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You state grade, quantity, packing, destination and Incoterm. Nothing is committed on either side; you may walk away at any moment, and so may we.
This is the term that matters most, and it protects both sides equally.
Everything published on bitumenasphaltive.com — every specification table, price factor discussion, loading figure, grade recommendation and supply description — is reference information. None of it is an offer capable of acceptance, and none of it is a commitment to sell any product, at any price, in any quantity, on any date.
That is not a technicality. Bitumen is priced against a moving crude market, freight rates change weekly, and availability moves with refinery scheduling. A figure that was accurate when a page was written may be wrong a month later.
The corollary protects you as much as us: because the site is not an offer, you are not bound by anything you read here either. You are bound by what you sign.
A sale begins at one point only: a written document naming the parties, product, quantity, price and terms, signed or accepted in writing.
You state grade, quantity, packing, destination and Incoterm. Nothing is committed on either side; you may walk away at any moment, and so may we.
A working price and schedule so you can judge whether the trade is viable. It is subject to confirmation and availability, and valid only for the period stated on its face.
Firm terms for a specific quantity, specification, packing, delivery term, payment structure and validity date. The first document capable of binding either party.
The contract exists when a sale contract is signed by both parties, or when a proforma invoice is accepted by you in writing and that acceptance is confirmed. Until then, no sale.
Buyers reasonably use these pages to prepare a specification. If a value here and a value in your paperwork disagree, this is the order that applies.
| Document | What it is | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Executed sale contract | Signed by both parties for a specific cargo | Governs. Overrides everything below it. |
| Accepted proforma invoice | Firm terms for a cargo, accepted in writing | Binding for that cargo where no contract is signed |
| Batch Certificate of Analysis | Measured results for the material shipped | Evidence of what was supplied against the contract |
| Written quotation | Priced terms sent to a named buyer, with a validity date | Indicative. Binds neither side, and lapses on its validity date |
| This website | General reference, published to no one in particular | Informative only. Never overrides a contract. |
The technical content exists to be used. The limits are narrow and about attribution, not about locking the material away.
You may read, print, save and circulate these pages for your own commercial or engineering purposes, and quote from them in a tender, a specification or a published article, provided the quotation is attributed to Bitumen Asphaltive with the page address. Extracts with a link are welcome.
Standard designations and test method codes cited here belong to their issuing bodies; citing them is not a claim on them.
The technical pages cite published standards. Those standards belong to their issuing bodies, which revise them on their own schedule.
ASTM, EN, AASHTO, IS, GOST and JTG documents are all cited across this site. Those standards belong to the bodies that publish them, and those bodies tighten limits, supersede test methods and occasionally withdraw a grading system outright — on their own timetable, without reference to this site and without notice to its readers.
Content here is written carefully, each value tied to the method that produces it, and every page carries the date it was last reviewed. That is a genuine effort, not a warranty. This site is a secondary source and cannot substitute for the standard itself.
If a value from this site is going into a contract, a tender or a project specification, verify it against the edition your engineer or national authority has adopted — often not the newest one published. Where the two differ, the standard governs and the page is wrong.
How editions diverge, and which figures published here are standard limits rather than common practice, belongs to the disclaimer page and is set out there rather than repeated on this one. What this page adds is the commercial consequence: a value read here is not a term of your sale, and no accuracy on this site is warranted to you.
Typical export ranges here describe the market, not your cargo. The specification for your cargo is the one in your contract, evidenced by the batch Certificate of Analysis.
Several things a visitor touches here are not ours to control. Naming them beats a general sentence about external links. This section states the position under these terms — that these are other companies' services, governed by their documents and not by ours. What each one actually receives is described on the privacy policy page.
The enquiry channel runs on WhatsApp, operated by another company. Your message, your number and its metadata are handled under that company's terms and privacy policy, not ours.
Mail to info@bitumenasphaltive.com passes through providers outside our control. Email is a convenient commercial channel; it is not a secure one.
Pages load typefaces from Google's servers, so opening a page sends a request to Google carrying your IP address and browser user agent. That request is Google's to handle under Google's own terms. We do not receive it and cannot undo it for you.
A link to a standards body or a reference document points at material we believe is useful. We do not control it, it can change, and a link is not an endorsement.
WordPress with caching and security plugins, on a hosted server keeping standard access logs. Those components may set their own cookies or record request data.
No contact form renders on any page here, and there is no login, no user account, no basket and no payment processing. If a page asks you for card details or credentials in our name, it is not ours.
The technical pages describe how bitumen behaves in general terms, in general conditions. They are not advice for your project.
They are written for a reader who needs orientation before an enquiry, or a cross-check against something a supplier has said. A binder decision depends on what this site cannot see: your climate and pavement temperatures, traffic loading, aggregate, mix design, plant capability, heating and storage at destination, and the specification you must satisfy.
Handling temperature windows, grade equivalence tables and application guidance here are typical values. They do not replace a mix design, a materials engineer's judgement, or the Safety Data Sheet for the material delivered. Which of those figures carry the weight of a published standard and which are ordinary practice is separated out on the disclaimer page, and is not restated here.
The same applies commercially. Pages on Incoterms, payment structures, customs classification and import documentation explain how the trade usually works. They are not legal, tax, customs or financial advice, and none is written with knowledge of your jurisdiction, your bank or your obligations.
An honest statement of both sides beats a page of capital letters.
We do not ask you to accept an open-ended waiver and we do not offer one. This is a reference source; relying on it in place of a contract, a laboratory result or a qualified professional is not reasonable, and a commercial decision rests with whoever takes it.
Pages are added, rewritten, corrected and occasionally removed, and these terms can change too.
A grade page changes when a standard is revised; a logistics page changes when a route or a packing option does. Superseded versions are not archived, so a page you saved months ago should not be treated as current.
The version in force is the one published here at the moment you use the site, and the review date shows when it was last examined. There is no mailing list and no account system, so there is no way to notify you individually; if these terms matter to you, check the page when you return.
A change to these terms has no effect on a contract already in force. Contracts are amended only as the contract itself provides, in writing between the parties.
This page deliberately does not name a governing law, because the honest answer depends on the transaction.
Cross-border bitumen sales are negotiated between parties in different countries, settled through banks in third countries, and shipped under an Incoterms rule that allocates risk at a specific point. The law and forum governing such a sale are a commercial term, negotiated alongside price and payment. Naming a jurisdiction on a website and hoping it attaches to every future transaction would be neither accurate nor useful.
So, plainly: the law applicable to a sale, and the forum or arbitration procedure for any dispute about it, are those agreed in the individual sale contract. These website terms do not displace that agreement, add to it, or import a jurisdiction into it by the back door. If your contract names a governing law and a seat of arbitration, that is what governs the transaction.
Where a question concerns the website rather than a sale, raise it with us directly; most turn out to be a factual correction. If any part of these terms is unenforceable where you are, the remainder continues to apply.
No. Nothing published here is an offer or a quotation. Price factor pages explain what moves the market, so a number you receive makes sense. A quotation is a written document sent to a named buyer for a stated quantity, packing, destination and Incoterm, with a validity date.
No. An enquiry opens a discussion and commits neither side. You are committed only when a written sale contract is signed, or when you accept a proforma invoice in writing and that acceptance is confirmed.
The contract. Website tables show typical export ranges; your contract states the specification agreed for your cargo, and the Certificate of Analysis states what was measured. Where they differ the contract governs and the page should be corrected.
Yes, with attribution to Bitumen Asphaltive and the page address. Quoting, citing and linking are all fine. What is not permitted is republishing the material wholesale as another supplier's own content, or altering values and still presenting them as ours.
They were checked against the standard as at the review date shown on the page. Issuing bodies revise standards on their own schedule and this site is not the standard. If a value is going into a contract, verify it against the edition your project buys to.
Whatever the sale contract says. Governing law and the forum or arbitration procedure are negotiated terms of the individual contract, not something a website can impose. These terms neither override nor supplement that agreement.
WhatsApp is operated by a third party under its own terms, and email passes through providers we do not control. Both are ordinary commercial channels; neither is a secure document vault. For sensitive material, agree a channel in the contract.
Nothing. A change to these website terms has no effect on an agreement already in force. Contracts are amended only as the contract provides, in writing between the parties. These terms govern use of the website; the contract governs the sale.
If something here is unclear, or a page conflicts with a document you have been sent, raise it on WhatsApp or by email to info@bitumenasphaltive.com. Quote the page address and the wording in question.