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=== Ore ===

There are sixteen types of ore in New Eden (each with two further subtypes, but which are functionally identical to their parent ore), and, as a general rule, the rarer the ore, the higher its volume. So Veldspar (the most common type of ore) has a volume of 0.1 m3 per unit, while Scordite (the second most common type or ore) has a volume of 0.15 m3 per unit. Therefore, a miner can mine 50% more Veldspar than Scordite in any given period of ~~tiem~~. Rarer ores have ever higher volumes (up to 40 m3 for Mercoxit, the rarest ore type). Ore mining modules (mining lasers and strip miners) mine between 40 and 180 m3 of ore per minute by default; improving ore mining efficiency therefore involves increasing this mining rate.

There are sixteen types of ore in New Eden (each with two further subtypes, but which are functionally identical to their parent ore), and, as a general rule, the rarer the ore, the higher its volume. So Veldspar (the most common type of ore) has a volume of 0.1 m3 per unit, while Scordite (the second most common type or ore) has a volume of 0.15 m3 per unit. Therefore, a miner can mine 50% more Veldspar than Scordite in any given period of time. Rarer ores have ever higher volumes (up to 40 m3 for Mercoxit, the rarest ore type). Ore mining modules (mining lasers and strip miners) mine between 40 and 180 m3 of ore per minute by default; improving ore mining efficiency therefore involves increasing this mining rate.

{{example|1=For example: a beginning miner fits her [[Venture]] with two Miner I modules, giving her a total yield of (say) 200 m3/min with a cycle time of 60 seconds. She flies to the nearest asteroid field, and begins mining Veldspar (0.1 m3 per unit). After every cycle of 60 seconds, her Miner Is will deposit 200 / 0.1 = 2000 units of Veldspar in her ore hold.

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-There are sixteen types of ore in New Eden (each with two further subtypes, but which are functionally identical to their parent ore), and, as a general rule, the rarer the ore, the higher its volume. So Veldspar (the most common type of ore) has a volume of 0.1&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> per unit, while Scordite (the second most common type or ore) has a volume of 0.15&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> per unit. Therefore, a miner can mine 50% more Veldspar than Scordite in any given period of tiem. Rarer ores have ever higher volumes (up to 40&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> for Mercoxit, the rarest ore type). Ore mining modules (mining lasers and strip miners) mine between 40 and 180&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> of ore per minute by default; improving ore mining efficiency therefore involves increasing this mining rate.
+There are sixteen types of ore in New Eden (each with two further subtypes, but which are functionally identical to their parent ore), and, as a general rule, the rarer the ore, the higher its volume. So Veldspar (the most common type of ore) has a volume of 0.1&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> per unit, while Scordite (the second most common type or ore) has a volume of 0.15&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> per unit. Therefore, a miner can mine 50% more Veldspar than Scordite in any given period of time. Rarer ores have ever higher volumes (up to 40&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> for Mercoxit, the rarest ore type). Ore mining modules (mining lasers and strip miners) mine between 40 and 180&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> of ore per minute by default; improving ore mining efficiency therefore involves increasing this mining rate.
 {{example|1=For example: a beginning miner fits her [[Venture]] with two Miner I modules, giving her a total yield of (say) 200&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>/min with a cycle time of 60 seconds. She flies to the nearest asteroid field, and begins mining Veldspar (0.1&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> per unit). After every cycle of 60 seconds, her Miner Is will deposit <span style="white-space:nowrap;">200 / 0.1 = 2000 units</span> of Veldspar in her ore hold.