Sirius cancels $500m bond sale, shares plummet

The share price of London-listed Sirius Minerals plummeted on Tuesday, as the company cancelled the recently announced $500-million note offering that was meant to unlock a $2.5-billion revolving credit facility intended to see its North Yorkshire fertiliser mine funded through to construction.

In a short statement announcing the cancellation of the bond offering, the company said that it would revisit the market if conditions improved later this quarter.