Albemarle Corporation to Present at the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference In New York on June 3, 2010

BATON ROUGE, La., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that Richard J. Diemer Jr., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will give a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference 2010 in New York, on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11:10a.m. ET.  

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The presentation and audio webcast will be made available on Albemarle's website 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. 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.

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