Complexified Smelting/Ore harvesting

[Guest_4544]

Is there a mod somewhere for Factorio 12.11+ which adds a process where the ore needs to be processed before it can be made to iron/copper plates and the like and leaves a couple of by products? Like dirt and such



I tried to use the search function but no luck I guess I must be blind or something.

[daniel34]

There are a few mods that do this, just as an example:

[MOD 0.12.20] HardCrafting 0.2.3 [General 'The Big Mess' Mods]

• Mining iron or copper gives you new different types of items such as iron-nuggets, gravel, dirt, copper-sludge and of course ore.
• New resource processing in 3 different tiers for iron and copper
• New technology for Crusher and Pulverizer processing machines required to get to the best processing of iron and copper

[Guest_4544]

Ahh this was it I was looking for. Thanks man.
I must be really blind then to miss it. Oh well.