Asphalt Weekly Monitor
12 Jun 2015
- East Coast retail asphalt ranges mostly stable, with some price slippage in some areas.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt prices steady or in a wider band.
- Retail and wholesale flux prices are unchanged in East Coast markets.
- Midwest retail prices were mostly flat, with only a few selling ranges adjusted this week.
- Midwest wholesale prices hold steady for June asphalt cement and roofing flux products.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices slip unchanged this week static.
- Gulf Coast area barge asphalt range increases – flux barge pricing is flat this week.
- Rocky Mountain retail prices were mostly steady, with a few adjustments. Wholesale prices were steady for June supply.
- West Coast retail was mostly unchanged—with only one selling range adjustment.
- Western Canada wholesale is status quo—Saskatchewan asphalt selling price range is assessed in a wider band following a tender.
- Assessed asphalt selling prices in Quebec are in a wider range, while Ontario is flat.
- Oil prices firmed modestly–July WTI closed at $59.96 a bbl, up $0.83 for the week.
- July Brent closed at $63.87 a bbl, up by $0.56 a bbl this week.
- July WCS crude frimed to near $52.50 a bbl FOB Alberta—about $7.50 under WTI.
