Did I like any of those games? Well honestly‚ no‚ not really. It may be a question of taste‚ but I’ll try to explain why none of those games and for what it’s worth the entire Bethesda game design philosophy has never given me any satisfaction. I will start by saying that Bethesda is not that bad actually. They are unfortunately in that lukewarm place that makes something neither perfectly hate-able neither enjoyable. They’ve got the basics right‚ they know how to make numbers
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