Asphalt Weekly Monitor

6 Dec 2019

• East Coast retail asphalt prices firmer in some locations, with flux pricing flat this week.    
• Asphalt barge pricing firms, with flux prices assessed status quo on the East Coast. 
• Midwest retail selling prices slipped in some locations.  Volumes were limited.
• Midwest wholesale asphalt prices were steady for December on strong reported purchase volumes.  Flux prices are assessed modestly lower. 
• Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices ease in some areas, with flux prices unchanged this week.     
• Gulf Coast asphalt and flux barge pricing assessments remain steady to start December.
• Rocky Mountain retail markets eased lower in some spots. Activity was thin.          
• Rocky Mountain wholesale asphalt prices were reported lower for December supply.    
• West Coast asphalt price ranges are reduced in the Pacific Northwest–steady elsewhere.          
• In western Canada, Saskatchewan and Manitoba markets were lower this week. Alberta wholesale price range was also down for December material.
• Quebec and Ontario markets were status quo this week.
• Crude prices were up sharply for all benchmark grades with the production cuts decision by OPEC members.  WTI-WCS crude differential narrowed.  

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