Asphalt Weekly Monitor
11 August 2023
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices throughout the region are stable for the week.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux barge pricing on the East Coast are holding at previously noted levels.
- Midwest barge deals were noted in a lower range this week. Rail prices were mostly steady, but some discounting was noted for softer grades asphalt.
- Midwest racks were steady this week, with no reported changes to prices.
- Gulf Coast rack asphalt and flux prices remained steady, with assessments unchanged.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux pricing on the Gulf Coast are assessed as steady, with markets quiet.
- Rockies rack asphalt prices were mostly steady, with only one assessment change.
- Rockies wholesale prices were steady this week for August supply.
- West Coast markets had price increases in California locations, Pacific Northwest locations were flat.
- Western Canada retail and wholesale asphalt markets were status quo.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario asphalt selling and posted prices were status quo.
- Oil prices were higher for benchmark grades. U.S. oil production and crude inventories are also up.
