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Mining in Elite Dangerous is very manual as the player must use a mining laser to chip off pieces of an asteroid to then scoop up to be refined onboard. As time consuming as it can be, a miner with the right technique can make just as much money as they would in other professions.

To mine the player must have a ship equipped with a Mining Laser and a Refinery. The player will need to use the mining laser on an asteroid until a chip breaks off at which point the player will need to fly close enough to the chip that they can guide it into their cargo scoop which will then allow them to refine the chip by using the Refinery module which can be accessed through the ship's right control panel. It is recommended that players obtain system data from the Universal Cartographics in order to determine what asteroids are mineral rich and as close to "pristine" as possible which will ensure that the player gets the most 'bang for their buck'.

* Refinery - To process the collected ore. Bigger refineries have more "bins" which mean you can collect more types of ore simultaneously.

Mining is only possible where there are asteroids, which is a small minority of systems. By using the Targets menu on the left side of your cockpit you can find targets with names similar to "Belt Cluster 2". Naturally, this only works if you have information about the system. When scanning a system yourself, a look out for a large number of unknown objects contacts at similar distances - this often proves to be a belt cluster. Asteroid belt points of interest can only be scanned at very close range (c.1ls).

Make sure to bind a Mining Laser (preferably in its own firing group) just like you would do with any other weapon in game. Fly within range of the asteroid and blast away with the Mining Lasers. You have to hold down the trigger for a while (depending on the quality of Mining Laser you have bought) before a piece of rock chips off.