Albemarle Corporation is an American specialty chemicals manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Alternative Fuel Technologies division participates in the market for biofuels, gas to liquids, and coal liquefaction.

[10] In August 2000, the company launched PolymerAdditives.com, a business-to-business internet joint venture with Cytec Industries and General Electric to provide materials faster and more efficiently directly from trusted suppliers.

[17] In July 2004, Albemarle acquired the refinery catalysts platform from AkzoNobel, with sites and/or joint ventures in the Netherlands, Houston, France, Brazil, Japan and Singapore, for €615.7 million.

[20] In May 2007, Albemarle opened a regional sales office in Dubai to meet growing market needs in India and the Middle East.

[23][24] In 2009, Albemarle and TAYF, an affiliate of SABIC, created a catalysts joint venture to build a world-scale organometallics production facility in Jubail.

[29] Albemarle then announced it would realign its global business units: Chemetall Surface Treatment, Refining Solutions and Performance Chemicals.

[30] In August 2015, the company announced the relocation of its headquarters from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Charlotte, North Carolina.

[37] In June, 2021, Albermarle completed the sale of its Fine Chemistry Services (FCS) business to W. R. Grace & Co. for approximately $570 million.