>>528020147
>I ever wonder if mining all the ore and just dumping it somewhere else would be easier for handling deposits
Yeah if you use a lot of conveyor belts to move it, it goes decently fast.
Those storage bins in your screenshot would be pretty pricey as well.

There's also trading iron ore for copper, might be worth considering if you have another deposit somewhere.

Almost works

>>526651101
I'll devote as much as I can to terraforming early on, just to have some flat docks available

> I was more focused on getting rail over to the copper in the very top left of this screenshot, which took a fair bit of digging and ramping
I'd say that was too early to go for - good to have the path ready, but no need to build out the rails yet. You know about planning mode (B)?

I can't tell from screenshot but do you have settlement water and power? If you have both, that gives you +50% unity.