Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Prices ease lower in some East Coast retail locations.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt prices mixed for the week.
- East Coast retail and wholesale flux price ranges hold steady.(2)
- Midwest retail prices were generally steady this last week of September.
- Midwest wholesale prices also continued at previous week ranges.
- Some Gulf Coast retail asphalt market prices slip slightly.
- Gulf Coast asphalt cement wholesale price assessment steadfast.
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale flux prices unchanged this week.
- Asphalt prices were static in the Rocky Mountain region this last September week.
- West Coast asphalt prices were steady, but demand has been weak in many areas.
- Quebec MTQ held a Tender on September 25.
- Quebec retail prices widen slightly, while Ontario selling and posted prices unchanged.
- Western Canada markets hold steady for the week.
- November NYMEX WTI crude eases lower, to $92.10 per bbl—off $0.79 this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to November WTI is almost $10 per bbl.
- Brent-to-WTI crude premiums rise, going to almost $20 per bbl for November.
- NuStar announces closing of sale of 50% of its asphalt operations to Lindsay Goldberg and creation of Joint Venture (see Industry News)
