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Note: For 0.16 the devs planned this:

Factorio 0.16 (This is planned to become 1.0 when stabilised)
Planned:

- Dirty mining. (Way to get more resources from mining posts at a cost of additional industry, logistics requirements and investment)

See also https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-129


Update in June 2017: The current state is, that this feature is low prio, cause
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=678&hilit=Dirty+min ... 00#p256295

I think I stopped somewhere around 70 rockets. Mostly because 99% of the time was spend by finding more resource patches on the map, and stamping my universal mining outpost blueprint. It was pretty boring to be honest. I think if one wants to continue playing after the first rocket (is there anyone who don't?) it is better to start a new game with mods.

But the longer you get from center the more rich the patches are right?
The truth is, that this effect was increased by 50% and there is also the mining productivity research, so it is much smaller issue in 0.15

and

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Why is dirty mining grayed out like everything in the past?

Like it says in the text: We decided to not do this, the mining productivity research seems to be solving the problem.

Nonetheless: It seems, that most of the community still want this.


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