BATON ROUGE, La., March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it will release its first quarter 2015 earnings after the NYSE closes on Wednesday, May 6, 2015.

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The company will hold its conference call to discuss first quarter 2015 results on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 9:00 am ET. This call is being webcast by NASDAQ OMX and can be accessed at Albemarle Corporation's website at http://investors.albemarle.com or by phone at the following number:

Dial-In #: 888-680-0890
International Dial-In #: 617-213-4857
Participant Passcode: 37447304

A replay of this call will be available beginning at 1:00 pm ET May 7, 2015 and will play until 11:59 pm ET May 14, 2015 at the following number:

Dial-In #: 888-286-8010
International Dial-In #: 617-801-6888
Participant Passcode: 27984958

The webcast is being distributed through the Thomson Reuters StreetEvents Network. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About Albemarle

Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a premier specialty chemicals company with leading positions in attractive end markets around the world. With a broad customer reach and diverse end markets, Albemarle develops, manufactures and markets technologically advanced and high value added products, including lithium and lithium compounds, bromine and bromine derivatives, catalysts and surface treatment chemistries used in a wide range of applications including consumer electronics, flame retardants, metal processing, plastics, contemporary and alternative transportation vehicles, refining, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, construction and custom chemistry services. Albemarle is focused on delivering differentiated, performance-based technologies that deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to its customers. The Company employs approximately 6,900 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 it serves.

"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 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

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