Talk:Nether Ores/@comment-98.119.162.85-20120715212201/@comment-86.82.219.85-20120823151515

This is a known issue. It might be a bug, but it might also be a feature, because these metals are so common, that they want to avoid exploiting these Nether ores.

However, you should still be able to smelt them, you get 2 ingots (instead of the 4 you would get when macerating first).