What a cubic metre of mined ore is worth in the selected hub: sold as is, compressed, or reprocessed into minerals at your yield. The best option in each row is highlighted.
| Ice | As is, ISK/m³Price of one unit divided by its volume. | Compressed, ISK/m³Price of one compressed unit per m³ of mined ore: a compressed unit reprocesses exactly like an uncompressed one. | Reprocessed, ISK/m³Minerals from reprocessing at your yield, minus the station tax, priced in the hub. | Best, ISK/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 unit gives 691 Liquid Ozone, 173 Heavy Water, 173 Strontium Clathrates | 4 | 0 | 649 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 691 Liquid Ozone, 345 Heavy Water, 104 Strontium Clathrates | 12 | 25 | 425 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 1 381 Liquid Ozone, 691 Heavy Water, 69 Strontium Clathrates | 6 | 21 | 376 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 1 381 Heavy Water, 691 Liquid Ozone, 35 Strontium Clathrates | 23 | 36 | 258 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 483 Helium Isotopes, 104 Heavy Water, 55 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 0 | 14 | 222 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 414 Helium Isotopes, 69 Heavy Water, 35 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 31 | 208 | 188 | compress |
| 1 unit gives 483 Oxygen Isotopes, 104 Heavy Water, 55 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 0 | 22 | 192 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 414 Oxygen Isotopes, 69 Heavy Water, 35 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 184 | 182 | 163 | sell as is |
| 1 unit gives 483 Hydrogen Isotopes, 104 Heavy Water, 55 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 1 | 0 | 171 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 414 Hydrogen Isotopes, 69 Heavy Water, 35 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 160 | 155 | 145 | sell as is |
| 1 unit gives 483 Nitrogen Isotopes, 104 Heavy Water, 55 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 0 | 0 | 152 | reprocess |
| 1 unit gives 414 Nitrogen Isotopes, 69 Heavy Water, 35 Liquid Ozone, 1 Strontium Clathrates | 0 | 67 | 128 | reprocess |
Material prices, best buy order: Heavy Water 95.01Liquid Ozone 99.02Helium Isotopes 617.40Strontium Clathrates 4.9KOxygen Isotopes 530.00Nitrogen Isotopes 409.60Hydrogen Isotopes 467.10
Mining is measured in cubic metres — the hold and every laser cycle are — so the calculator compares options per m³ of mined ore rather than per unit. A unit of Veldspar takes 0.1 m³, a unit of Arkonor 16 m³ and a block of ice 1,000 m³, so prices per unit cannot be compared directly.
Selling as is uses the price of the ore itself. Compressing uses the price of its compressed form: since 2021 a compressed unit reprocesses exactly like an uncompressed one and takes a hundredth of the space (a tenth for ice), so compressed ore is what usually trades in hubs. Reprocessing multiplies what a portion of ore gives by your yield, takes off the station tax and prices the minerals in the same hub.
The default 69.575% is an NPC station with Reprocessing, Reprocessing Efficiency and the ore's own processing skill at V. Your real yield depends on skills, implants and the structure and its rigs — the game shows it in the reprocessing window, enter that number. NPC stations also charge a reprocessing tax that depends on your standings; it is shown in the same window.
Sales tax and broker fee apply to every option alike and are left out. The game rounds the reprocessing output down on every batch; over thousands of units the difference is negligible. Prices are the best orders in the hub right now — a large stack moves the price, and thin markets for raw ore in smaller hubs can show odd numbers or none.