Imagine a world where roads repair themselves, eliminating potholes, reducing maintenance costs, and ensuring smoother, safer rides for everyone. That future is now a reality! Basekim Refinery’s R&D team has developed a groundbreaking self-healing road paving material—an innovation that automatically mends cracks before they become major problems. This revolutionary asphalt uses advanced nanotechnology and smart chemical reactions to restore […]
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Basekim: Your Reliable Supplier During the Gilsonite Market Shortage The global Gilsonite market shortage has become one of the most discussed topics in recent years. As industries continue to depend on this natural mineral for asphalt, drilling, and coating applications, supply challenges have begun to impact prices and availability worldwide. Basekim, a trusted supplier of […]
Basekim ship bitumen to Burgas and Constanta a Turkish bitumen holding and supply firm, is strategically expanding its operations into the Bulgarian and Romanian market. The company plans to facilitate regular bitumen shipments to the Bulgarian and Romanian Black Sea port of Burgas and Constanta. The majority of these shipments will be transported by rail to […]
Political Intervention in Commodity Markets From the 1980s to the early 2000s, global economic policy leaned strongly toward deregulation and market liberalisation. Since the Energy Market Outlook 2023 financial crisis, and more visibly during 2020–2022, the trend has shifted back toward government intervention Energy Market Outlook 2023 and regulation, especially in commodity and energy markets. […]
Revolutionizing Greenhouse Gas Sequestration with Asphalt-Derived Sorbents Researchers at Rice University have introduced a new Gilsonite-based filter that captures carbon dioxide (CO₂) directly at natural gas wellheads. The innovation represents a major step in greenhouse gas sequestration and efficient energy production. The study, led by Professor James Tour, found that Gilsonite asphalt becomes a powerful […]
Gilsonite in self heating asphalt repair system Cracks in asphalt are a common sight, but a pain Gilsonite in self repair asphalt. It is expensive and because the roads need to be closed down for construction, traffic jams occur. Researchers at polymer institute of research and development in Turkey are working on a solution by […]