Asphalt Weekly Monitor
3 November 2023
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices were reportedly flat, with assessments unchanged.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux barge assessments on the East Coast are static this week.
- Wholesale prices continued to slide in the Midwest for both barges and rail, with lower prices noted for November. Flux markets held steady for some but moved lower for other suppliers.
- Midwest rack selling prices were mostly steady, with the paving season nearing its end.
- Gulf Coast asphalt and flux rack price assessments are mostly unchanged for the week.
- Asphalt and flux barge pricing on the Gulf Coast held steady, with asphalt rail pricing also flat.
- Rocky Mountain region rack markets were flat, with activity slowing in areas.
- Wholesale asphalt prices steadied for November after slumping sharply in October.
- In the Pacific Northwest, Seattle markets had lower prices, other locations were flat. California retail market prices were flat. Meanwhile, flux prices were up. Hawaii market prices moved up this week.
- In western Canada, retail markets were flat, but wholesale market prices were lower for November.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario markets were unchanged versus the previous week.
- Oil prices were down again for all benchmark grades this week.
