Asphalt Weekly Monitor
5 August 2022
- Retail asphalt and flux price assessments move lower in much of the East Coast to begin August.
- East Coast asphalt and flux barge pricing slipped lower this week.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt barge and rail prices slip lower again. Flux moves down too.
- Midwest rack selling prices were steady this week. More rain and flooding noted in areas.
- Gulf Coast asphalt and flux retail prices assessed mostly steady with some lower pricing this week.
- Asphalt and flux barge price assessments moved lower on the Gulf Coast.
- Rocky Mountain rack selling prices decline in Arizona and New Mexico. Other states are mostly flat.
- Rockies wholesale asphalt prices hold steady at previous assessed range.
- In West Coast, Oregon and Northern California markets were higher but Alaska markets were lower.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale markets were unchanged this week.
- Canada markets were status quo for both Quebec and Ontario this week.
- Oil prices were down substantially for all benchmark grades, on global recession worries.
