Asphalt Weekly Monitor
26 Aug 2022
- Retail asphalt price assessments on the East Coast are mostly lower, with flux retail pricing flat.
- East Coast asphalt and flux barge pricing is unchanged this week, with some activity noted.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices declined on lower priced sales activity.
- Midwest rack posted/reference prices were unchanged, but some selling ranges are adjusted lower.
- Most Gulf Coast asphalt and flux retail prices are assessed unchanged in the region this week.
- Asphalt and flux barge price assessments on the Gulf Coast are steady, with limited activity.
- Rocky Mountain rack selling prices held steady in most areas, with only a few ranges adjusted.
- Rockies wholesale asphalt prices were steady for remaining August supply.
- In West Coast, both Pacific Northwest and California markets had no price changes.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale markets were unchanged this week.
- In eastern Canada, Quebec market had lower posted prices. Ontario markets were flat.
- Oil prices were up this week for all benchmark grades, by more than $2 per barrel.
- BP’s Whiting, Indiana refinery suffered a fire this week. Effects on asphalt supply are unclear.
