Asphalt Weekly Monitor
19 April 2024
- East Coast retail asphalt pricing firms in some areas, with flux pricing steady in the region.
- Asphalt barge pricing on the East Coast firms with flux wholesale price assessments flat.
- The Midwest barge and rail markets had no new sales reported and steady prices. Flux was flat.
- Midwest rack markets had no reported price changes for this mid-April week.
- Gulf Coast rack asphalt and flux rack pricing and assessments are unchanged for the week.
- Gulf Coast asphalt barge assessment is up, with flux barges and asphalt rail pricing steady.
- Rocky Mountain rack assessments are flat with the paving season getting underway there.
- Wholesale asphalt prices were steady in the Rockies region for April supply.
- In the West Coast, both Pacific Northwest and California locations had steady pricing.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale markets were steady this week.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario markets were flat, awaiting clarification on some prices.
- Oil prices were lower for all benchmark grades this week versus the previous week.