Malaysia's state-owned Petronas has started to run more lighter crude at its 270,000 b/d Malacca refinery since mid-July, resulting in an increase in off-specification bitumen supplies. Malacca ...

It can be termed as the building block of the pavements without which all the pavement materials would behave independently and thus will be deemed useless. Almost ninety percent of bitumen is used in ...

Kiwi roads are melting and breaking apart too easily, prompting the introduction of a new standard for road seal. The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) last month issued a new national standard for bitumen, ...

VG grades are known by the Indian government as the preferred type of bitumen for road construction. In 1991, the Bureau of Indian Standards adopted a new grading method for bitumen, named viscosity ...

New Zealand has reviewed its bitumen specifications and is seeking recommendations on ensuring supply security as it prepares to become fully reliant on imports in 2021. The Waka Kotahi New Zealand ...