Asphalt Weekly Monitor

12 Oct 2018

• Markets across Canada were closed Monday, October 8, for Canadian Thanksgiving.
• Many areas in the southeast were affected by Hurricane Michael, especially FL and GA.
• East Coast retail asphalt prices were mostly flat, with some areas easing – flux prices static.
• East Coast asphalt and flux barge pricing declined this week.
• Midwest retail asphalt markets slipped in upper Midwest areas, but were steady elsewhere.
• Midwest wholesale asphalt prices held steady, amidst recent weakness. Flux was static.
• Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices are all unchanged for the week.
• The Gulf Coast asphalt barge pricing softened, with flux barge prices unmoved.
• Rocky Mountain area prices eased lower in a few locations, with others unchanged.
• Rockies wholesale prices were steady, at the lower levels established for October material.
• West Coast prices were mixed–firming slightly in California and Pacific Northwest easing.   
• Western Canada selling prices and reported posted prices are unchanged again this week.
• Selling assessments and posted price ranges are steady in both Quebec and Ontario.
• Crude prices dropped this week for all the benchmark grades of crude oil.
• Irving Oil’s New Brunswick refinery has explosion and fire (See Industry News).