Mineable Commodities

Listed below are the Commodities that are mine-able and the general locations of the mining areas. Also included is what ID/IFF combinations will provide bonus drops (with the proper ship and weapon) as well as the status of bonuses for each commodity. Italicized faction names indicate a weak bonus, italicized system names indicate fields with a low yield (less or no bonus). For more details regarding mining see the Mining Guide.

Name	ID/IFF Bonuses	Bonus Status	Locations
Alien Organisms	Kishiro, Samura	OFF	Omicron Theta, Hokkaido
Artifacts	None	None	Omicron Gamma, Omicron Theta, Omicron Eta
Beryllium Ore	BMM, Colonial Republic, IMG	ON	Tau-23, Cambridge
Cobalt Ore	Daumann, Kruger, IMG	ON	Omega-7, Dresden
Copper Ore	Colonial Republic, DSE, Daumann, Kruger, IMG	ON	Omega-7, Dresden, Orkney, Munich, Tau-39
Gold Ore	BMM, Kishiro, IMG, Samura, Mollies	ON	Dublin
Helium	None	None	Pennsylvania, Tau-39
Hydrocarbons	None	None	Omega-3, Tau-29, Manchester
Iridium	None	None	Kansas, Omicron Delta
Niobium Ore	BMM, Colonial Republic, Kishiro, IMG, Samura	ON	Leeds, Omega-49, Tau-23, Tau-37
Oxygen	None	None	Tau-29, Tau-31
Platinum Ore	DSE	OFF
Scrap Metal	ALG, Junkers	ON	New London, Omega-15, Sigma-13, Texas, New Berlin
Silver Ore	DSE, IMG	ON	Colorado, Omega-7, Pennsylvania
Toxic Waste	ALG	ON	Leeds
Uncut Diamonds	Daumann	ON	Omega-11
Water	None	None	California, Cambridge, Cortez, Magellan, Manchester, Omega-3, Tau-29, Along the Barrier Asteroid Field.