Collecting it requires a gas cloud harvester module. Gas is used for Drug manufacturing (Combat Boosters), and Tech III production.

Gas Cloud Harvesting - Vacuuming gas from interstellar clouds.

Ice Harvesting skill can be learned by Alpha Clones (max level of this skill for Alpha Clones is capped at II) it requires Mining IV and costs 375 thousand ISK at an NPC Vendor. This activity requires specialized drones or modules and is generally less profitable than Ore Mining (because of a long Ice Belts respawn timer). Refined Ice is used to fuel Jump Drives of capital ships, and for manufacturing fuel for Starbases among other things.

Ice Harvesting - Gathering resources from so-called Ice Belts.

Mining Skill can be learned by Alpha Clones (max level of this skill for Alpha Clones is capped at IV) It doesn't have any prerequisites and costs 20k ISK at an NPC Vendor. Ore can be sold or refined in order to get Minerals. The entry-level gathering activity in Eve, it doesn't require much in a way of skills (but appropriate skills will greatly increase your efficiency) and every player can do it right from the get-go.

Ore Mining - Extracting ore from asteroids.

In Eve, the term 'Mining' is commonly used to describe three distinct resource-gathering activities:

So it is time to arm ourselves with Mining Lasers and tear those asteroids apart. With a little bit of preparation and minor initial investment, everyone can make a small fortune by becoming a workhorse of the mining Industry. Space is full of riches, uncountable amounts of raw resources are floating through the void, just waiting to be gathered.

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