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'''Ice Mining''' is the process of mining ice field (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be [[Refining|refined]] into fuel for [[Player Owned Structures]] (POS) and [[Jump Drives and Cynosural Fields|Capital Ship Jump Drives]]. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners) which can only be fit to [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; as it's not possible to increase this yield, the only way to mine ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice miners' cycle times.  
 
'''Ice Mining''' is the process of mining ice field (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be [[Refining|refined]] into fuel for [[Player Owned Structures]] (POS) and [[Jump Drives and Cynosural Fields|Capital Ship Jump Drives]]. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners) which can only be fit to [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; as it's not possible to increase this yield, the only way to mine ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice miners' cycle times.  
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The ice mined from ice asteroids can be [[refining|refined]] into ice products, which are in turn used to fuel [[jump drive]]s and to manufacture the fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases (POS)]].
  
 
Note: the [[Eve_Online_Expansions#Odyssey|Odyssey expansion]] (June 2013) changed ice mining considerably. Before the expansion, ice belts were permanent features in a system, with thousands of ice asteroids spread over hundreds of kilometers. This was changed to much smaller (10-20 ice asteroids each with 50-200 units of ice) dynamic belts which disappear once mined out, and then respawn four hours later.  
 
Note: the [[Eve_Online_Expansions#Odyssey|Odyssey expansion]] (June 2013) changed ice mining considerably. Before the expansion, ice belts were permanent features in a system, with thousands of ice asteroids spread over hundreds of kilometers. This was changed to much smaller (10-20 ice asteroids each with 50-200 units of ice) dynamic belts which disappear once mined out, and then respawn four hours later.  
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There are twelve different types of ice asteroids, split into three categories: faction asteroids, enriched faction asteroids, and standard asteroids.  
 
There are twelve different types of ice asteroids, split into three categories: faction asteroids, enriched faction asteroids, and standard asteroids.  
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* Faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}}) refine to small quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but large amounts of their respective faction's isotope (Helium Isotopes, Hydrogen Isotopes, Oxygen Isotopes, and Nitrogen Isotopes). Each of these asteroid types is only found in the regions of space controlled by their respective faction (so, for instance, Blue Ice only spawns in Gallente space, and contains Oxygen Isotopes, which are used to fuel the [[jump drive]]s on Gallente ships to manufacture fuel for Gallente [[POS]]es).  
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* Faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}}) refine to small quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but large amounts of their respective faction's isotope (Helium Isotopes, Hydrogen Isotopes, Oxygen Isotopes, and Nitrogen Isotopes). Each of these asteroid types is only found in the regions of space controlled by their respective faction (so, for instance, Blue Ice only spawns in Gallente space, and contains Oxygen Isotopes, which are used to fuel the [[jump drive]]s on Gallente ships and to manufacture fuel for Gallente [[POS]]es).  
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* Enriched faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Enriched Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}}) work the same way as regular faction asteroids, but contain more of the same materials. These asteroids are only found in [[nullsec]].  
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* Enriched faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Enriched Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}}) work the same way as regular faction asteroids, but contain more of the same materials. These asteroids are only found in [[nullsec]] (in [[Asteroids_and_Ore#Asteroid_distribution|systems controlled by their respective factions]]).
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* Standard asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Glare Crust}}, {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}}, {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}}, and {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}}) contain large quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but no faction isotopes. These asteroids are only found in [[low-sec]].
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* Standard asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Glare Crust}}, {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}}, {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}}, and {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}}) contain large quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but no faction isotopes. These asteroids are only found in [[low-sec]] and [[nullsec]].
  
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Assuming perfect refining skills, ice asteroids refine to the following:
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Assuming perfect [[refining]] skills, ice asteroids refine to the following:
  
 
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! colspan=4 style="background-color:#222222;" | Faction isotopes
 
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}}
 
| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}}
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}
 
| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}
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| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}
 
| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" |  
 
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | All of Minmatar space
 
 
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| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;"| Enriched
 
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|Pristine White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}}
 
| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|Pristine White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}}
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Thick Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}
 
| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Thick Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}
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| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Smooth Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}
 
| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Smooth Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | 350
 
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | Minmatar nullsec
 
 
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_dark_glitter.png|24px|Dark Glitter]] {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}}
 
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_gelidus.png|24px|Gelidus]] {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}}
 
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_krystallos.png|24px|Krystallos]] {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}}
 
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Each of these four quarters has its own set of asteroid types. Additionally, the lower the [[Security Rating|security rating]] of a system, the rarer the asteroid types that can be found there. Finally, each system can also include all the asteroid types of same-quarter higher-security systems; e.g. a Gallente system with a security rating of 0.7 will not only include Omber asteroids, but also Veldspar, Scordite, and Plagioclase asteroids.
 
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| {{icon|veldspar||Veldspar}} Veldspar<br>{{icon|scordite||Scordite}} Scordite
 
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| {{icon|veldspar||Veldspar}} Veldspar<br>{{icon|scordite||Scordite}} Scordite
 
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| {{icon|veldspar||Veldspar}} Veldspar<br>{{icon|scordite||Scordite}} Scordite
 
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| {{icon|veldspar||Veldspar}} Veldspar<br>{{icon|scordite||Scordite}} Scordite
 
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| {{co|#48F0C0|&#9608;}} 0.9 and lower
 
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| {{icon|pyroxeres||Pyroxeres}} Pyroxeres
 
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| {{icon|plagioclase||Plagioclase}} Plagioclase
 
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| {{icon|kernite||Kernite}} Kernite
 
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| {{icon|plagioclase||Plagioclase}} Plagioclase
 
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| {{icon|omber||Omber}} Omber
 
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| {{icon|jaspet||Jaspet}} Jaspet
 
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| {{icon|hemorphite||Hemorphite}} Hemorphite
 
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| {{icon|hedbergite||Hedbergite}} Hedbergite
 
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| {{icon|hedbergite||Hedbergite}} Hedbergite
 
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| {{icon|spodumain||Spodumain}} Spodumain<br>{{icon|gneiss||Gneiss}} Gneiss<br>{{icon|crokite||Crokite}} Crokite<br>{{icon|arkonor||Arkonor}} Arkonor<br>{{icon|bistot||Bistot}} Bistot<br>{{icon|mercoxit||Mercoxit}} Mercoxit
 
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| {{icon|spodumain||Spodumain}} Spodumain<br>{{icon|gneiss||Gneiss}} Gneiss<br>{{icon|arkonor||Arkonor}} Arkonor<br>{{icon|bistot||Bistot}} Bistot<br>{{icon|mercoxit||Mercoxit}} Mercoxit
 
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_heavy_water.png|32px|Heavy Water]]Heavy Water
 
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_helium_isotopes.png|32px|Helium Isotopes]]<br>Helium Isotopes
 
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_hydrogen_isotopes.png|32px|Hydrogen Isotopes]]<br>Hydrogen Isotopes
 
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_liquid_ozone.png|32px|Liquid Ozone]]<br>Liquid Ozone
 
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_nitrogen_isotopes.png|32px|Nitrogen Isotopes]]<br>Nitrogen Isotopes
 
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_oxygen_isotopes.png|32px|Oxygen Isotopes]]<br>Oxygen Isotopes
 
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_strontium_clathrates.png|32px|Strontium Clathrates]]<br>Strontium Clathrates
 
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_clear_icicle.png|24px|Enriched Clear Icicle]] {{co|slateblue|Enriched Clear Icicle}}
 
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There are 4 basic types of ice asteroid. These match the faction that controls local space. With perfect ice refine capability, 1 unit of each type will always produce:
 
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Ice Mining is the process of mining ice field (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be refined into fuel for Player Owned Structures (POS) and Capital Ship Jump Drives. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners) which can only be fit to Mining Barges and Exhumers. Unlike ore mining, ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m3) per cycle; as it's not possible to increase this yield, the only way to mine ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice miners' cycle times.

The ice mined from ice asteroids can be refined into ice products, which are in turn used to fuel jump drives and to manufacture the fuel for player-owned starbases (POS).

Note: the Odyssey expansion (June 2013) changed ice mining considerably. Before the expansion, ice belts were permanent features in a system, with thousands of ice asteroids spread over hundreds of kilometers. This was changed to much smaller (10-20 ice asteroids each with 50-200 units of ice) dynamic belts which disappear once mined out, and then respawn four hours later.

Advantages of Ice Mining

  • Reduced attention required by the miner when compared with ore mining.
  • Ability to be self-sufficient for POS fuel.
  • Easier to mine without a dedicated hauler (longer cycle times mean fewer trips to the station).
  • Fun factor of 4-hourly 'Ice Rush' when a belt spawns, as dozens of miners rush in to clear the belt.

Disadvantages of Ice Mining

  • Reduced ISK yield compared to ore mining. While ice commands similar prices to ore, it's not possible to mine ice continuously due to the 4 hour respawn timer on ice belts.

Ice Belts

A map of the Metropolis region from dotlan. The Eygfe system has an ice belt, as shown by the thin blue ring around its box.

Ice belts can be found in every region of New Eden, but only in certain systems (a good place to see which systems is dotlan). Each of these systems contains one ice belt, which spawns after downtime, disappears once mined out, and then respawns four hours later. Unlike asteroid belts, ice belts are a type of Cosmic Anomaly, meaning they will appear in a different location in the star system every time they respawn, and can be found using your ship's onboard scanner (but do not require scan probes to find).

Ice Asteroids

There are twelve different types of ice asteroids, split into three categories: faction asteroids, enriched faction asteroids, and standard asteroids.

  • Faction asteroids (Clear Icicle, Glacial Mass, Blue Ice, and White Glaze) refine to small quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but large amounts of their respective faction's isotope (Helium Isotopes, Hydrogen Isotopes, Oxygen Isotopes, and Nitrogen Isotopes). Each of these asteroid types is only found in the regions of space controlled by their respective faction (so, for instance, Blue Ice only spawns in Gallente space, and contains Oxygen Isotopes, which are used to fuel the jump drives on Gallente ships and to manufacture fuel for Gallente POSes).
  • Enriched faction asteroids (Enriched Clear Icicle, Smooth Glacial Mass, Thick Blue Ice, and Pristine White Glaze) work the same way as regular faction asteroids, but contain more of the same materials. These asteroids are only found in nullsec (in systems controlled by their respective factions).
  • Standard asteroids (Glare Crust, Dark Glitter, Gelidus, and Krystallos) contain large quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but no faction isotopes. These asteroids are only found in low-sec and nullsec.

Assuming perfect refining skills, ice asteroids refine to the following:

Faction isotopes
Heavy Water
Heavy Water 		Liquid Ozone
Liquid Ozone 		Strontium Clathrates
Strontium Clathrates 		Logo faction amarr empire.pngHelium Isotopes
Helium Isotopes 		Logo faction caldari state.pngNitrogen Isotopes
Nitrogen Isotopes 		Logo faction gallente federation.pngOxygen Isotopes
Oxygen Isotopes 		Logo faction minmatar republic.pngHydrogen Isotopes
Hydrogen Isotopes
Faction Clear Icicle Clear Icicle 50 25 1 300
White Glaze White Glaze 50 25 1 300
Blue Ice Blue Ice 50 25 1 300
Glacial Mass Glacial Mass 50 25 1 300
Enriched Enriched Clear Icicle Enriched Clear Icicle 75 40 1 350
Pristine White Glaze Pristine White Glaze 75 40 1 350
Thick Blue Ice Thick Blue Ice 75 40 1 350
Smooth Glacial Mass Smooth Glacial Mass 75 40 1 350
Standard Glare Crust Glare Crust 1000 500 25
Dark Glitter Dark Glitter 500 1000 50
Gelidus Gelidus 250 500 75
Krystallos Krystallos 125 500 125


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