Asphalt Weekly Monitor
01 Dec 2017
- East Coast asphalt retail prices increase in some locations, with flux retail pricing higher.
- Wholesale asphalt pricing flat, with flux wholesale prices increasing on the East Coast.
- A few Midwest retail prices increase, but most are unchanged this week, as demand wanes.
- Midwest wholesale prices vary widely, but assessed ranges firm slightly for barges and rail.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices firm in some areas, with retail flux prices moving up.
- Gulf Coast asphalt barge prices stable this week, with flux barge prices rising.
- Rocky Mountain retail prices firm in parts of Arizona and New Mexico—steady elsewhere.
- Wholesale prices increase for December from Rocky Mountain refiners.
- West Coast retail prices mostly steady, but California increases amid rising crude costs.
- Western Canada asphalt retail prices are flat. Alberta wholesale increased slightly for Dec.
- Selling and posted prices in both Montreal and Toronto are unchanged.
- Oil markets slipped lower this week, especially for heavy sour WCS crude.
