Asphalt Weekly Monitor
09 Sept 2016
- Roadwork restarted on Tuesday, following Labor Day holidays in the US and Canada.
- East Coast retail asphalt prices adjusted down in some areas, with flux steady or lower.
- Wholesale East Coast asphalt and flux prices adjusted for September pricing.
- Midwest retail asphalt price assessments eased lower in some areas this week.
- Wholesale asphalt price ranges slipped for barges and rail. Higher August prices ended.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt pricing unchanged, with flux prices also flat.
- Wholesale prices for flux and asphalt on the Gulf Coast are steady this week.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale prices assessed lower for September supply.
- Retail prices were mostly steady in the Rockies.
- West Coast regional prices were static this week, except for some northern California areas.
- Asphalt selling and posted prices are unchanged across western Canada.
- Selling/ posted prices weakened in Quebec. Selling/posted prices are steadfast in Ontario.
- Oil prices rose this week. October WTI ended at $45.88 a bbl, up $1.68 since last Friday.
- November Brent crude closed at $48.01 a bbl, up by $1.18 a bbl for the week..
- October Western Canadian Select oil (WCS) rose almost $2, to near $32 FOB Alberta.
