Science & Industry

Hello, well I'm only a few days new and I love mining in EVE. So far the best Ore I can make profit off is Kernite, I think I don't think I should go for anything beyond that and risk my ship getting destroyed by rats or pirates.

So I'm looking for any asteroid belts that has a nice amount of Kernite ores that is near the Ambrye Constellation, if there is a few rats around no problem but if it has massive pirates then I can't do that.

In return for the information I'll give 10% profit I make from one time hauling it to whoever first post a correct information.

Thank you, I'll get your cut soon.

No thanks.

Try Dotlan. This highlights the constellation I mentioned:

http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Genesis/Ubar

In-game you can see in the upper left which sovereignty you're in.

Can I ask why you believe this to be true?

Here's a tip for you. Different ores take up different quantities of space. You /always/ mine the same volume of ore (ignoring modulated mining lasers for now)

Kernite takes up 1.2 m3 per unit.
Veldspar takes up 0.1 m3 per unit

Do you make 12 times as much per unit on Kernite, than you do on Veldspar?

Kernite isn't usually the most profitable kind of roid to suck on. I mostly use this simple chart to determine what general kind of asteroids to suck ore from. Note that Kernite is pretty far down the list. Veldspar is much better, and Scordite is better still.

Note that that chart only shows general ore types. Within each general ore type there are two special subtypes, that give 5% and 10% better minerals yield when refined. These have distinctive names, e.g. Massive Scordite instead of just Scordite. If in doubt, suck named ores in priority to unnamed ores (e.g. C. Scordite and M. Scordite first, then Scordite last) but you don't really benefit from learning to distinguish between the 105% and the 110% types.

I'll bite. Why would you refine kernite?

Yup. The special versions don't fill the mission requirements. Just sell them for an elevated price in the same system as storyline agents.

If you really want Kernite, there are a number of newbie industrial missions that will spawn a belt just for you:

http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Tutorial_and_Career_Agents_in_Eve

Industry mission arc, step 9. You can do it for each race, for each bloodline, for a total of 12 times.

I wouldn't automatically assume that Kernite is the best ore you can mine. The minerals it produces are high-value, but the roids are smaller and the ore itself takes up more volume in your ore bay (which means you get less of it per m3 than, say, Veldspar). Listen to Chribba: if you're mining for profit in hisec, stick with Veldspar. Over the years, day in and day out, Veld is the best isk/hour ore in hisec. Many people have tried to crunch the numbers otherwise, but it keeps coming up Veld/Trit.

If you're manufacturing, you obviously need different minerals, but even then if you have low refining skills it makes a lot more sense to buy the minerals rather than try to mine them yourself. In fact, if you really are a relative noob, don't even try to refine the ore (regardless of the type) because you're going to take a huge loss on refining fees and wastage. Just sell the ore directly. Until you get your Refining skill up to IV or V, just sell the ore.

Chribba is wise, so pay heed: Veldspar.