Asphalt Weekly Monitor
06 Nov 2015
- East Coast retail asphalt cement and flux prices move lower across the region.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux ranges decline or narrow.
- Most Midwest retail selling ranges go lower for November. Paving activity is slowing,
- Midwest wholesale markets weaken significantly, with supplier price cuts for November.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt ranges mostly lower, with flux prices also declining.
- The wholesale Gulf Coast asphalt and flux ranges are lower for the week.
- Selling price assessments mostly decline for November in the Rockies, as demand wanes.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale prices drop for the start of November.
- West Coast retail prices ease in most coastal areas. Alaska and Hawaii are unchanged.
- Western Canada retail assessments are flat–Alberta wholesale prices continue to fall.
- Eastern Canada selling and posted price ranges are assessed status quo.
- Crude remains volatile, as prices drop–December WTI ends at $44.29/bbl, off $2.30/bbl.
- December Brent drops $2.14 a bbl this week, ending at $47.42 a bbl—i.e. $3 above WTI.
- December West. Canada’s WCS falls under $30 a bbl FOB Alberta—still $14.75 below WTI.
- S. House of Representatives Passes Six-Year Highway Bill. (See Industry News)
