The Argus Bitumen service offers comprehensive weekly price assessments for the domestic and export bitumen markets. The assessments cover Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, as well as expert commentary on market movements.
Markets covered:
- Waterborne Mideast Gulf and Asia-Pacific export prices
- Delivered cargo prices into key consuming locations in Europe, Africa and Asia
- Mediterranean, northwest and central European domestic bitumen prices
- Inland truck export prices into Germany and Romania
- Waterborne Europe/Africa cargo export price premiums or discounts to high-sulphur fuel oil
Key features:
- Focused Asia-Pacific section with prices from main Chinese refineries
- Assessments for central Europe including Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, with domestic and export prices for trucked shipments to importing markets
- In-depth coverage of central European and Balkan bitumen markets, as well as mature European markets such as the UK and France
- Dedicated African section focused on sub-Saharan countries, including price quotes for imports into Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria, as well as exports from Ivory Coast
- Iranian export sales data for various grades and local Iranian market information
- Freight movements and vessel information
- Country-by-country import and export data; available to download
- Topical, market-moving news with expert commentary
- Clear and transparent methodology
