Asphalt Weekly Monitor
16 September 2022
- Many East Coast retail asphalt and flux price assessments declined, with assessments lower.
- Most East Coast asphalt and Flux barge pricing declined this week.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices were mostly steady, but barge sales were in a still wider range. Rail supply was priced steady, as was roofing flux. A national rail strike was averted this week.
- Posted/reference price reductions were reported by some suppliers in the Midwest, as selling ranges slipped lower in many areas.
- Gulf Coast asphalt retail and flux prices are assessed down in most markets this week.
- Asphalt barge price assessments on the Gulf Coast eased, with flux barge prices lower.
- Rocky Mountain rack selling prices were static in most areas, with only one selling range adjustment.
- Rockies wholesale asphalt prices were steady for September supply.
- In West Coast, Pacific Northwest locations had lower prices. California markets were steady.
- In western Canada, some retail markets had lower prices. Wholesale market prices were flat.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario markets had lower price levels.
- Oil prices were down for all benchmark grades versus the previous week.
