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I've been mining with some friends for the past few days just to garner up some ISK and skills in the meantime. We have been focusing on Kernite as it is one of the best ores to mine in High sec. My question is if it is actually the BEST to mine in High sec. I've heard Scordite is good as well but I do not know the specifics on what is best to mine.

Would It be better to sell the unrefined ore or to refine and then sell the minerals?

As far as refining goes it depends on your refining skills. if you can not get at least a 95% refine(including any taxes you pay), then you can definitely get more isk selling the raw ore. But sell using sell orders not buy orders. Trust me it will sell fast in even a minor trade hub.

For example, most of my characters can get a 100% refine at any 50% station. but some of those stations will take a couple percent as tax. In Jita for example I get a 100% refine with no tax. But in Amarr I still pay 1.8% to tax(the we take portion)

If you sell your raw ore at 95% of its mineral value I will buy it, or chances are some one else will beat me to it. And I will make 5% profit with my 100% refine. You will get 95% of its value. But if you refine it yourself at say 96.5% and pay an additional 2% tax you will only get 94.5% of its mineral value. But then you need to post sell orders for the minerals to get that 94.5%.

You need refining 5, refining efficiency 4, and the ore specific skill for each ore you want to refine to 2-3, as well as better than 6.3 standing with the corp that owns the station to get 100% refine. With perfect refining skills you can get 98.5% refine at a 35% station. I believe a refining implant can take that to 100%.

hauling raw ore to a trade hub can be more bother than it is worth. You will need to decide for your self if it is worth it. If you are a long way from a trade hub you may be better off selling the raw ore at a discount at your local station, or taking the refining hit and hauling the minerals to market.

in some situations the refining hit is worth it. For example there are wormhole corp that use refining arrays. the they are capped at 75% refine, but is still better than the logistics of hauling out the ore and bringing the minerals back. If you are building capitals in a wormhole that is a lot of loads to haul in.

Yea you might price check the ice mining as ice products are rising a lot right now.

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Yeah.

The bigger the mining op, the more likely it is to just vacuum up everything. When I mine solo, sometimes with one Orca, I might be selective for one ore type, usually whatever is most profitable. I can often do that, since I mine in out-of-the-way high-sec systems with uncrowded belts (I don't mine very often, though).

With a big op, I'm likely to assign each mine an ore type, like you're on veld, you're on scord, and maybe vacuum in 2 belts simultaneously, or even 3.

then mine scordite, and contract your hauling to red frog.

you'll earn more mining than you'll spend contracting stuff to red frog.