Vanadium miner releases second quarter and first-half 2019 production report

London Aim-listed but South Africa-based miner Bushveld Minerals has reported that its 74%-owned Vametco vanadium mine – currently the company’s only operating mine – recorded its highest quarterly production rate in more than two years during the second quarter of this year (2Q19). Production of vanadium during the quarter came to 742 t.  This represented a 14.3% increase over the first quarter (1Q19) figure of 649 t. The 2Q19 number was also 18% up on the output of 629 t during the second …