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The September 2026 Issue of WPB Journal

The September 2026 Issue of WPB Journal

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European BRAVE Project Targets Bio-Binders for Higher Recycling Rates in Asphalt Pavements

According to WPB, a new European research project has officially begun examining whether bio-based binders can be combined with reclaimed asphalt to ...

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China Bitumen Market Surges After Holiday, but 12% Rise in Refinery Stocks Tempers Physical Shortage Signal

According to WPB, China’s bitumen futures market surged on the first trading day after the National Day holiday, with the main Shanghai Futures Exc...

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October Bitumen Prices 2026: Global Bitumen Prices Rise Across Key Asian Markets

WPB – World of Petroleum & Bitumen has released its latest October bitumen prices for the first week of October 2026, covering major producing, exp...

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Singapore Bitumen Supply Tightens Further as Refinery Outages Push Southeast Asian Buyers to Alternative Origins

According to WPB, Southeast Asia’s bitumen market has moved beyond a simple price increase in early October and entered a more serious period of co...

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Georgia’s Kulevi Refinery Plans €650 Million Expansion as Bitumen Production Enters 2027 Roadmap

According to WPB, Black Sea Petroleum is preparing a major expansion of its Kulevi refinery on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, with plans to invest appr...

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India Domestic Bitumen Prices Jump More Than 6% in October Revision as VG30 Reaches ₹78,140/MT

According to WPB, domestic bitumen prices in India recorded a sharp upward adjustment at the beginning of October, with market-reported HPCL-HINCOL p...

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Global Bitumen Prices September 2026 | Latest Bitumen Price Update

Latest global bitumen prices for the last week of September 2026, including Iran bitumen price, India bitumen price, China bitumen price, Singapore b...

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Dutch Technology Turns Wet Organic Waste Into Bio-Bitumen for Asphalt Production

According to WPB, a Dutch cleantech developer is preparing to move a hydrothermal process that converts wet organic waste into bio-bitumen toward wid...

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Dangote Launches $16 Billion Kenya Refinery Project as Bitumen Enters Lamu Downstream Plan

According to WPB, Dangote is moving its $16 billion East Africa refinery project in Lamu, Kenya, into its formal construction-launch phase, with a pl...

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WPB Releases Global Bitumen Market Analysis: Asia Leads Price Upside as Freight and Hormuz Risks Reshape Trade

WPB publishes its latest global bitumen market analysis for late September 2026, covering global bitumen prices, price forecasts, Hormuz risk, freigh...

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Sri Lanka Seeks 10,000 Tons of 60/70 Bitumen for October-November Deliveries

According to WPB, Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has returned to the international bitumen market for two supplies of penetra...

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India Tests Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen on NH-44: Could It Change Future Road Binder Demand?

According to WPB, India has taken a new step toward incorporating recycled plastic directly into road binders, with a pilot test section on National ...

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German Bitumen Output Falls 16% to 1.17 Million Tons as Heavy Crude Shortage Tightens Supply

According to WPB, German bitumen production fell by around 16% year on year to approximately 1.17 million metric tons in the first half of 2026, with...

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Standard Bitumen Aging Tests May Underestimate UV Damage, New Study Finds

According to WPB, new research suggests that one of the most widely used laboratory approaches for simulating long-term bitumen aging may underestima...

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Middle East VG30 and VG40 Bitumen Move Toward Daily FOB Benchmarks

According to WPB, the Middle East bitumen market is moving closer to having dedicated daily FOB price references for bulk VG30 and VG40, a step that ...

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Kazakhstan’s CASPI BITUM Raises Road Bitumen Output Nearly 50% as Shipments Surge

According to WPB, Kazakhstan’s CASPI BITUM has sharply increased both production and deliveries of road bitumen in 2026, providing one of the clear...

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Global Bitumen Prices Across the World: Asia Surges, Europe Firms as September Markets Split Sharply

According to WPB, global bitumen prices entered the third week of September 2026 with sharply different trends across major markets. Asia recorded so...

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Moscow Refinery Shutdown Puts 1.3 Million-Tonne Bitumen Source at Risk

According to WPB, the shutdown of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery has created a direct new risk for Russia’s bitumen supply chain, because the sit...

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Turkmenistan Moves to Modernize Road and Construction Bitumen Production at Turkmenbashi Refinery

According to WPB, Turkmenistan is moving to modernize road and construction bitumen production at the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries, extendi...

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中国沥青价格突破5400元/吨:原油走弱之际库存收紧继续支撑市场

据WPB报道,9月份中国沥青市场继续走强,近月市场价格重新突破每吨5400元人民币。值得注意的是,这一轮上涨发...

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