Emerald Bitumen products

We supply :

• Penetration Grade Bitumen
• Viscosity Grade Bitumen
• Oxidized Bitumen
• Cut-back Bitumen Grades
• Fluxed Bitumen
• Polymer Modified Bitumen
• Bitumen Emulsions

We supply in :

• New Steel Drums
• Bulk Carrier Ocean Vessels / Ships of various size
• 300 Kg Polycube
• Bitutainers
• Custom Solutions
• Via Railway to some European destinations
• Hot via truck to some destinations

We also supply other Industry Related Products :

• Rubber Crumble for Rubber Modified Bitumen
• SBR for Rubber Modified Bitumen
• SBS for Polymer Modified Bitumen
• Thermoplastic Road Marking & Paint
• Guardrails
• Traffic Signaling and other accessories for road projects
• Other Bitumen Binders & Accessories

At Emerald Bitumen no matter if your company adheres to European Standard EN 12591:1999, to the Standards of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (A.A.S.H.T.O.) and its subcommittee on Materials, British Standard BS EN 1427:2007, BS 1000-58:2007 for Bitumen & Bituminous binders and BS EN 12591:1999 for Bitumen Specifications, Methods of Bitumen and Bituminous Mixtures for Highway Engineering of the Chinese Ministry of Transport, or even your own national standards, our team follows the latest Test Methods, Quality Control Policies and Best Business Practices to ensure that the highest quality of product and services fit to the project requisitions are provided to our clients along the entire supply chain to bring accurate product required for the project to our clients project sites timely and accurately.

Emerald Bitumen supplies a complete range of Bitumen Products from various approved and controlled refining sources, as per International Quality Standards, meeting your required product and packing specifications, logistics and financial requirements.

We are capable to supply Bitumen Products that are suitable for Road, Highway, Bridge, Airport Runway, Airfields and other custom paving projects. Each road or airfield requires a sub-grade, base course and surface course. The techniques and methods of cutting and falling, grading and compacting, and surfacing are quite similar. We adhere to meet all your product requisitions.

The European Standards for different Bitumen are standardized under :

• EN12591 - Specifications for paving grade bitumens
• EN13924 - Specifications for hard paving grade bitumens
• EN14023 - Specification framework for polymer modified bitumens
• EN13808 - Specification for cationic bitumen emulsions
• EN13304 - Framework for specification of oxidised bitumens
• EN13305 - Framework for specification of hard industrial bitumens
• EN15322 - Framework for specifying cut-back and fluxed bituminous binders

Our Bitumen Product Range includes :
Penetration Grade Bitumen :
Penetration graded bitumen is classified by the depth to which a standard needle will penetrate under specified test conditions. This "pen" test classification is used to indicate the hardness of bitumen, lower penetration indicating a harder bitumen. Specifications for penetration graded bitumens normally state the penetration range for a grade, e.g. 50/70. Other tests are used to classify the bitumen for specification purposes, such as softening point, solubility, flash point etc.

Viscosity Grade bitumen :
Bitumens are also graded and specified by their viscosity at a standard temperature (typically 60°C). Specifications for viscosity graded bitumens normally give the nominal viscosity prefixed by a V, e.g. V1500. We usually do not supply Viscosity graded bitumen in our standard range, but can supply on special client requisitions.

Oxidized Bitumen Grades :
Passing air through bitumen at elevated temperature can be used to alter its physical properties for certain commercial applications. The degree of oxidation can range from very small, often referred to as air-rectification, or semi-blowing, which only slightly modifies the bitumen properties, through to "full" blowing, whereby the properties of the bitumen are significantly different to penetration grade bitumens. Nomenclature and grading for the oxidised bitumen products is based on a combination of the temperature at which the bitumen reaches a certain "softness" when being heated up as expressed by the ring and ball softening point test, and the penetration value.

Bituminous binders / preparations :
Bitumens are also used as a raw material to manufacture mixtures (preparations) with improved handling and application characteristics, or to enhance the physical properties. In such products bitumen is often the principal component, but they can contain significant proportions of other materials. These products are often referred to as bituminous binders or bitumen products, and are chemically classified as bitumen preparations.

The three most commonly used Bituminous binders / preparations are :
a. Cut-back Bitumen Grades
Cut-backs are bitumen preparations in which the viscosity of the binder has been reduced by the addition of a volatile solvent, normally derived from petroleum. Typically the solvents used are white spirit and kerosene. Cut-back products are typically used for spraying and some mixing applications. b. Fluxed Bitumen
Fluxed bitumens are bitumen preparation where the viscosity of the binder has been reduced by the addition of relatively non-volatile oils. Typical fluxants include gas oil and vegetable based oils. c. Modified bitumen (Including Polymer Modified Bitumen)
Modified bitumens are bituminous binders whose performance properties, such as elasticity, adhesive or cohesive strength, have been modified by the use of one or more chemical agents. These agents may be polymers, crumb rubber, sulphur and polyphosphoric acid, among other materials. Modified bitumens are widely used in the production of roofing felt and in paving applications.

Bitumen Emulsions
Bitumen emulsions are products in which tiny droplets (the dispersed phase) of bitumen or bituminous binder are dispersed in an aqueous medium (the continuous phase). The bitumen particle charge can be positive (cationic), negative (anionic), or uncharged (non-ionic) depending on the emulsifier employed. The binder can be either a bitumen, cutback, or modified bitumen. Bitumen emulsions are used largely in road surfacing applications, such as surface dressing, cold mixtures and slurry seals. Asphalt is a mixture of a bituminous binder with mineral aggregate (stone), sand and filler, typically containing approximately 4-7%m bitumen.

Asphalt is primarily used for road construction, the properties being dependent upon the type, size and amount of aggregate used in the mixture, all of which are adjusted to provide the required properties for the desired application.

Note : Petroleum bitumen is known by different names throughout the world. For example the term bitumen is typically used in Europe when referring to the liquid binder, whereas this same liquid binder is known as asphalt, or asphalt cement, in North America.

We also supply other Industry Related Products :

• Rubber Crumble for Rubber Modified Bitumen
• SBR for Rubber Modified Bitumen
• SBS for Polymer Modified Bitumen
• Thermoplastic Road Marking & Paint
• Guardrails
• Traffic Signaling and other accessories for road projects
• Other Bitumen Binders & Accessories

Other Services provided through Emerald Bitumen European Partners :

• Material Selection Consultation
• Custom Material Testing through Industry Recognized Laboratories & Research Institutions
• Site Asphalt testing and quality assurance assistance
• Other Road Engineering Consulting and Supervision Services

We ensure our worldwide customers that they receive packed Bitumen of highest standard in the industry by overseeing the entire process of procurement and supply, from refinery to point of delivery, not only the product but also the packing material which forms an indispensible part of Bitumen supply.

For instance in our drummed product delivery, we indulge ourselves in procurement and production of specially made new Bitumen steel drums, appropriate cleanness of the drums and supervision of the filling process with presence of third party Quality Assurance Surveyors (such as SGS), to the eventual loading on the vessels. We purchase specially made drums for bitumen, and stuff 110 new steel drums per each 20 foot container.

Efficient loading and prompt delivery of high quality drummed Bitumen, Polyethylene bag bitumen or Bulk Bitumen on a CFR/CIF basis are integral part of our supply policy. We even go beyond simple conventional CFR/CIF deliveries and if clients wish to use our expertise, we deliver right to their construction site using our multi-modal shipping and logistics planning and management systems. Our Logistics & Operations Team with their long standing years of experience in International Shipping & Logistics together with our Quality Control & Assurance team will make sure your product reaches its destination timely and in the quality it was shipped.

Our Team at Emerald Bitumen personally manages the entire global supply chain in house and through our offices and agents at the origin of supply oversee the entire process of supply in close collaboration. This goes beyond knowledge of transactions and distribution to include a comprehensive involvement with the products being supplied.

Our established international associations and valuable experiences have enabled us to satisfy existing clients in most of the African continent, South East Asia, and the Indian sub-continent, catering to their growing demands. We continuously supply various grades of bitumen to many countries, and offer integrated logistics solutions to our clients from refinery to site.

We have recently started our supply scope from East Europe from where we are able to meet requisitions of some eastern and western European Markets and from where we may adhere to your custom requisitions.

Our services are underpinned by the in-depth expertise and knowledge of our Bitumen Team and their ability to build bespoke offers, structured around our customer's individual requirements.

We offer many more value added services at the request of our clients and our policy is to implement your quality assurance requisitions in our scope of operations and supply. We are flexible enough to work within your system and not impose ours.

Our years of experience in the sea transportation and freight forwarding ensure, safe and on time delivery of our Bitumen cargos. We have a strong edge to charter vessels with the lowest possible freight rates for our bulk bitumen shipments to major world ports.

We always welcome cooperation of shipping companies and bitumen tanker vessel owners and operators for our bitumen exports.

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