WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. & CAPE TOWN, South Africa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin Materials”), the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, and AECI Much Asphalt, the ...

The Alcatraz Asphalt Mine was once the center of mining on the present day University California Santa Barbara campus.

Asphalt is a highly viscous form of petroleum. Most countries refer to the sticky stuff as bitumen. People have collected bitumen from natural seeps for thousands of years. Ancient people used bitumen ...

Although the history of bitumen dates back to the third millennium BC, only little is known about its surface structure. Researchers are now shedding light on the nature of the bitumen surface using ...

While atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy have already provided information on the morphology of bitumen surfaces in the past, for a long time it was not known whether surface and ...

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TO-DAY, when petroleum with its vast range of derivatives is regarded as indispensable to the welfare of man, it is wholesome to be reminded of the salient factors which gradually extended its ...

Origin Materials and AECI Much Asphalt, the largest commercial asphalt producer in southern Africa, have launched a program to create a novel low-carbon asphalt. Origin Materials, the world’s leading ...