Asphalt Weekly Monitor
17 May 2024
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing is unchanged in the region for the week.
- This week’s assessments for asphalt and flux barges on the East Coast are status quo.
- Some Midwest barge prices rise, with May rail supply and flux prices generally steady.
- Midwest rack market prices were mostly flat, with demand improving on dry days.
- Gulf Coast rack asphalt rack and flux retail prices and steady across the region this week.
- Gulf Coast asphalt barges, flux barges, and rail pricing held steady for the week, with markets quiet.
- Rocky Mountain region had firmer prices in Colorado and Wyoming, with New Mexico going lower.
- Wholesale asphalt prices in the Rockies were status quo.
- In the West Coast, Pacific Northwest and California locations were flat. Alaska market prices were up.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale markets were unchanged versus the previous week.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario markets had flat pricing for the week.
- Oil prices were higher for all benchmark grades this week versus the previous week.
