Asphalt Weekly Monitor
29 Oct 2021
- Retail asphalt and flux prices were unchanged throughout East Coast markets.
- East Coast asphalt and barge price assessments are steady for this week.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt markets were active and moved significantly higher for reported barge and rail sales activity, while flux prices remained steady.
- Midwest retail assessments were mostly unchanged, as paving activity slows.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux market pricing h for this held steady again this week.
- The Gulf Coast asphalt and flux barge pricing had no changes, with assessments flat.
- Rocky Mountain paving activity slows in colder, wet areas, with most rack prices steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices head higher for newly committed rail volumes.
- In West Coast, both Pacific Northwest and California locations were flat for base grade asphalt. Meanwhile, roofing flux prices went up in both areas this week.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale markets were steady this week.
- In eastern Canada, Quebec markets had higher posted prices. Ontario prices were flat.
- Oil prices were down, mostly on crude inventory builds and COVID-surge fears.
