j-takeman said:
stellep said:
Yup. Same here. Can't wait to see what they get for the Inferno Titaniums. :wow:
My local Lowes is selling Inferno's, I didn't bother to check price. I just ran as fast as I could.
Don2222,
I sure hope everyone has gathered their supply before these price spikes started?
I and some others have tried to warn everyone well in advance(look back in the threads if you don't believe me). My little birdies(I have a few) aren't usually wrong about these things. IMHO this is just the beginning! The days of $300 a ton are just around the corner.
There may be some deals but you will need to lower your standards a bit!
Mill deck inventories are at 10 year lows. That spells a raw material bottleneck soon.
The raw material producing infrastructure issues I have mentioned the last 3 years here are also coming to a head.
There is also another potential problem that has presented itself in the last year. Gas rich regions of PA, OH,WV, and NY are also high volume sources of timber. Large landowners are cash heavy in these areas and are not bidding off timber sales due to poor lumber markets. This means alot less raw material on the market. Needless to say its going to be interesting to watch these markets the next 2-3 years.
There has also been discussion at the CME ,of futures trading of certain cellulosic fibre in the not to distant future.
On a better note , Miscanthus pellet production for commercial use is probably less than 2 years away. It's yet to be determined how many TPY of high grade residential use pellets this will offset and if they can be used in multifuel residential stoves. Word is they are to dirty for your average stove.