Learn about the production and industrial applications of bitumen, known for its waterproofing and adhesive traits, while exploring the factors affecting its market value.

The extracted bitumen has the consistency of peanut butter and requires extra processing before it can be delivered to a refinery. There are two ways to process the bitumen. Some tar sands producers ...

AI Quick Read New Delhi: After oil and fertilizer, a new commodity is feeling the heat of the West Asia conflict: bitumen. With India’s plan to build nearly 10,000 km of highways in FY27 under threat, ...

India has become the first nation in the world to commercially produce bio-bitumen, said Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday. In technical parlance, bio-bitumen ...

Suppliers have secured bitumen that doesn't meet Australia's long-held road quality standards, as supply dries up amid Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. The federal government is rewriting ...

New Delhi: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Wednesday handed over licences to multiple Indian manufacturers to produce bio-bitumen, an alternative to petroleum-based bitumen ...