It seems to me that factorio is a game for building factories and automation. Today's news has nothing to do with that. It would seem that, like many of the FFF's, this is a TEASER. ;) We'll have to wait for next week(s) to get more information on the mechanics for the planet and the types of facto...

If one is already using the Transport Drones mod together with Miner Depots, one simply needs to build a Road to connect with the Road tile that the Miner Depot lays down; There is no need to transport the ore from the mining depot to another depot with Inserters/Loaders, etc.