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CHARLOTTE, N.C. , May 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- First quarter 2018 highlights: First quarter net sales were $821.6 million , an increase of 14% over the prior year; earnings were $131.8 million , or $1.18 per diluted share, an increase of 162% over the prior year First quarter adjusted EBITDA was $248.7 million, an increase of 18% over the prior year; adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.30, an increase of 24% over the prior year.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announces that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.335 per share. The dividend, which has an annualized rate of $1.34 , is payable July 2, 2018 , to shareholders of record at the close of business as of June 15, 2018.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , May 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that the company has been named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine's ( CR Magazine ) 19 th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it is the primary hydroprocessing catalyst manufacturer for the DuPont™ IsoTherming® hydroprocessing technology, making clean fuels production more cost-efficient for refiners.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , April 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that Scott Tozier, Albemarle Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Eric Norris, Chief Strategy Officer, will participate in a Fireside Chat at the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference in New York City on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. , April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it has declared force majeure due to the shortage of key raw materials in the production of diethyl toluene diamine (DETDA) curative products.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that Scott Tozier , Albemarle Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Barclays Electronic Chemicals Conference in New York City on Monday, May 14, 2018.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it has named Dr. Glen Merfeld as Albemarle's Chief Technology Officer for its Lithium business, effective immediately.

Conference call to be held on May 10, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. ET CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it will release its first-quarter 2018 earnings after the NYSE closes on Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today the successful completion of the previously announced sale of its polyolefin catalysts and components business to W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $416 million.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation  (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the production of lithium and lithium derivatives, announced today that as expected, it has received approval from Chile's Economic Development Agency (CORFO) for an increase in the company's lithium quota to sustainably increase Albemarle's lithium production in Chile to as much as 145,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) annually through 2043. As previously announced, this quota increase will be enabled by the company's deployment of innovative technology to extract more lithium without the need for additional brine pumping at the Salar de Atacama.