Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Wholesale paving asphalt prices steady or modestly lower this week.
- Retail price assessments ease lower in some US markets.
- Some East Coast suppliers reduce rack prices during the week.
- Gulf Coast asphalt retail prices lower in some areas this week.
- Texas Coast refineries still recovering from Hurricane Ike.
- WTI crude oil prices remain volatile, rising a few dollars to close just under $107 per barrel.
