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BATON ROUGE, La. , Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation  (NYSE: ALB), a premier specialty chemicals company and leader in the production of lithium and lithium compounds, announced today its intention to add up to 50,000 metric tons of mineral conversion production capacity to significantly boost battery-grade lithium production...

BATON ROUGE, La. , Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. ("RSGI"), intends to redeem $1.25 billion of the 4.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (CUSIP No. 774477AJ2) issued by RSGI (the "Notes"), representing all of the outstanding Notes. 

BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --  Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that it will hold its 2015 "Lithium Day" at its facilities in Kings Mountain, NC on Tuesday, September 15th . President and Chief Executive Officer Luke Kissam and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Scott Tozier, together with other members of Albemarle's leadership team, will provide a detailed review of the key business strategies that will drive earnings growth for its lithium business.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Aug. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), through its subsidiary Rockwood Litio Limitada, was presented with the prestigious 2015 National Mining Society award for its valuable contributions to the advancement of the lithium industry in Chile.

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of flame retardants, announced today that it is continuing with the qualification and commercialization of its GreenCrest® polymeric fire safety solution, which is based on technology licensed from Dow Global Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.

BATON ROUGE, La. , Aug. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), announced today that it will relocate its corporate headquarters and its Performance Chemicals business from Baton Rouge, La. to Charlotte, N.C. In addition, it will relocate Baton Rouge employees in its Refining Solutions business to its existing Clear Lake, Texas office. Approximately 120 of the company's employees will be relocated to Charlotte and Clear Lake, with the majority of the relocations expected to take place in June 2016.

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BATON ROUGE, La. , Aug. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Second quarter 2015 highlights: Adjusted earnings of $0.84 per share. Three core business units grew constant currency revenue by 7% and adjusted EBITDA by 10% from prior year, and achieved adjusted EBITDA margins of 30%.