BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) today announced that it will hold an investor conference on Thursday, May 13(th) in New York City. Mark C. Rohr, Chairman and CEO, along with other members of the company's management team will provide an update on key business strategies and growth initiatives.

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Further event details and logistics will be announced closer to the date and will be posted on our website at http://www.albemarle.com.

The presentation and audio webcast will be made available live on Albemarle's website the day of the event at http://www.albemarle.com under the Investor Information heading.

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 Chemicals. Albemarle employs over 4,100 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 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.

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