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The map indicates announcements of mill construction or expansion, with the green markers showing those that have taken place in Georgia.
The hurricane never reached the wall of wood that will service the new mill.
“What we hope would happen is that because of this oversupply of mature timber with all the plantings in the late ’80s and early ’90s, we can see some improve- ment in stumpage prices,” Hancock said. “It would hopefully influence landown- ers to start selling on a more steady basis.
“Right now, there is spot market influ- ence and they are looking for a certain price. Some don’t realize we’re not going to have a major price improvement until the supply/demand curve changes.”
That curve could change in a signifi- cant way with the new GP mill.
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in 2005 to the $20s/$30s today and the price is not recovering quickly enough.
This new mill should help. Supply chains are going to be reoriented.
The 2018 hurricane should not impact the supply chain by the time the mill opens. F&W’s Hancock said the storm that bashed the Florida gulf coast and south Georgia will not significantly
impact the operations of the mill.
“By the time the mill opens we expect the majority of the damaged timber will be unusable or will have been salvaged,” Hancock said. “The severe damage is 60-plus miles south of the mill location, so it should have little impact on future resources to supply the operations
southwest of the mill.”
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