Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail prices slip in some Mid-Atlantic markets- elsewhere unchanged.
- Midwest wholesale supply for paving mostly steady—some retail prices slip.
- Some lower wholesale prices reported for Midwest August roofing flux liftings.
- Silvertip crude pipeline remains down, limiting supply to some Montana refiners
- Rockies wholesale supply remains tight—refiners still impacted by crude pipeline outage.
- West Coast markets mostly steady—some Pacific Northwest areas firm modestly.
- In Canada—Quebec goes lower—rest of Provinces held steady.
- Calumet to buy Murphy’s Superior, Wisconsin refinery. (See Industry News)
- Shell to open new asphalt production facility in St. Rose, Louisiana (See Industry News)