Asphalt Weekly Monitor
22 Dec 2017
- Remaining asphalt activity wound down, as the Christmas Holiday weekend approached.
- East Coast asphalt retail prices mostly steady, with some areas up; flux retail prices flat.
- Wholesale pricing for asphalt and flux on the East coast is status quo for the week.
- Posted/reference price hikes in some Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana occurred late in the week.
- Some higher Midwest wholesale asphalt prices were noted this week. Ranges firmed.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices were steady for the week, with retail flux prices flat or firmer.
- Gulf Coast asphalt and flux barge pricing is steadfast this week.
- Rockies December wholesale markets are steady. January prices are likely in negotiation.
- West Coast retail prices were mostly flat this pre-holiday week.
- Western Canada asphalt retail prices are steadfast. Alberta wholesale is also flat.
- Eastern Canada retail prices are steady. QC suppliers ceased posted prices until spring.
- Oil prices climbed by a dollar this week, as markets remain firm for crude. Brent is $6+ above WTI grade, with Western Canadian WCS selling at deep discounts to WTI
