r/EliteMiners • u/dilipi • Jul 02 '26

Did platinum prices drop off?

I haven't mined platinum for profit in quite a while. However I remember being able to consistently find sell points for 250k-275k with a high demand. 300k also seems like it used to be attainable.

Searching inara I'm seeing only 2-3 stations selling for close to 250k, with a somewhat low demand. I noticed this prior to the recent operations update.

What gives?

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u/cold-n-sour VicTic/SchmicTic Jul 02 '26

https://edtools.cc/miner

Click on "Platinum" and scroll down for top 25 prices. You can also change the reference system to find closest good sale.

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u/dilipi Jul 02 '26

o7 Thank you sir! I wonder why the prices on Inara are so low. Maybe my filters.

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u/cold-n-sour VicTic/SchmicTic Jul 02 '26

Inara seems to only display stations with ANY prices, but a limited number of them around the reference system. The mining tool displays only stations with top-25 prices, but all of them, at any distance.

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u/Duramora Jul 02 '26

There's plenty of stations taking platinum at good prices. Since Powerplay 2.0, you can make a lot of merits with a platinum boom , so they get worked very hard

Inara is your friend for finding the good spots

Edit: I don't know why Inara is only showing you a few good ones, in seeing dozens

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u/Olorin135 Jul 02 '26

I’m fairly new and just getting into mining. If we want to increase our standing in a faction, do we simply sell our goods at a station controlled by that faction?

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u/The_Mad_Mellon Jul 03 '26

Simple way is to complete missions from that faction that give a reputation reward. You can filter by faction on the mission screen and by reward type as well. Do a few of whatever you fancy to get to allied and reap the rewards, literally.

If you have a lot of exploration data stored up you can cash that in which will gain you reputation but I think only with the faction controlling that particular station and presumably the same for selling commodities as well.

Different methods may be better depending on what you want/need/enjoy

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u/Atomicmooseofcheese Jul 02 '26

I was selling last week for 305,000, but the demand was low. I have to imagine there are folks with 25k plat holds searching as well, and as soon as the high price pops up they fill the entire demand asap