Asphalt Weekly Monitor

6 March 2020 

• East Coast rack activity remains muted, with pricing mostly flat, with some lower pricing.
• Asphalt and flux barge prices moved lower on the East Coast to begin March.   
• Midwest retail asphalt prices were mostly steady, except for a few locations.
• Midwest flux prices were steady for some or modestly lower to start March.    
• Midwest wholesale asphalt markets were very active. Assessed ranges were lower for barges and in wider ranges for rail sales for March.  Flux was steady, or modestly lower.          
• Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices are lower in some areas, with flux prices unchanged.      
• Barge prices on the Gulf Coast for asphalt decline, with flux price levels holding steady.
• Rocky Mountain retail prices were mostly steady, with wholesale price ranges slightly lower.
• California prices slid lower this week, with the rest of the West Coast region steady.           
• Western Canada retail markets were static, but wholesale prices declined this week.
• Quebec posted prices declined this week, but selling assessments remained unchanged. In Ontario, both selling and posted price ranges were status quo.
• Oil prices were down again, mostly for light crudes. WCS prices were generally steady. Corona virus fears continue to reduce transportation fuels demand.  OPEC-Russia have been considering additional oil production cuts, but there is no agreement.