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Indian Bitumen Prices Jump Again as Refinery Hikes Outpace Demand Recovery

Sep 19, 2026

According to WPB, Indian refiners have raised domestic bitumen prices for the second time in September, with VG30 increasing by around $28/MT and VG4...

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Singapore Bitumen Exports Plunge 62.5% as Feedstock Shortage Pushes Market Back to $660/MT

Sep 19, 2026

According to WPB, Singapore’s bitumen market is facing a deeper physical supply squeeze, with exports falling 62.5% year on year between April and ...

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Polish Bitumen Supply Surge Pushes Central Europe Deeper Into Surplus

Sep 15, 2026

According to WPB, Central Europe’s bitumen market is moving deeper into surplus as higher refinery output in Poland and the Czech Republic meets de...

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UAE Builds New Hormuz-Bypass Trade Corridors, but Bitumen Still Needs Dedicated Logistics

Sep 08, 2026

According to WPB, the United Arab Emirates is accelerating the expansion of ports, pipelines and alternative trade corridors outside the Strait of Ho...

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Global Bitumen Price – Week 1 of September 2026

Sep 07, 2026

Global bitumen markets entered the first week of September with a sharply divided regional pattern. Iranian 60/70 prices moved sharply lower, with dr...

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Bunker Fuel Jumps 76% as Refiners Cut Fuel Oil Output, Adding New Cost Pressure to Bitumen Shipping

Sep 07, 2026

According to WPB, a tightening global fuel-oil market is creating a new source of cost pressure for bitumen shipping as refinery disruptions, reduced...

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India Faces a Post-Monsoon Bitumen Test as Road Awards Rise and Supply Stays Tight

Sep 06, 2026

According to WPB, India’s road sector is approaching a potentially difficult post-monsoon period as high bitumen prices and disrupted availability ...

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Operational Disruption Hits South Africa’s Bitumen-Producing Natref Refinery

Sep 03, 2026

According to WPB, South Africa’s Natref refinery has reported an operational disruption that affected refinery production and product supply, placi...

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Iran’s Bitumen Exporters Need a Second Gateway—Here’s How Gwadar Could Actually Work

Sep 03, 2026

According to WPB, Iranian bitumen exporters need more than another warning about the Strait of Hormuz. They need a second export architecture that ca...

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Fresh US Strikes Near Bandar Abbas and Hormuz Add New Execution Risk for Iranian Bitumen Exports

Sep 02, 2026

According to WPB, a new wave of U.S. military strikes across southern Iran has added another layer of execution risk for Iranian bitumen exports afte...

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Iran Says Foreign Trade Has Fallen 35% as Sanctions and Maritime Restrictions Tighten Export Channels

Aug 29, 2026

According to WPB, Iran’s president has said the country’s exports and imports have fallen by nearly 35% under the combined pressure of U.S. sanct...

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US Waiver Keeps Crude Flow Open to Serbia’s Bitumen-Producing Pančevo Refinery Through September

Aug 29, 2026

According to WPB, a new U.S. sanctions waiver has extended the operating window for Serbia’s NIS through September 30, 2026, allowing crude oil imp...

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Global Bitumen Price – Week 4 of August 2026

Aug 27, 2026

Middle East pricing turned firmer at the producer level in Week 4. Iran rose by roughly $10–15/MT across packed 60/70 grades and Iraq gained about ...

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Puma Energy’s Bitumen Margins Jump 65% as Australia and Far East Volumes Rise

Aug 27, 2026

According to WPB, Puma Energy’s Bitumen segment recorded a 65% quarter-on-quarter increase in margins in the second quarter of 2026, providing a ra...

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Another 500,000-Tonne Road-Bitumen Source Goes Offline as Russia’s NORSI Refinery Halts

Aug 27, 2026

According to WPB, Russia’s bitumen supply system has been hit by another direct refinery disruption after the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refin...

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Only One Bitumen Tanker Passes Hormuz as Gulf Traffic Stays at One-Third of Recent Average

Aug 26, 2026

According to WPB, preliminary shipping data published on August 26, 2026 show that physical traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains far from nor...

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China’s Bitumen Squeeze Moves From Futures to Physical Supply

Aug 25, 2026

According to WPB, China’s bitumen market has moved beyond a financial-market rally into a much tighter physical supply environment, with domestic s...

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Iran’s Hormuz Vessel Blacklist Creates a Two-Sided Compliance Trap for Bitumen Shipping

Aug 24, 2026

According to WPB, Iran has added a new layer of commercial risk to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz by publishing a list of dozens of vessels it...

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India’s Bitumen Imports Collapse 50% Just as Demand Turns Higher

Aug 23, 2026

According to WPB, India’s bitumen supply balance has shifted sharply in 2026, with imports falling to approximately 905,000 metric tons in January-...

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Orsk Strike Knocks a Russian Bitumen Producer Offline for Up to Six Months

Aug 22, 2026

According to WPB, Russia has lost the output of a refinery that directly produces road bitumen after the Orsknefteorgsintez refinery in the Orenburg ...

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