Asphalt Weekly Monitor
21 May 2021
- Retail asphalt and flux pricing stable on the East Coast this week, with activity busy.
- East Coast asphalt and flux wholesale pricing unchanged, with no deals reported.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices firmed slightly for barges and were steady for rail. Flux was steady but supply remains tight.
- Rack selling prices were status quo for most Midwest retail markets.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing remains steady this week.
- Asphalt barge prices on the Gulf Coast firm modestly, with flux barge pricing flat.
- Rocky Mountain rack selling price assessments firm in a few locations in Idaho but were steady elsewhere.
- Rockies wholesale prices were unchanged this week.
- West Coast markets were steady this week except for eastern Washington markets.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale asphalt markets were steady this week.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario market prices were flat this week.
- Oil prices declined this week for all benchmark grades by more than a dollar per barrel.
