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| Construction Cost |  750 ·  1 ·  4
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| Maintenance Cost |  -2 ·  -15 ·  -2 | |||
| Hitpoints | 1000 | |||
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| Unlock | 600 Eco Employees / 1 Researcher | |||
The Copper Mine mines Copper. Copper is a relatively common material used for the Microchip production and some modules in the Laboratory. Like Iron, it can only be harvested from mountainside deposits or an underwater black Smoker that has ceased activity. Various technologies are available to extend the quantity that can be harvested from an island. It's possible to replace this building for a electronics recycler in the expansion, which doesn't require any copper or sand.
One Copper mine operating at 100% can produce enough ore to sustain two Chip Factories, with the assistance of a Sand Extractor. Three Copper Mines and two Sand Extractors can operate six Chip Factories with no waste, if the nodes are available.
Production Chains Utilizing this Building[]
Eco[]
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1750 · -95 · -16 · -20 5 · 20 ·  6
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 Sand Extractor 1 @ 66% |
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 Chip Factory 2 @ 100% |
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 Electronics Factory 2 @ 100% | |||||
Copper Mine 1 @ 100% | |||||||||
- Two Microchips production chains go ideally with one Glass production chain to fully exhaust one Sand Extractor.
- Be aware of the not-100% Sand Extractor.
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8850 · -725 · -114 · -48 72 · 86 · 92 ·  72
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Sand Extractor 1 @ 33% |
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Chip Factory 1 @ 100% |
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 Robot Factory 2 @ 100% | |||||
Copper Mine 1 @ 50% | |||||||||
 Corn Farm 4 @ 100% |
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 Biopolymer Factory 2 @ 100% | |||||||
 Aquafarm 2 @ 100% | |||||||||
- The total energy consumption is split between land and seafloor: -108 / -6
Tech[]
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6150 · -140 · -22 · -27 17 · 36 ·  6
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Sand Extractor 1 @ 66% |
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Chip Factory 2 @ 100% |
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 High-Tech Weapons Factory 1 @ 100% | |||||
Copper Mine 1 @ 100% | |||||||||
 Iron Ore Mine 1 @ 100% |
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 Iron Smelter 1 @ 100% | |||||||
 Coal Mine 1 @ 50% | |||||||||
- The Coal Mine running at 50% can be replaced by a Rotary Excavator running at 100%.
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| 4050 · -170 · -40 · -8 23 · 30 · 7
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 Sponge Farm 2 @ 100% |
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 Cybernetic Factory 2 @ 100% | |||||||
Sand Extractor 1 @ 33% |
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Chip Factory 1 @ 100% | |||||||
Copper Mine 1 @ 50% | |||||||||
- The total energy consumption is split between land and seafloor: -6 / -34
Upgrades[]
Most upgrades are Research Projects available at the Academy.
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Optimized carriers |  : -20%
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More Copper for less effort. |
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Eco-friendly Copper treatment | : -50%
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Gentle processing. |
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Precision Copper drill bit | : -100% : -30%
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Avoids costly dry holes. |
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Copper tailing recycling | : -100% : -40%
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Don't let things deteriorate! |
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