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[[Image:Miningexample.jpg|thumb|500px|right|It ain't no trick to get rich quick<br />If you dig with a shovel or a pick<br />In a mine, where a million diamonds shine.]]

~~:''~~This page details the mechanics of mining. For a step-by-step beginner guide, see [[Mining Primer for Complete Beginners]].''

{{hatnote|This page details the mechanics of mining ore. For a step-by-step beginner guide, see [[Mining Primer for Complete Beginners]]. For details about harvesting ice or gas, see [[Ice harvesting]] or [[Gas cloud harvesting]], respectively.}}

'''Mining''' is the ~~profession~~ of extracting ore from asteroids, ice ~~from ice fields~~ and gas ~~from gas clouds~~. ~~These materials~~ can then be [[Refining|refined]] into minerals~~, ice products and boosters~~. These refined substances are used in the production and maintenance of all player-created items and structures in EVE, such as ships and modules. It is one of the few professions immediately available to beginning players and most EVE industrialists started their careers by mining. Mining is ~~perhaps the second most~~ economically safe profession ~~in EVE~~, ~~save [[Planetary Interaction|planetary interaction]], in [[High Security|high-sec]] systems. Losing mining ships and/or being podded is uncommon and~~ minerals are always in demand. Mining is accomplished by finding an asteroid belt, ice belt or gas cloud, and mining its asteroids/ice asteroids/gas clouds with special ship modules (mining lasers, ice harvesters, and gas cloud harvesters, respectively).

'''Mining''' is the activity of extracting ore from [[Asteroids and ore|asteroids]], though it is also used to describe [[ice harvesting]] and more rarely, [[gas cloud harvesting]]. Once extracted, ore can then be [[Refining|refined]] into minerals. These refined substances are used in the production and maintenance of all player-created items and structures in EVE, such as ships and modules. It is one of the few professions immediately available to beginning players and most EVE industrialists started their careers by mining. Mining is considered a very economically safe profession, as minerals are always in demand. Mining is accomplished by finding an asteroid belt, ice belt or gas cloud, and mining its asteroids/ice asteroids/gas clouds with special ship modules (mining lasers, ice harvesters, and gas cloud harvesters, respectively).

EVE University has a [[campus]] dedicated to mining, the [[Amarr Mining Campus]] (AMC), where newer players are taught the basics of solo and fleet mining.

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-:''This page details the mechanics of mining. For a step-by-step beginner guide, see [[Mining Primer for Complete Beginners]].''
+{{hatnote|This page details the mechanics of mining ore. For a step-by-step beginner guide, see [[Mining Primer for Complete Beginners]]. For details about harvesting ice or gas, see [[Ice harvesting]] or [[Gas cloud harvesting]], respectively.}}
-'''Mining''' is the profession of extracting ore from asteroids, ice from ice fields and gas from gas clouds. These materials can then be [[Refining|refined]] into minerals, ice products and boosters. These refined substances are used in the production and maintenance of all player-created items and structures in EVE, such as ships and modules. It is one of the few professions immediately available to beginning players and most EVE industrialists started their careers by mining. Mining is perhaps the second most economically safe profession in EVE, save [[Planetary Interaction|planetary interaction]], in [[High Security|high-sec]] systems. Losing mining ships and/or being podded is uncommon and minerals are always in demand. Mining is accomplished by finding an asteroid belt, ice belt or gas cloud, and mining its asteroids/ice asteroids/gas clouds with special ship modules (mining lasers, ice harvesters, and gas cloud harvesters, respectively).
+'''Mining''' is the activity of extracting ore from [[Asteroids and ore|asteroids]], though it is also used to describe [[ice harvesting]] and more rarely, [[gas cloud harvesting]]. Once extracted, ore can then be [[Refining|refined]] into minerals. These refined substances are used in the production and maintenance of all player-created items and structures in EVE, such as ships and modules. It is one of the few professions immediately available to beginning players and most EVE industrialists started their careers by mining. Mining is considered a very economically safe profession, as minerals are always in demand. Mining is accomplished by finding an asteroid belt, ice belt or gas cloud, and mining its asteroids/ice asteroids/gas clouds with special ship modules (mining lasers, ice harvesters, and gas cloud harvesters, respectively).
 EVE University has a [[campus]] dedicated to mining, the [[Amarr Mining Campus]] (AMC), where newer players are taught the basics of solo and fleet mining.