Asphalt Weekly Monitor
20 May 2016
- East Coast retail asphalt prices go lower in some locations, with flux prices flat.
- Wholesale East Coast asphalt and flux prices are status quo.
- Midwest selling ranges decline in some Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Dakotas locations.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices firm slightly, with tighter ranges for May supply.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices slip in some areas, with flux prices unchagned for the week.
- Asphalt barge price ranges firm modestly, with flux barge prices steady on the Gulf Coast.
- Rocky Mountain area markets slip in some selling locations in Arizona, Idaho and Nevada.
- Wholesale prices hold steady for May product in the Rockies. Supply is good this month.
- Retail price selling ranges slip lower for some Pacific Northwest and California locations.
- Asphalt retail and posted prices are lower in most of western Canada.
- Asphalt selling and posted prices decreased in both Ontario and Quebec this week.
- Oil prices continue to rise. June WTI ends week at $47.75, up $1.54 this week.
- July Brent crude closes at $48.81 a bbl, up almost a dollar.
- July Western Canadian WCS crude climbs several dollars, to over $36 a bbl FOB Alberta.
- Wild fires continue in Alberta, but are waning with cooler wet weather. It is unclear when tar sands production will return to normal levels.
