{"id":21647,"date":"2026-07-20T14:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbaplant.com\/?page_id=21647"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:40:28","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mbaplant.com\/en\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a3nrdo09 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-hhpbujfv uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><h1 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\">MBA Articles<\/h1><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\"><strong><strong>Technical Articles on Asphalt Plants, Bitumen Technologies &amp; Road Construction<\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/header>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/mbaplant.com\/en\/what-is-stone-mastic-asphalt-sma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">What is stone mastic asphalt (SMA) ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2026-07-13T16:03:44+03:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t13 July 2026\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mbaplant.com\/en\/what-is-stone-mastic-asphalt-sma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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