Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Asphalt Institute held its spring meeting in San Antonio, Texas this week.
- East Coast demand is beginning to pick up, retail prices higher in S. FL, flat elsewhere.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt prices are steady for the week, with markets active.
- Most Midwest markets steady–some ranges are lower in Illinois, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
- Midwest wholesale price ranges firm for tight April supply.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt, retail flux and wholesale flux prices remain steady for the week.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices narrow slightly for the week, with active markets.
- Rockies wholesale prices rise for April, as buyers scramble to secure spring supply.
- Rockies retail prices adjusted in parts of Montana, Idaho and Arizona this week.
- Pacific Northwest prices firm on some supplier increases due to costly replacement supply.
- Markets are steady in Western Canada this week.
- Eastern Canada price ranges assessed notably higher for the week, with increasing activity.
- In Montreal, the MTQ will held its first tender of the year on April 10, with some company posted prices resuming this week as well.
- Crude rises sharply–May NYMEX West Texas Int. (WTI) soars $2.60, to $103.74 a bbl.
- May Brent firms $0.61, to $107.33 a bbl–premium to WTI drops to $3.59 a barrel.
- May Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude rises to almost $85—or $18.95 below May WTI.
