Asphalt Weekly Monitor
08 July 2016
- Paving work restarts in the US and Canada, following respective national holidays.
- East Coast retail asphalt prices rise in many areas, flat elsewhere – flux prices steady.
- Wholesale East Coast asphalt ranges go higher; flux barge prices unmoved.
- Most Midwest retail prices were status quo, with only a few selling ranges adjusted higher.
- Midwest wholesale prices rise for July, with paving and flux ranges higher this week.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing flat for the week.
- Gulf Coast asphalt barge assessment modestly higher, with flux prices unchanged.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale prices go higher for July. Assessed range narrows.
- West Coast asphalt prices firm modestly in a few markets. Hawaii and Alaska are steady.
- Asphalt retail price assessments in western Canada are flat. Some posted prices increased. Alberta wholesale prices rise for July.
- Selling prices increased in Montreal, and steady in Ontario. Quebec posted prices narrowed.
- Oil prices fall hard, with August WTI ending at $45.41 a bbl, down almost $4 for the week.
- September Brent crude ends week at $46.76 a bbl—also almost $4 lower this week.
- August Western Canadian WCS crude drops to just over $31 a bbl FOB Alberta.
