Advice for levelling past expac blacksmithing

levelling cata blacksmithing feels like i’m undergoing one of the great tasks of hercules

my main gripe is:
i gather 100 ore → process into bars → i now have 50 bars → process bars into xyz material → i now have 25 xyz material

is there anything i can do to increase mining yields at all? i’d rather not pay the ridiculous ah prices just to grind it out for xmog

Oops wrong expac thats bfa.

There is the wow profession site. Gives a precise grocery list and path to max skills in the least costly way. Cara mats are among the most costly to get I agree, so grab that mining pick and start banging if the AH disagrees with ya.