This is (I think) a minor change to how refineries work which would greatly improve the mining experience: When a refinery finishes making a ton, if there is more ore of that type available, it should process it automatically.
The problem occurs that every time the refinery finishes a batch and empties its hopper, you have to manually assign the remaining ore to the empty hopper, even if it's the same material that was just being refined. This delays and interrupts the scooping process, which can be critical if the fragments are decaying or if you're about to be attacked by pirates.
Obviously the pilot needs to make the initial assignments, or if you're scooping something new. But if you shouldn't have to interrupt scooping to tell it to keep doing what it's been doing!
The problem occurs that every time the refinery finishes a batch and empties its hopper, you have to manually assign the remaining ore to the empty hopper, even if it's the same material that was just being refined. This delays and interrupts the scooping process, which can be critical if the fragments are decaying or if you're about to be attacked by pirates.
Obviously the pilot needs to make the initial assignments, or if you're scooping something new. But if you shouldn't have to interrupt scooping to tell it to keep doing what it's been doing!