Bitumen Africa Podcast
Podcast about Market and Finanacial Events
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Fundamentals
get to know our Products and How to use them
History Of Roads
Antique The first shapes of road transport were oxen and horses carrying properties on tracks, for example, the Natchez Trace. At the time of the Paleolithic Age, the constructed tracks were not needed in the open country. Fords, mountain passes are the first places were the first improved trails showed up and over swamps. Removing trees and huge stones on […]
Types Of Bitumen
Bitumen is a typical binder consist of different types of materials like carbon and hydrogen. It is used mostly in road construction, and it is usually obtained as a residual product in petroleum refineries after higher fractions like gas, petrol, kerosene, and diesel, etc. are removed.
Tips for finding the right Bitumen provider
TIPS FOR FINDING THE RIGHT BITUMEN PROVIDER To find a good bitumen supplier might look like a complicated process. Still, it is straightforward in reality, if you know how to limit your search down to the appropriate local expert to meet your requirements. Bitumen is preferably the choice for the pavement of the roads, private […]
Road Building Project
In regards to commercial, infrastructural projects, roads come up to amongst one of the most magnificent installations, principally in the sector of business. Commonly, ways are including all kinds of experiencedly constructed outdoor arteries that include pavements, private access roads driveways, parking lots, and even the enormous public highways. Exceptionally among a few specially […]
How to start a Bitumen Emulsion Business
Obviously, everyone thought about establishing a business at least for one time in their life. The aspire of working entirely for yourself, not for somebody else, is appealing. But only a few dare to open their own business. On the other hand, some people do not have tangible ideas, and some do not dare to […]
Disadvantages of Plastic Bitumen
As far as using plastics in constructing new roads and highways, this is nothing new. Recently, studies have shed light onto the usage of plastic waste in road construction, specifically, plastic roads. Plastic roads primarily make use of plastic grocery bags, PET bottles and disposable cups reclaimed from landfills as a main ingredient for the […]
Disadvantages of Concrete
Disadvantages of concrete roads: cost: Concrete cement costs much more compare to bitumen. Saving the projects from the extra costs is one of the most critical elements to consider for the road builders. Sometimes to stop the concrete from drying too early, select chemicals need to be added or wet cloth like a cover. […]
Advantages of Concrete
Why do some countries have started replacing asphalt Roads with concrete? India has started to expand its usage, for instance, if you drive from Pune to Mumbai, you will notice the expressway being beautifully paved in concrete. It not just that even more in almost all the new projects in India they are mostly using […]
Cement Bitumen
emulsified asphalt mixtures are more beneficial and better than hot mixtures, environmentally, economically, and logistically advantages over hot mixtures. However, the emulsified bitumen is at the attention of the scientist as structural layers due to their deficient performance and proneness to be damaged early by rainfall. Mechanical characteristic of emulsion mixtures can be enhanced and […]
Plastic Bitumen
Most of the industrial activities leave an enormous amount of waste, industries like factories, mines, and mills. Moreover, this industrial waste, city waste in the form of garbage containing non-bio degradable materials are also formed within the municipal limits. This makes up one of the biggest pollution offenders for the environment, and it places a […]