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). The values behind the factions are the multiplier for the specific ore type. For more details regarding mining see the Mining Guide.
The Independant Miner ID will work in combination with any IFF, but the bonuses are low. This ID will work with any generic mining ship for all ore types, and additionally, will work with the ALG and Junker ships for the purposes of scrap metal mining. Junker and ALG ships do NOT get a bonus for ore types.

Name	ID/IFF Bonuses	Bonus Status	Locations
Alien Organisms	GMG (x3),Kishiro (x1.5),Samura (x1)	ON	Omicron Theta, Hokkaido
Artifacts	Corsairs (x1)	ON	Omicron Gamma, Omicron Theta, Omicron Eta
Beryllium Ore	BMM (x3), Colonial Rep. (x3), GMS (x3), IMG (x2), Indep. Miner (x1.4)	ON	Tau-23, Cambridge
Cobalt Ore	Kruger (x2), Daumann (x2), IMG (x2), Indep. Miner (x1.4)	ON	Omega-7, Dresden
Copper Ore	DSE (x2), Colonial Rep. (x2), Daumann (x2), Kruger (x2), IMG (x1.5), Indep. Miner (x1.4)	ON	Omega-7, Dresden, Orkney, Munich, Tau-39
Gold Ore	BMM (x3), IMG (x3), Mollies (x3), Kishiro (x2.5), Samura (x2), Indep. Miner (x1,4)	ON	Dublin
Helium	None	None	Pennsylvania, Tau-39
Hydrocarbons	BMM (x1), Samura (x1), Daumann (x1)	ON	Omega-3, Tau-29, Manchester
Iridium	Indep. Miner (x1)	ON	Kansas, Omicron Delta
Niobium Ore	BMM (x4), Samura (x4), IMG (x3), GMS (x3), Colonial Rep. (x2.5), Kishiro (x2.5), Indep. Miner (x1.4)	ON	Leeds, Tau-23, Tau-37
Oxygen	None	None	Tau-29, Tau-31
Platinum Ore	None	None	Pennsylvania
Scrap Metal	ALG (x6), Junkers (x6), Indep. Miner (x2)	ON	New London, Omega-15, Sigma-13, Texas, New Berlin
Silver Ore	DSE (x2), Kruger (x3), IMG (x2), Indep. Miner (x1.4)	ON	Colorado, Omega-7, Pennsylvania
Toxic Waste	ALG (x5)	ON	Leeds
Uncut Diamonds	Daumann (x3), Red Hessians (x1.5), Indep. Miner (x1.4)	ON	Omega-11
Water	None	None	California, Cambridge, Cortez, Magellan, Manchester, Omega-3, Tau-29

Notes:

• The GMG gets an alien organisms bonus only when using a Kamome, Kujira, Anki or Garanchou.
• Kishiro gets an alien organisms bonus only when using a Kamome, Anki or Garanchou.
• Corsairs can mine artifacts in the Pirate Transport or Correo freighter.
• You must shoot the ore rocks with mining turrets and an appropriate ship, ID and IFF combination in order to get a bonus to ore drops.
• Anything mining that does not meet the conditions to apply a bonus, gets the default *0.5 multiplier, in essence a 50% penalty. This does allow escorts and trade vessels to help in the mining effort, albeit with limited effectiveness.