The present invention provides a bitumen composition including: -(i) from 0.1 to 25% wt of an elastomer, (ii) from 0.1 to 40% wt of a solvent, (iii) from 30 to 99% wt of a bitumen, (iv) from 0.1 to 30% wt of a lithium salt of a CSUB10/SUB-CSUB40 /SUBfatty acid or hydroxy fatty acid, and optionally (v) from 0 to 70% wt of a filler, all weights based on total bitumen composition, wherein the solvent is of general formula (I), wherein RSUP1 /SUPrepresents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, RSUP2 /SUPrepresents a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the sum of the carbon atoms in RSUP1 /SUPand RSUP2 /SUPis from 5 to 7; a process of preparing said bitumen composition and the use of the composition as a cold-applicable adhesive.
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