The Leading Asphalt Producers by Country

The Leading Asphalt Producers by Country WHOIS THE ASPHALT KING? Asphalt (also known as "bitumen") is made from the fractional distillation of crude oil. Of all the leading petroleum producing countries, who takes the cake in terms of producing the most asphalt? India (4.9%) -USA (21.8%) China (11.8%) Russia (4.1%)- Canada (4.1%) Japan (4.6%)– -World (48.7%) Total Metric Tonnes of Asphalt produced in 2009 = 99,355 ASPHALT PRODUCER MAP Outside of the leading petroleum producing countries, you would be surprised to find out what other countries are aggressively producing asphalt France & Brazil Japan Italy Monaco 00 DID YOUKNOW? The biggest use of asphalt is for making concrete asphalt for road surfaces ASPHALT FORROAD SURFACES ACCOUNTS FOR 85% OF USEINTHE USA Roofing accounts for the remainder of asphalt/bitumen use in the USA ASPHALTROADSURFACEIS THE MOST WIDELY RECYCLED MATERIALINTHE U.S.,BOTHBY GROSSTONNAGE AND BY PERCENTAGE THEFOUNDATIONFORINDUSTRIALIZEDSOCIETY While asphalt use and the dependence on oil won't be going away anytime soon, the use of asphalt has benefitted society in allowing us much more convenient access to the farthest reaches regardless of terrain Asphalt Presented by Kingdom.com Sources: UN Data http://data.un.org/ The Leading Asphalt Producers by Country WHOIS THE ASPHALT KING? Asphalt (also known as "bitumen") is made from the fractional distillation of crude oil. Of all the leading petroleum producing countries, who takes the cake in terms of producing the most asphalt? India (4.9%) -USA (21.8%) China (11.8%) Russia (4.1%)- Canada (4.1%) Japan (4.6%)– -World (48.7%) Total Metric Tonnes of Asphalt produced in 2009 = 99,355 ASPHALT PRODUCER MAP Outside of the leading petroleum producing countries, you would be surprised to find out what other countries are aggressively producing asphalt France & Brazil Japan Italy Monaco 00 DID YOUKNOW? The biggest use of asphalt is for making concrete asphalt for road surfaces ASPHALT FORROAD SURFACES ACCOUNTS FOR 85% OF USEINTHE USA Roofing accounts for the remainder of asphalt/bitumen use in the USA ASPHALTROADSURFACEIS THE MOST WIDELY RECYCLED MATERIALINTHE U.S.,BOTHBY GROSSTONNAGE AND BY PERCENTAGE THEFOUNDATIONFORINDUSTRIALIZEDSOCIETY While asphalt use and the dependence on oil won't be going away anytime soon, the use of asphalt has benefitted society in allowing us much more convenient access to the farthest reaches regardless of terrain Asphalt Presented by Kingdom.com Sources: UN Data http://data.un.org/