# Indy buying compressed ores or minerals?

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**Created:** [January 5, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/indy-buying-compressed-ores-or-minerals/49238 "2018-01-05T03:39:48Z")\
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Since yield will vary depending on the facility and your skills, I would drop a load of ore into the reprocessing hopper at your facility of choice and see the actual yield - at that point you can use Google sheets or Excel to do the math.

Personally, I buy minerals. A DST with giant secure containers can haul a decent load but I tend to make small stuff like modules and drones - you’ll need freighter loads if you’re building battleships and compressed ore is more space efficient.

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