Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Idwest wholesale barge and rail prices supported by limited production-supply.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt racks increased in most areas.
- Gulf Coast flux prices rose again this week.
- Western US markets get assessed higher in many locations as bids raise on 2010 work.
- Vancouver rack prices increase this week.
- WTI crude prices decline by $4.74 per barrel due to increases in US inventory levels.
- East Coast rack prices increase in some markets.(2)
- Midwest supplier price increases continue to be reported as replacement costs rise.
- Midwest wholesale barge and rail prices continue to firm.
- Marathon completes its Garyville, Louisiana expansion.
