Ore patches become fields of mineral soil. Ore is grown, not dug: stromatolites planted on the soil drain it and harvest into bacteria that spoil into ore. Quality seeds grow quality stromatolites, and restoration towers bring exhausted fields back.
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Augmented or new ways of transporting materials - belts, inserters, pipes!
Map generation and terrain modification.
New Ores and resources as well as machines.
Things related to oil and other fluids.
Furnaces, assembling machines, production chains.
