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Bilbaína de Alquitranes - Products - Pitch

The heaviest fraction obtained from coal tar distillation is pitch, which makes up 50% of the raw material. Coal tar pitch is a black solid at room temperature and is made up of a mix of many different hydrocarbons.

We sell a wide variety of pitches so we can better meet the needs of the different sectors of the consumer market. The main markets are:

  • Manufacturing of anodes for the aluminum industry (Söderberg anodes and pre-baked anodes)
  • Binder and impregnating agents in the manufacturing of graphite electrodes (electrodes, electric arc furnaces used in the ironworks industry, cathodes, and aluminum electrolysis anodes)
  • Electrode paste for ferro-alloys (silicon metal, ferro-silicon, ferromagnesian silicate and magnesium silicate)
  • Clay pigeons
  • Pitch coke and briquettes
  • Carbon fibers, polygranular graphite and carbon-carbon composites)

DISTRIBUTION FORMAT

Solid: solid pitch at room temperature can be delivered:

  • in Bulk
  • in Big bags (0,8 Tm, 1 Tm, 1,5 Tm)

This product can be sent by truck, in containers or by vessels

Liquid: thermally insulated tankers to transport by roadway.

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