Asphalt Weekly Monitor

16 Aug 2019

• East Coast retail asphalt prices move lower in many areas, with flux prices unchanged.    
• Wholesale asphalt and flux pricing goes lower on the East Coast this week.
• Midwest retail prices are assessed lower in some areas, with other spots steady.
• Wholesale asphalt assessed ranges widened for barges and were steady for rail supply.  Flux price ranges were unchanged. 
• Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing unchanged across the region this week.   
• The asphalt barge range goes lower, with flux barge prices unchanged on the Gulf Coast.
• Rocky Mountain retail prices were flat. Trucking capacity is tight, as in other US markets.
• Wholesale prices were in a wider and lower range in the Rockies region.
• West Coast regional markets were unchanged this week. Selling ranges are flat.    
• Western Canada retail markets were status quo but wholesale prices were down this week.
• Asphalt prices were flat both in Ontario and in Montreal this week.
• Oil prices were slightly higher for all benchmark grades by less than a dollar per barrel.
• Gibson Energy, Moosejaw refinery expansion completed (See Industry News).