Albemarle to Release Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings Results on January 24, 2011

Conference call to be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 10:00am ET

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Dec 27, 2010, 09:05 ET

BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 27, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) will release its fourth quarter earnings after the NYSE close on Monday, January 24, 2011.

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The company will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter results on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. ET. This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Albemarle Corporation's Web site at http://www.albemarle.com/ in the Investor Information section.

To listen to this conference, please call the following:

Dial In # 866-314-9013
International Dial In # 617-213-8053
Passcode 64836501

A replay of this call will be available beginning at 01:00 p.m. ET January 25, 2011 and will play until February 1, 2011 at the following number:

Dial In # 888-286-8010
International Dial In # 617-801-6888
Passcode 71150933

The webcast is being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network and can be accessed at http://earnings.com/highlight.asp?client=cb. Institutional investors can also access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (https://www.streetevents.com/login.aspx).

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 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. Albemarle regularly posts information to www.albemarle.com, including notification of events, news, financial performance, investor presentations and webcasts, Regulation G reconciliations, SEC filings, and other information regarding the Company, its businesses and the markets we serve.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Albemarle Corporation's business that 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