Asphalt Weekly Monitor
8 March 2024
- East Coast retail asphalt pricing rose in some areas, with flux retail pricing flat for the week.
- Some asphalt barge markets firm on the East Coast with others steady and flux barges flat.
- Midwest barge and rail markets were steady this week with limited activity. Flux prices were static.
- Midwest rack market prices were generally unchanged, with activity limited.
- Gulf Coast rack asphalt pricing slip in some areas, with flux prices assessments static across the region.
- Gulf Coast asphalt barge pricing firms, with flux barge prices holding steady for the week.
- Rocky Mountain rack locations had some reported price changes, with assessments adjusted.
- Rockies wholesale prices for March supply were unchanged.
- In the West Coast, Pacific Northwest locations were flat. California locations had lower prices.
- In western Canada, both retail markets and wholesale market prices were status quo.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec markets were flat, but Ontario markets had higher posted prices.
- Oil prices were lower for all benchmark grades this week versus the previous week.