Albemarle Corporation

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 3, 2011 - Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of bromine, bromine derivatives and other specialty chemicals, announced today that Jordan Bromine Company (JBC), its joint venture located on the Dead Sea in Safi, Jordan, will double the capacity of its bromine production in order to meet expanding global customer requirements.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, August 2, 2010 - Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a global developer and manufacturer of innovative fine chemicals and sustainable clean energy solutions, announced today that on July 30, 2010, the company sold its Teesport, UK facility to Kemira Oyj (HSE: KEM).

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 1, 2010 - Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) a global leader in delivering innovative specialty chemicals, clean energy solutions and outstanding sustainability practices, celebrated the Grand Opening of its global shared services center in Budapest, Hungary during a reception held at the facility last week.

LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium, May 14, 2010 - Albemarle Corporation (www.albemarle.com/ ) (NYSE: ALB), a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of flame retardants, announced today that it will increase prices of MARTINAL(R) fine precipitated aluminum trihydrate flame retardants in Europe (including Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Russia), Middle East, Africa, India and Asia-Pacific by 10% on all MARTINAL(R) OL-104 based and low viscosity grades and 20% on all finer grades.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 29, 2010 - Albemarle Corporation (www.albemarle.com) (NYSE: ALB), announced it has signed a letter of intent with Polimeri Europa to license their Ziegler Natta polyethylene catalyst technologies for slurry, high pressure and solution applications.