Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Paving activity restarts following the Labor Day weekend, with weather mostly good.
- East Coast retail asphalt price ranges slightly higher in some areas.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux prices steady to start September.
- Midwest retail selling prices were mostly steady to start September.
- Wholesale barge prices move lower on reported sales activity.
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale asphalt and flux prices hold steady across the region.
- Rocky Mountain selling prices were generally status quo to start the new month.
- West Coast markets were flat this week, with only a few unconfirmed price moves reported.
- Western Canada markets were steady, with no reported changes.
- Quebec prices move higher to start September – Ontario prices steady.
- Crude prices continued to climb, with October NYMEX WTI ending the week at $110.53 a barrel, up $2.88 a barrel for the week.
- Spot Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude prices rose to about $85.50 a bbl–$25 below WTI this week.
- North Sea Brent crude firms to over $116 a bbl—some $5-6 per bbl over WTI.
