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| timeinvestment = Large
| suggestedships = [[Sidewinder]]; [[Hauler]]; [[Cobra]]; [[Asp Explorer]]; [[Type-6 Transporter]]
| suggestedupgrades = [[Mining Laser]]; [[Refinery]]; [[Cargo Rack]]s; [[Collector Drone]]
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Mining in Elite Dangerous is a very manual process; the player must use a mining laser to chip off pieces of an asteroid, which are then scooped up to be refined on-board. 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'.
==Equipment==
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==Locations==
Mining is currently possible at asteroid belts or planetary rings which are not Icy,
You can fly to asteroids (either clusters or planetary rings) in supercruise, just like any destination within a system. When you have arrived, you will see a number (from a handful to many dozens) of asteroids, which you can then mine. A good starting spot for mining are systems with industrial economies.
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Locations of planets with pristine metallic rings can be found [http://imgur.com/a/vEqgv#0 here] .<nowiki/>
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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 (being 500m) 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.
Now select the fragment of rock as a target. They are quite small so not always easy to detect visually but they do show up as white contacts on your radar. When selected, you get details of the contents of the fragment, e.g. Bauxite (9.7%) Coltan (21.2%). Note that the first mineral named shows up in the HUD, but doesn't necessarily represent the most valuable mineral!
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==Selling==
The value of a mineral is scaled to the supply/demand meaning that selling minerals where there are tons of other players selling the same mineral is a bad idea. Systems that are both refinery economies and have an asteroid field will tend to give you a lower price compared to what you would get if you were to travel somewhere more distant to the source (source being asteroid fields).
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