Albemarle Corporation to Present at UBS - Grass Roots Chemical Conference

RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation announced today that Harm Scheepstra -- Divisional Vice President -- FCC Catalysts and Additives will be speaking to investors at the UBS - Grass Roots Chemical Conference at the Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Miami, FL at 8:00 AM ET on Thursday, February 9, 2006.

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The presentation and an audio webcast will be made available live on the Albemarle website at http://www.albemarle.com/ in the Events Calendar in the Investor Relations section. The replay will be available approximately 3 hours after the presentation ends and will be accessible until March 9, 2006.

Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of bromine, bromine derivatives, and other highly engineered specialty chemicals for consumer electronics; petroleum and petrochemical processing; transportation and industrial products; pharmaceuticals; agricultural products; and construction and packaging materials. The Company operates in three business segments -- Polymer Additives, Catalysts and Fine Chemicals, and serves customers in approximately 100 countries. Learn more about Albemarle at http://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.

CONTACT: Ms. Nicole Daniel, Investor Relations, +1-804-788-6096, nicole.daniel@albemarle.com, or Ms. Danielle Paquette, Investor Relations, +1-804-788-6045, danielle.paquette@albemarle.com, both of Albemarle Corporation.

First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: Danielle_Paquette@albemarle.com