Asphalt Weekly Monitor
31 Jan 2020
- Rack activity sluggish on the East Coast, with retail pricing holding steady.
- East Coast asphalt and flux barge prices are steady for the week.
- It was a mostly quiet week for Midwest retail racks. Prices are mostly flat for asphalt/flux.
- Midwest wholesale prices were reported in broad and firmer ranges this week.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices remain unchanged, with limited activity.
- Barge pricing on the Gulf Coast for asphalt and roofing flux hold steady for the week.
- Rocky Mountain regional retail assessments are steady, with very limited activity
- Wholesale prices were in steady ranges in the Rockies, with some ongoing delivery delays.
- Markets were unchanged on the West Coast. Asphalt and flux prices were static.
- In western Canada, retail and wholesale asphalt markets were flat this week.
- Base grade asphalt posted and selling prices were steady in eastern Canada markets.
- Crude prices plunged again, with the continuing corona-virus fears affecting demand.