Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Asphalt Institute held its Spring meeting in Charleston, South Carolina this week.
- East Coast retail paving prices move higher in most areas this week.
- Many east Coast retail flux and wholesale paving and flux prices go higher or narrow.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices continue firming for barges and rail.
- More retail price increases in some Midwest locations, as markets assessed higher.
- Gulf Coast resid fuel oil blending absorbs VTB’s, threatening asphalt supply near term.(2)
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale paving and flux prices firm in some areas.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale markets steady this week—most retail areas are unchanged.
- Western US markets mostly steady—an increase announced in Hawaii.
- Price assessments in some Canadian provinces increased this week.
