Nether Ores is a mod which spawns new blocks in the Nether. These blocks are the netherrack-encased ores which are the equivalent of the Overworld ores. It has IC2 support. However, it has been suspected of altering the spawn rate of ghasts.

These ores spawn in abundance when compared to the Overworld spawn rates, and (if done properly) can leave you with a good amount of ores, however, players must take caution as mining Nether Ores compared to other Nether blocks will anger all nearby Zombie Pigmen, turning a succesful mining trip into a disaster, as such mining away from any Pigmen is suggested, and due to the volatile nature of the ores, mining away from Ghast targeting is also recommended. Take note retaliation against the Pigmen will have the same effect as usual.

Ages of being exposed to the hostile environment of the Nether have left these ores somewhat unstable; sometimes they explode (after a short delay) when you mine them, touch them, step on them, or when exposed to fire, other explosions and on rare cases, spontaneously combust when exposed to air. Because of their explosive nature on collision with the player, it is best to watch your step when traversing the nether. There is also a great danger of falling into lava because of the strange land and sudden drops in the nether. The Mining Laser is a good semi-endgame tool to use when mining these ores, because they are given less time to "realize" that they are being mined. It might help to mine them with an E.E. Red Morning Star, which will harvest a group of ores with one right click, the cost is high in order to craft it. (A cheaper alternative would be Nova Cataclysm since they don't harm you and you would be away from the exploding nether ores. Recommended to place at level 6)

Once you harvest one of these, you can either smelt it in any furnace or put it into a Macerator. Nether iron ore gets you an iron ingot, nether redstone gets you redstone dust, etc. However, a Macerator will give you two coal, copper ore, tin ore, or diamonds for one of their respective nether ores. It is also supposed to give four iron dust or gold dust for a nether iron ore or nether gold ore, and the dust can then be smelted into ingots.

Note: The Nether Diamond Ore seems to be much more common than in the overworld. Since a Diamond tipped Mining Drill mines through netherack virtually instantly, bringing one of those, a LapPack, and a Tier 3 Divining Rod will yield an extremely large number of Diamond ores - each of which can be macerated into two diamonds. Even a short 5-10 minute trip can easily yield over a stack of diamonds. An Alchemy Bag or Ender Pouch is strongly recommended, due to exploding ores. Also note that using a Black Hole Band in conjunction with an Alchemy bag will allow you to mine ores from the edge of your reach - out of range of the explosion - but still able to pick up the ores.

This is arguably a better method of gaining EMC materials than using a Black hole band, Alchemy Bag, and a Jetpack to easily collect a large amount of glowstone.

EfficiencyEdit

The following table compares the efficiency of  ores between macerating and processing through a Red Matter Furnace -

Note: The only positive of the RM Furnace is faster speed and no EU usage. 

Note: A Vanilla Furnace must smelt Nether Ores twice.

Depth rangesEdit

The following is an output table for what depth ranges you may find Nether Ore -

TriviaEdit

• When mining Nether Ores with a Mining Laser, or Destruction Catalyst Zombie Pigmen won't become aggressive. (Tested in both SMP and SSP.)
• Unlike normal ores, nether ores can be destroyed by Ghast fireballs.
• Nether Ores mined by Miners, Quarries, Block Breakers or Mining Turtles also have a chance to explode, but not trigger the wrath of Zombie Pigmen. A Mining Turtle can be "killed" - turned into a floating entity or destroyed outright - by a Nether Ore explosion.
• Unlike overworld Coal Ores, Nether Coal cannot be mined with a Wood or Gold Pickaxe. Nether Lapis Lazuli requires an Iron Pickaxe or higher.
• Nether Ores still explode when using a Destruction Catalyst, however, mining away at the ores quick enough may disable the explosion in time.
• Lapis lazuli will only come in veins of one or perhaps two, thus rendering it the most 'stable' ore from the ore available