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BATON ROUGE, La. , Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a premier specialty chemicals company and leader in the production of lithium and lithium derivatives, announced today that it has been granted approval by the Environmental Assessment Commission (CEA) of the Antofagasta Region to increase its currently authorized lithium brine extraction rate at the company's facility in the Salar de Atacama, Chile. The increase will enable the company to meet the accelerating demand for lithium, especially high purity lithium compounds required for the production of lithium batteries.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) today announced the successful completion of the previously announced sale of its Minerals business, which includes both Mineral Flame Retardants and Specialty Chemicals, to Huber Engineered Materials. 

BATON ROUGE, La. , Jan. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Scott A. Tozier will be on a temporary medical leave of absence, effective immediately.  It is anticipated that he will return to his normal duties in the near future.

Conference call to be held on February 18, 2016 at 9:00 am ET BATON ROUGE, La. , Jan. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it will release its fourth quarter 2015 earnings after the NYSE closes on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) today announced the successful completion of the previously announced sale of its Tribotecc metal sulfides business to Treibacher Industrie AG .  The transaction included sites in Vienna and Arnoldstein, Austria and Tribotecc's proprietary sulfide synthesis process. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Trade News Bulletin --   Albemarle Corporation today announced that its zeolite-based AlkyStar™ catalyst successfully produced high-quality alkylate after start-up of the world’s first solid acid catalyst alkylation unit at the Shandong, China, plant of Zibo Haiyi Fine Chemical Co., LTD, a subsidiary of Shandong Wonfull Petrochemical Group Co., Ltd.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation  (NYSE: ALB) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Mineral Flame Retardants and Specialty Chemicals businesses to Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of flame retardant additives.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Nov. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that President and CEO Luke Kissam will present at the 4 th Annual Morgan Stanley Global Chemicals and Agriculture Conference in Boston, MA at 2:20 p.m. EST on November 10, 2015.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leading manufacturer of highly-engineered specialty chemicals, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Tribotecc metal sulfides business to Treibacher Industrie AG, an international leading player in the chemistry and metallurgy sectors. Included in the transaction are sites in Vienna and Arnoldstein, Austria and Tribotecc's proprietary sulfide synthesis process.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Third quarter 2015 highlights: Adjusted earnings of $0.90 per share. Three core business units grew adjusted EBITDA by 8% versus prior year, and achieved adjusted EBITDA margins of 31%, excluding unfavorable currency exchange impacts.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that it has named leaders for its bromine and lithium businesses which, effective as of the beginning of 2016, will report directly to President and CEO Luke Kissam.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) declared today a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share.  The dividend is payable January 4, 2016 , to shareholders of record at the close of business as of December 15, 2015.