Industrial Hardware is interesting because it is already used for many PoB modules and pieces of equipment. Adding a persistent use for it through refining would make managing your stocks far more important than before. There are also sell points for it placed in all of the Houses, making access fairly centralised. Despite this, many of these sale points are a long distance from actual mining fields, inconveniencing depots which want to refine goods on-site. Certain areas would be vastly disadvantaged against others - for example, refining Aluminium in Munich would be leagues better than attempting the same in Omega 7.

The alternative would be to use a new PoB commodity based on Mining Machinery (Industrial Miners?). This is useful because it allows for the commodities to be locally placed in a manner that doesn't discriminate against certain fields in each House, without affecting existing balance for IHs. Prices for stock MMs are also already set for NPC mining stations, which would act as a neat pricing guide for PoB owners. Ideally they would be placed at the current 'prime' selling points for MMs, which are generally located in House capital systems. There are obviously pros and cons to both options, so feel free to vote on which you feel is better in the poll.