Albemarle Corporation announced that as part of the company's continued commitment to environmental stewardship it has achieved a Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for the company's pollinator garden located at its Kings Mountain, N.C., site. In May 2019, Albemarle's Kings Mountain site opened a nearly 2,000 square-foot pollinator garden to provide an enhanced habitat for pollinators, particularly the monarch butterfly which has recently seen a species decline. A variety of pollinator-friendly vegetation was planted, and a program to monitor the garden's progress is ongoing. Most notably, in August 2019, Albemarle saw the first appearance of monarch butterflies and larvae. The pollinator garden is built atop a rock pile from previous lithium mining and is now part of the Kings Mountain Gateway Trail that is frequented by the neighboring community. Albemarle's certification and efforts will be recognized at the 2020 Conservation Conference in Baltimore where the company will also be eligible for the 2020 WHC Awards while at the conference.