Asphalt Weekly Monitor
27 Jan 2017
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices are stable for the week.
- Wholesale prices for asphalt and flux are assessed unchanged, with no deals reported.
- More suppliers raise posted/reference prices in the Midwest—some selling ranges rise.
- Steady Midwest wholesale prices for January—Feb. reported next week, but supply is tight.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices mostly steady, with some isolated firmer pricing.
- Wholesale asphalt pricing firmed modestly again this week, with flux barge prices unmoved.
- Rockies retail prices steady in most areas, with a few firming. wholesale prices flat.
- West Coast markets mostly steady, with few changes reported this week.
- Western Canada asphalt retail prices are steadfast. Alberta wholesale prices are flat.
- Eastern Canada retail selling and posted prices are unchanged.
- Oil prices slip. March WTI ends at $53.20 a bbl, up $0.78. West. Can. (WCS) at $39 FOB.
- March Brent crude prices close at $55.40 a bbl, off by nine cents this week.
- President Trump signs executive order to advance Keystone and Dakota Pipelines. (See Industry News)
