Only regular Kernite is used for L4 storyline missions, and those storyline missions are now a bit rarer since CCP added other potential storyline missions. The +5% and +10% ores still get refined down into minerals.

While Kernite is the biggest feeder of Mexallon, there's also Pyrox. Both of which are found in Amarr regions. In Minmatar regions, only Plagio contains Mex unless you go to lo-sec (Jaspet) or find a grav site. However, the Minmatar regions are not highly populated and I'm not sure that the Amarr regions are as much as they used to be.

A bit of market speculation, but mostly demand outstripping supply - and supply side hasn't changed course yet to start mining the better ores.

Interestingly, the Rens Mexallon sell price is currently lower then Jita, meaning that its actually a decent investment to buy up Mex in Minnie space (due to lack of population?) and then haul it to the more populated regions, including Jita. The stock supply itself is alot lower however, so im guessing its not long before it gets spiked too. Hek appears to already be drying up of supply.

And, approximate ISK/m3 values of the hi-sec / lo-sec ores:

Veld 101 Scor 98 Pyro 147 Plag 142 Omb 69 Kern 136 Jasp 157 Hemo 167 Hedb 163

This is why Pyro is my favorite highsec ore. With both Noxium and Mex on the rise the grin on my face grows larger.

EDIT: See this is what happens when you **** off miners. We shootz your walletz,.

Seriously? Am I reading this properly? You signed your own post oblivious to the big name and corp affiliation on the left, and you even wrote out your own signautre, really?

This is why Pyro is my favorite highsec ore. With both Noxium and Mex on the rise the grin on my face grows larger.

EDIT: See this is what happens when you **** off miners. We shootz your walletz,.

you know a full decade of this and you might manage to cause as much damage to my wallet as my semi-routine podjumps with +4s in

Minmatar space is a heavy supplier of Plagioclase. But Heimatar (Rens) is not that big of a region (large amount of systems are lo-sec) and Metropolis is even more sparsely populated, so supply is not that great. And Molden Heath is largely a lo-sec region (other then the mission area around Teonusude and a few isolated hi-sec systems).

Mex just crashed overnight. Sell sell Sell!

Yeah, looks like my estimate of 55-60isk/u might have been too grandiose. Mex flittered around the 52isk/u mark and now looks to be in a declining state into the high 40s.

Seeing the sell orders that are up though, I think this is low to medium volume speculators getting out, which means prices may stabilize and even grow more after the speculators who are dumping stock buy back into the market.

Yeah, looks like my estimate of 55-60isk/u might have been too grandiose. Mex flittered around the 52isk/u mark and now looks to be in a declining state into the high 40s.

Seeing the sell orders that are up though, I think this is low to medium volume speculators getting out, which means prices may stabilize and even grow more after the speculators who are dumping stock buy back into the market.

I would switch over to Isogen instead...

As long as isogen can be had relatively risk free from mission omber, it's probably not going to jump much.