Albemarle (ALB) Declares $0.29 Quarterly Dividend; 2.2% Yield

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Albemarle announces quarterly dividend

July 9, 2015 5:47 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La., July 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) declared today a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share.  The dividend is payable October 1, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business as of September 16, 2015.

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Albemarle begins commissioning of new lithium carbonate production plant in Chile

July 8, 2015 5:03 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La., July 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a premier specialty chemicals company and leader in the production of lithium and lithium compounds, announced today the commencement of commissioning activities associated with its new, state-of-the-art lithium carbonate production plant.  The 20,000 MT plant, located at Albemarle's La Negra site, near the port of Antofagasta in northern Chile, will enable the company to meet the accelerating demand for lithium, especially high purity lithium compounds... More