Prices for beech sawnwood still heading upwards

US shippers’ selling prices for white oak fell significantly during the course of July 2022. With cuts of up to US$400/1,000 bdft, the rate of price decay was considerably greater than in June. US$4,100-4,500/1,000 bdft net tally CFR North Sea port is being quoted in the latest contracts for 4/4” FAS white oak. In...

The reduction already registered in the Russian sawmilling industry’s output in May gathered pace in June 2022. According to information from Rosstat of Moscow, the output of sawn softwood in June was 10.1% lower than a year earlier at 2.259m m³ (June 2021: 2.514m m³). After single-figure growth in January and...

The hardwood sawmill auric timber d.o.o of Slatina, Croatia, is further enlarging its drying capacity for oak sawnwood by autumn 2022. In a few weeks, seven new kilns from Mühlböck Holztrocknungsanlagen GmbH of Eberschwang, Austria,  will be set up in the frame of an expansion investment project. The new...