Fringian Mining, Refining, and Industrial Chemistry
Mining, Refining, and Industrial Chemistry is a major business sector of the Distant Fringe.
- The businesses that comprise it operate within Uncharted Space.
General Overview[edit]
Businesses that extract raw materials from locations where they naturally occur and process those same materials into useful products. Such industries also undertake surveying and prospecting for those resources.
Mining & Refining[edit]
Major Companies[edit]
- Beltmetall GmbH (based at Nist)
- Frontier Resource Exploration (based at Kashar).
- MinEx (based at Lon Mardos)
- Rio Argo (based at Sudi Verisia)
Primary Activities[edit]
Primary metals and metal ores are extracted, smelted and turned into saleable metals. Quarrying or mining for valuable natural stone or similar subterranean or wilderness resources. Prospecting for gemstones, crystals, precious metals and strategic materials.
Industrial Chemistry[edit]
Major Companies[edit]
- Geochem Environmental (based at Medis Jal)
- Industrias Espinosa SA (based at Ras Tennol)
- Prospect Versatol Ltd (based at Incal)
Primary Activities[edit]
Chemical collection and separation, mainly within gas giants or from worlds with exotic-type atmospheres. The extracted or gathered resources are used to create industrial chemicals, compounds, fuels, plastics, and resins. On worlds with biospheres, coal, oil, gas, and other organically derived minerals and resources may be sought, including peat (or similar biomass) extraction and processing.
References & Contributors / Sources[edit]
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science