Asphalt Weekly Monitor
9 July 2021
- Retail asphalt and flux prices held mostly steady in the East Coast region this week.
- East Coast asphalt barge prices firmed in the region, with flux barge prices steady.
- Midwest wholesale barge prices steady, while rail prices are in a narrower band.
- Midwest rack selling prices are mostly steady with exceptions. Paving restarted after the holiday.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing held steady throughout the region.
- Gulf Coast asphalt and flux barge prices are assessed flat for this week.
- Rocky Mountain rack selling prices are adjusted in some markets. Others are steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices are assessed in a narrower range for July supply.
- In the Pacific Northwest and California, market prices were in higher levels this week.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale asphalt prices were flat this week.
- Eastern Canada markets were in lower price levels for both Quebec and Ontario.
- Oil prices declined this week for all benchmark grades, by more than a dollar per barrel.
