Asphalt Weekly Monitor
19 Mar 2021
- Retail asphalt and flux pricing was unchanged on the East Coast this week.
- East Coast asphalt wholesale pricing rose, with flux barge pricing unchanged.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt markets were steady, with flux market tight and firmer.
- Midwest retail prices were static, with selling ranges flat.
- Most Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices are assessed steady for the week.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux prices are flat on the Gulf Coast this week.
- Racks assessed modestly higher in mostly southern areas of the Rockies.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale asphalt prices are unchanged, with April supply under negotiation.
- California markets had flat pricing this week. Meanwhile, some Pacific Northwest locations had higher price ranges this week.
- In western Canada, both retail and wholesale prices were unchanged this week.
- Both Quebec and Ontario markets were status quo this week.
- Crude prices plunged this week for all benchmark grades, on global demand concerns.