Asphalt Weekly Monitor

22 Jan 2021

• Some asphalt retail prices rose on the East Coast, with flux retail prices steady.
• East Coast asphalt and roofing flux wholesale pricing held steady this week.
• A few Midwest asphalt markets are assessed in higher ranges, with the rest steady.
• Midwest wholesale asphalt prices are firm–selling ranges narrowed. Flux was steady.
• Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices assessed up in some areas, with flux racks unchanged.
• Wholesale asphalt and flux prices are firmer this week on the Gulf Coast.
• Some Rocky Mountain asphalt market price assessments rise, with others static.
• January Rockies wholesale markets were steady–February prices are under discussion.
• Eastern Washington and Portland markets were in a higher and broader range this week. Other West Coast locations remained within the previous week’s levels.
• In western Canada, both retail and wholesale prices were reportedly steady.
• Both Quebec and Ontario markets were status quo this week.
• Oil prices were down for all benchmark grades. U.S. oil inventory rose this week.
• Newly-elected President Biden signs executive order cancelling the TC Energy Keystone XL pipeline project on his first day in office.