Asphalt Weekly Monitor
13 October 2023
- East Coast retail asphalt prices declined in some areas, with flux pricing status quo this week.
- Wholesale asphalt and Flux barge assessments on the East Coast are all unchanged.
- Midwest wholesale barge and rail prices were static on limited sales. Roofing flux prices were flat.
- Midwest rack selling prices were steady for the week, with no reported changes.
- Gulf Coast asphalt and flux rack price assessments remain unchanged this week.
- Asphalt barge pricing on the Gulf Coast narrowed and softened, with asphalt rail and flux barges flat.
- Rack markets were steady in the Rockies, as snow arrived in some areas of the region.
- Rockies wholesale asphalt prices were steady at the lower start of October price levels.
- In the West Coast, both Pacific Northwest and California locations had no price changes this week.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale markets were flat for October material.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario markets were unchanged versus the previous week.
- Oil prices jumped for all benchmark grade crudes, per Israel-Palestine conflict.
