Albemarle to Release First Quarter 2011 Earnings Results on April 19, 2011

Conference Call to be Held on April 20, 2011 at 09:00am ET

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Mar 21, 2011, 04:05 ET

BATON ROUGE, La., March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) will release its first quarter earnings after the NYSE close on Tuesday, April 19, 2011.

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The company will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter results on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at 09:00 a.m. ET. This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Albemarle Corporation's Web site at www.albemarle.com in the Investor Information section.


To listen to this conference, please call the following:

Dial In # 866-700-6067
International Dial In # 617-213-8834
Passcode 61127439

A replay of this call will be available beginning at 01:00 p.m. ET April 20, 2011 and will play until April 27, 2011 at the following number:

Dial In # 888-286-8010
International Dial In # 617-801-6888
Passcode 34568686

The webcast is being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network and can be accessed at www.earnings.com. Institutional investors can also access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About Albemarle

Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a leading global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of highly-engineered specialty chemicals for consumer electronics, petroleum refining, utilities, packaging, construction, automotive/transportation, pharmaceuticals, crop protection, food-safety and custom chemistry services. The Company is committed to global sustainability and is advancing its eco-practices and solutions in its three business segments, Polymer Solutions, Catalysts and Fine Chemistry. Corporate Responsibility Magazine recently selected Albemarle to its prestigious "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list for 2010. Albemarle employs approximately 4,000 people and serves customers in approximately 100 countries. To learn more, visit www.albemarle.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Albemarle Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

SOURCE Albemarle Corporation