First you need to mine ore on the planet using a mining drone. Next, you need to transfer this ore into the enrichment module, and the enrichment process will start (the process when useful chemical elements are separated from the entire pile of ore, and the empty rock is discarded). After completion of the enrichment process, a concentrate will be obtained (for example, copper concentrate or iron concentrate, depending on the type of ore).
Moreover, the quality of the ore (ore richness) determines how much concentrate will be obtained in 1 cycle:
Poor ore - 1 concentrate.
Medium ore - 2 concentrates.
Rich ore - 4 concentrates.
Extra rich ore - 8 concentrates.
Next, the resulting concentrate must be moved to the "furnace" module, where the process of melting the concentrate into ingots will start (automatically).
1 concentrate = 1 ingot.
The ingots will be useful to us in further production (items craft).