Asphalt Weekly Monitor

16 Nov 2018

• Poten & Partners Group, Inc. Acquired by BGC Partners, Inc. (See Industry News).
• Many East Coast retail asphalt prices decline, with flux prices steady across the region.
• East Coast asphalt barge prices decline, with flux barge prices steadfast.
• Midwest retail asphalt markets were mostly steady, but a few assessments slip lower.
• Midwest wholesale asphalt prices/flux prices mostly steady, but the trend is price weakness.
• Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices lower in several areas, with flux prices unmoved this week.
• The Gulf Coast asphalt barge assessment slips, with flux barge pricing status quo.
• Rocky Mountain area selling ranges were mostly flat–wholesale markets soften once again.
• Some Pacific Northwest prices slip lower, with other areas of the West Coast unchanged.     
• Asphalt selling/posted prices are steadfast in western Canada. Alberta wholesale is lower again this week.
• Asphalt selling assessments decreased this week in both Quebec and Ontario. Posted prices are unchanged.
• Crude prices declined again this week for all benchmark grades. January WCS falls below $20 a barrel FOB Alberta, as one producer there seeks relief from Government.