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-[[Category:Guides]]
+{{Update|See note at [[#Refinery Output]]}}
-[[Category:Industry]]
-[[Category:Mining]]
+{{cleanup|Check how they changed over the years and how are they different from [[Upwell structures]] [[User:ArinBot|ArinBot]] ([[User talk:ArinBot|talk]]) 07:05, 25 July 2023 (UTC)}}
-[[Category:Refining]]
+{{main|Player-owned starbases}}
-=POS Refining=
+A POS Refinery Array will only handle a single ore at a time, so it is best to create batches of ores and only run complete batches.
-A POS Refinery Array will only handle a single ore at a time, so it is best to create batches of ores and only run complete batches. A single refining run takes 3 hours.
+{| style="text-align: right;"
+|- style="text-align: left;"
+! Refinery Type
+! Max Volume
+! Cycle Time
+! Yield
+! Tower
+|-
+|style="text-align: left;"|Refinery||40,000 m3||60 minutes||35%||Small
+|-
+|style="text-align: left;"|Medium Intensive Refinery||20,000 m3||90 minutes|||75%||Medium
+|-
+|style="text-align: left;"|Intensive Refinery||200,000 m3||180 minutes||75%||Large
+|}
+The Intensive Refinery is best for serious miners, but the powergrid and CPU use requires that you have a Large POS Tower to support it. The regular Refinery should be avoided as 65% of the value of the ore is lost by using it.
-==Refinery Input==
+== Refinery Input ==
 This is a list of the various ores and details of their volume and how many units will fit into a Intensive Refining Array.
-===Low End Ores===
+=== Low End Ores ===
-{|
+{| style="text-align: right;"
-|+
+|- style="text-align: left;"
-|'''Ore'''
+! Ore
-|'''Volume (m3)'''
+! Volume (m3)
-|'''Batch Quantity'''
+! Batch Quantity
 |-
-|Veldspar||align="right"|0.1||align="right"|2,000,000
+|style="text-align: left;"|Veldspar||0.1||2,000,000
 |-
-|Scordite||align="right"|0.15||align="right"|1,333,333
+|style="text-align: left;"|Scordite||0.15||1,333,333
 |-
-|Pyroxeres||align="right"|0.3||align="right"|666,666
+|style="text-align: left;"|Pyroxeres||0.3||666,666
 |-
-|Plagioclase||align="right"|0.35||align="right"|571,428
+|style="text-align: left;"|Plagioclase||0.35||571,428
 |-
-|Omber||align="right"|0.6||align="right"|333,333
+|style="text-align: left;"|Omber||0.6||333,333
 |-
-|Kernite||align="right"|1.2||align="right"|166,666
+|style="text-align: left;"|Kernite||1.2||166,666
 |-
-|Jaspet||align="right"|2||align="right"|100,000
+|style="text-align: left;"|Jaspet||2||100,000
 |-
-|Hemorphite||align="right"|3||align="right"|66,666
+|style="text-align: left;"|Hemorphite||3||66,666
 |-
-|Hedbergite||align="right"|3||align="right"|66,666
+|style="text-align: left;"|Hedbergite||3||66,666
 |}
-===High-End Ores===
+=== High-End Ores ===
-{|
+{| style="text-align: right;"
-|+
+|- style="text-align: left;"
-|'''Ore'''
+! Ore
-|'''Volume (m3)'''
+! Volume (m3)
-|'''Batch Quantity'''
+! Batch Quantity
 |-
-|Gneiss||align="right"|5||align="right"|40,000
+|style="text-align: left;"|Gneiss||5||40,000
 |-
-|Dark Ochre||align="right"|8||align="right"|25,000
+|style="text-align: left;"|Dark Ochre||8||25,000
 |-
-|Spodumain||align="right"|16||align="right"|12,500
+|style="text-align: left;"|Spodumain||16||12,500
 |-
-|Crokite||align="right"|16||align="right"|12,500
+|style="text-align: left;"|Crokite||16||12,500
 |-
-|Bistot||align="right"|16||align="right"|12,500
+|style="text-align: left;"|Bistot||16|||12,500
 |-
-|Arkonor||align="right"|16||align="right"|12,500
+|style="text-align: left;"|Arkonor||16||12,500
 |-
-|Mercoxit||align="right"|40||align="right"|5,000
+|style="text-align: left;"|Mercoxit||40||5,000
 |}
-==Refinery Output==
+== Refinery Output ==
 This is a break down of the output from refining a single batch (This assumes efficiency is capped out at 75%)
-[[file:refinery_output.png]]
+{{Note|This image needs to be updated. For example, Arkonor ore refines to Tritanium, Mexallon, and Megacyte. It no longer produces Zydrine.}}
+Look at this link for an updated [[Reprocessing#Ore|Ore Chart]].
+[[File:refinery_output.png]]
+[[Category:Industry]]
+[[Category:Mining]]
+[[Category:POS]]