Serendipity smiles on Largo’s Maracás Menchen record output as vanadium price rockets 249% y/y

Pure-play vanadium producer Largo Resources has recorded record output of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) produced at its flagship Maracás Menchen mine, in Bahia, Brazil, during the third quarter ended September 30. The TSX-listed company said on Tuesday the operation had produced 2 513 t of V2O5 in the quarter – 202 t more than the previous record set in the second quarter of 2016, and 4.7% above the plant’s nameplate capacity.