Mineral Mines
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Planetary Structure Building —> Mineral Mines
Mines extract
minerals from the planet's core. The four minerals are neutronium, tritanium, duranium, and molybdenum. The planet interface pane lists the density of each of these minerals; this is multiplied by the number of mines to determine how many units of each mineral are mined in any given turn. Certain
player or
native races may further modify this.
If you build a great number of mineral mines, the population on the planet will become unhappy and you will be forced to drop the tax rate to keep them happy or else face the risk of riots and war. (Refer to
Taxes and Happiness for more information on this.) Mineral mines and factories risk showing up on enemy sensors unless the planet has more than 15
defense posts.
If the
Pleasure Planets Campaign advantage is active, the mines on a planet will generate half as much of the minerals.
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