Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Paving work winds down heading into the US/Canada Labor Day holiday weekend.
- East Coast retail asphalt markets narrowed in some Northeast areas, other areas steady.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux price ranges are unchanged on the East Coast.
- Some late-week retail increases were reported in southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Selling ranges were adjusted there and in parts of Oklahoma.
- Midwest wholesale prices were steady for August product, with one barge deal reported.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices remain unchanged this week.(3)
- The Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt and flux price ranges hold steady.
- Rockies retail and wholesale prices were flat–some selling ranges were changed in Idaho.
- West Coast markets were flat—some selling ranges adjusted in Pacific Northwest locations.
- British Columbia prices assessed lower-rest of Western Canada is unchanged.
- Quebec and Ontario selling prices remain unchanged this week – posted prices stable.
- The MTQ held a tender this week.
- October West. Can. Select (WCS) crude jumps to near $80 a bbl FOB– $16.35 below WTI.
- Brent crude oil ends the week up $0.90—to $103.19 a barrel. It’s $7.23 a bbl over WTI.
- Associated Asphalt Appoints New President.
