Asphalt Weekly Monitor
18 Mar 2022
- Retail asphalt and flux prices rose in many East Coast markets this week.
- East Coast asphalt pricing firmed modestly, with flux pricing increasing as well.
- Barge sales go at higher prices for Midwest wholesale asphalt. Flux prices remain flat.
- Midwest rack asphalt price assessments continue to go higher.
- Gulf Coast asphalt and flux retail pricing rose, significantly in some areas.
- Asphalt barge price assessments are flat, with flux barge prices up somewhat this week.
- Rocky Mountain selling ranges climb higher in most market areas.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale prices are flat for March supply.
- West Coast markets had higher prices in both Pacific Northwest and in California.
- Western Canada retail markets were up. Wholesale prices were flat this week.
- In eastern Canada, markets are assessed in higher levels for both Quebec and Ontario.
- There is a risk of a Canadian Pacific railroad workers strike starting this weekend.
- Oil prices declined again this week for all benchmark grades.
