Title: ISO 9001

Title: CE Certificate

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: Iran Green Citation
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Lohe Sabz
Awarded by: Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran
Year Received: 2003

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: Iran Research Award
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Society of Iranian Industries and Mines Research Award
Awarded by: Society of Iranian Industries and Mines Research
Year Received: 1998

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: Iran Industiries Top Selected Manufacturing unit in Construction Materials Award
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Iran Industiries Top Selected Manufacturing unit in Construction Materials Award
Awarded by: International Consultants & Contractors Association of Iran
Year Received: 2007

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: Iran National Quality Award
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Committed to Excellence
Awarded by: The Institute of Standards & Industrial Research of Iran
Year Received: 2006

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: Committed to Excellence Award
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Committed to Excellence
Awarded by: Iran National Productivity & Excellence Award
Year Received: 2010

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: IRAN Exemplary Exporter Award 2007
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Exemplary Exporter
Awarded by: Ministry of Commerce
Year Received: 2007

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: IRAN Exemplary Exporter Award 2009
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Exemplary Exporter
Awarded by: Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines
Year Received: 2009

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: Iran National Quality Award
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Recognized for Quality
Awarded by: The Institute of Standards & Industrial Research of Iran
Year Received: 2000

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: IRAN Exemplary Exporter Award
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Exemplary Exporter
Awarded by: Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines
Year Received: 2004

Isfahan Bitumen Awards

Title: Iran National Productivity & Excellence Award
Introduction: Title of Award/Citation: Committed to Excellence
Awarded by: Iran National Productivity & Excellence Award
Year Received: 2006

For Invitation Letter Please Fax or Email :
1- Your Company Registration License
2- Passport of Visitors

Meeting Schedule :

Meeting  Request must be submitted to the Export Department by faxing or email at least 48 hours before your requested meeting time.

Isfahan Bitumen Meeting Schedule

Sample Documents

Marine cargo Insurances

No doubt, that “certainty “factor plays undeniable role in promoting international business transactions. Sellers, carriers and buyers , without certainty and necessary guarantees to set off unpleasant financial consequences and incurred accident and up redirecting of this event   which we are witnessed nowadays , we won’t be able to fulfill the business transactions .

Marine cargo insurance that has been introduced prior to the other insurance fields, is able to provide coverage for financial losses pertaining to the commercial goods when risks are realized related to maritime, air and land transportation.

Furthermore, marine insurance will enable banks to provide financial facilities in light of an appropriate insurance, the result of which is billion dollar exchanges as opening letter of credit between the world countries and causes facility in import and export.

To provide more desirable services to Iranian traders and merchants, Isfahan Bitumen’s Insurance Company has tried to provide more facilities to cover expensive goods under clauses of London Institute of Insurers (A,B,C) and Total Loss in import-export, domestic and transit fields. For the risks covered by different Clauses A, B, and C please click here. Total loss of the goods in one step and consequently fire is considered in Total Loss.

Bitumen Cargo Insurance

Insurance Period in clauses A, B and C

When occurring damage, it is necessary for the insurance policyholder ( insured) to send his/her claim of damage to Isfahan Bitumen’s Insurance loss section , if it is necessary, the company will send expert to evaluate amount and nature of the damage. Some documents which should be sent to Isfahan Bitumen’s Insurance Company for damage enquiry are as follows:

Domestic bill of lading’s (copy)

Original bill of Lading relating to (sea, air, rail, land) transportation

Proforma and commercial invoices

Packing list

Survey report

Certificate of origin

All correspondence done for delivering goods etc., with the transportation company and/or others

Warehouse receipt

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Bitumen Material Safety Information

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To ensure consistent Quality and Quantity, we systematically provide SGS inspection on all exported grades.

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and Certification Company. Recognized globally for its quality of work and integrity, they staff over 56,000 people and function a complex network of more than 1,000 administrative centers and laboratories which encompasses the entire world.

SGS Quality and Quantity Inspections

Capacity of Supply (Each Grade) : 8000 ~ 12000 MT / Month

Minimum Order Quantity : 105 +/- 3% MT (5 x 20FCL)

Minimum Order Quantity  : 105 +/- 3% MT (5 x 20FCL)

Capacity of Supply (Each Grade) : 8000 ~ 12000 MT / Month

Country of Origin : Islamic Republic of IRAN

We provide certificate of origin from Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines as part of international trade network, showing name and address of Isfahan Bitumen Production Factory.

iran chamber of commerce industries and mines

IRAN Certificate of Origin

Contract Terms & Conditions

Isfahan Bitumen Standards

Name: OHSAS 18001:1999 ISO 29001:2003
Certificate No: 08-QEOG-01048-TIC
Range: Health, Safety & Quality Management
Reference: International Standards Organization

Isfahan Bitumen Standards

Name: ISO 17025:2005
Certificate No: DAP-PL-4280.00
Range: Testing and Calibration Laboratories Standard
Reference: International Organization for Standardization

Isfahan Bitumen Standards

Name: Iran Hamkar Standard
Certificate No: 611
Range: Standardization and Quality Control
Reference: ISIRI Institute of Standards

Isfahan Bitumen Standards

Name: Iran National Standard Certificate
Certificate No: 10015
Range: Quality
Reference: Institute of Standards & Industrial Research of Iran

Don’t Become their Next Victim

Recently reports of upsetting outcomes of Road Construction Work which used Mixed Bitumen in countries such as Indonesia, Iraq, and Africa have been emerging. This event has consequently exposed the methods being used by the rising rings of unethical suppliers to bring their costs down to below all other genuine suppliers. Their main victims are Chinese and Korean Road and Bridge Construction Companies. Due to demand for very low Bitumen prices from Chinese buyers there are many counterfeit groups emerging in today’s Bitumen market who create Bitumen like products to meet the market’s target price demands. This is why the older and legitimate suppliers are having complications contending with them in prices. For this we have chosen to fight them through education. It is unfortunate and unfortunate in order to avoid bankruptcy older companies have also taken this measure and have started to Mix impurities in their Bitumen as well.

ISFAHAN BITUMEN PRODUCTION aims to inform you on what these hand full of smugglers are doing in order to save majorly on their costs while generating a handsome benefit for their circle. Aside from pouring Sand inside of their drums to make their drums heavier they are placing up to 50% Fuel Oil (Mazut) in the base of their drums and then packaging the rest with 100% pure NIOC Bitumen.

Some say where is SGS inspection in all of this? SGS takes samples from the top portion of the drum, and gives them the SGS certification based on the results and because they fill the base with Fuel Oil and Sand it is undetectable until the road contractor uses it. , Buyers purchase the lower priced Bitumen not knowing the true mixture inside of their drums and the effects it will have which are not limited to patches across the entire paved road and shrinkage. In fact, what they have sold the end user is not Petroleum Based Bitumen and has little binding power left after the Mixing which takes places. This means the asphalt will not hold together as it should and will break off piece by piece. It is noteworthy to mention that the equipment Road Contractors use to apply the impure bitumen are complaining of clogs in their equipment’s channel.

Because, the cost of Fuel Oil (Mazut) is far less in price than Bitumen in Iran by mixing even 10% to their Bitumen they are actually saving a minimum of 46.00 USD per MT based on today’s market rates (January 18, 2010). Imagine them mixing 50% of the drums with Fuel Oil. This will equal an incredible figure from which they will offer a handsome discount to all of their clients in the aims of creating confusion and mistrust in genuine suppliers to obtain your order.

Naturally, those who Mix for profit can outbid any true supplier at any time they wish. Our estimates in the past had been 20% impurities which would save them 92.00 USD per MT based on the present market rates of 406 to 410.00 USD per MT in Bulk Ex work refinery. However; today we are learning that these hand full of suppliers are getting braver and braver each day, and know that their day in court is coming and intend to gather as many sales as possible in the shortest period of time before they are fully exposed.

We are obtaining more pictures of disaster jobs as we speak of them in order to reveal them to our clients and Agents worldwide. Our aim is not to create fear without basis but to establish a common awareness and protect our clients and the name of Iranian Bitumen which is known for its high quality and standards.

If anyone is offering Bitumen at 10.00 USD more or less than a reliable supplier, we can declare it is expected, but when someone offers 30.00 USD, 50.00, or 100.00 USD per MT less than a reliable supplier or more, then they without doubt are doing something else to bring their costs down considerably.

An average profit margin of a Bitumen supplier is no more than 20.00 USD per MT inclusive of 5.00 USD per MT for unforeseen costs or we add this to the profit margin or deduct it in discounts. This all depends on the market trends and demand, therefore do not be deceived by very large discounts.

We ask that buyers through the many logical, available facts and the bitumen prices posted on the IME Exchange, help educate other buyers calculate the true levels which they are at today. We would like to state that the people selling Bitumen at incredible rates are very questionable. The projects which the false bitumen is prepared do not last and after a short period of time fall apart.

Presently our union is gathering more information on such suppliers and confronts them where possible.

Unfortunately, SGS inspection will not break open a new steel drum from the bottom unless there is previous suspicion. With these companies functioning with multiple names even that will be a small deterrent.

January 18, 2010

Mixed Bitumen suppliers are misleading SGS inspection by switching drums which have been prepared with high quality Bitumen after their inspection.

September 18, 2010

The information stated above gathered by Isfahan Bitumen Production Analysts are based on Victim and Witness Declarations which may be in oral or written form, intelligence provided by experts in this field and an overall study of the market and customer feedback. These views do not apply to every Bitumen supplier but those which use unethical tactics.

If you have been taken advantage of by a Bitumen Supplier from any part of the World share your story with us so that we may warn others. Your identity will be kept confidential.

1- Isfahan Bitumen Refinery