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                           November 3, 2022

       Scott Tozier
       Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
       Albemarle Corporation
       4250 Congress St., Suite 900
       Charlotte, NC 28209

                                                        Re: Albemarle
Corporation
                                                            Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2021
                                                            Filed February 22,
2022
                                                            File No. 001-12658

       Dear Scott Tozier:

              We have reviewed your October 12, 2022 response to our comment
letter and have the
       following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide
us with information
       so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

             After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have
additional
       comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are
to comments in our
       September 14, 2022 letter.

       FORM 10-K

       Mineral Properties, page 24

   1.                                                   We note your responses
to comments 1 through 4, 6 and 7 indicating you will revise your
                                                        disclosures in your
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and associated
                                                        exhibits to comply with
these comments. Due to the number of modifications to bring
                                                        your filing to minimal
compliance with Item 1300 of Regulation S-K, please amend your
                                                        Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 to include your proposed
                                                        revisions. Please
revise to provide the:
                                                            production
disclosure proposed in your response to comment 1,
                                                            resources
disclosure proposed in your response to comment 2,
                                                            resource and
reserve disclosure proposed in your response to comment 3,
                                                            metric tonne
disclosure proposed in your response to comment 4,
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FirstName  LastNameScott Tozier
Albemarle Corporation
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                attributable resources and reserves disclosure proposed in your
response to comment
              6, and
             disclosure of key assumptions such as cutoff grade, price, and
operating costs
              proposed in your response to comment 7.
         For each of the revisions made in response to the aforementioned prior
comments, please
         also identify for us the location of the respective revisions made in
your amended filing.
Greenbushes, Australia, page 30

2.       We note your response to comment 5 stating in future filings you will
include some of the
         information presented. Please amend your Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31,
         2021 and associated exhibits to include this explanation, disclose
your cutoff grade
         calculation as an incremental or marginal cutoff grade and discuss the
variance in
         sustaining capital as used in the cutoff grade compared to the
resultant sustaining capital
         estimate found in Section 18.
9A. Controls and Procedures, page 127

3.       In light of the revisions to your S-K 1300 disclosures and related
technical reports, please
         reassess your conclusion that your disclosure controls and procedures
were effective as of
         December 31, 2021.

Exhibits 96.1 Greenbush
Pit Optimization, page ET-115

4.       We note your response to comment 10 providing an explanation to the
variance between
         the cutoff estimation costs and the operating costs found in your
technical report. Please
         amend your exhibit to include this explanation with your cutoff grade
estimation costs.
Exhibits 96.1 Greenbush
Expansionary Capital Costs, page ET-208

5.       We note your response to comment 11 stating you identified the errors
in Tables 18-2 and
         18-3. Please amend your exhibit and correct these tables.
Exhibit 96.2 Wodgina
Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates, page EU-10

6.       We note your response to comment 12 stating in future filings you will
disclose your
         resources and reserves based on your attributable ownership. Please
amend your exhibits
         to report your resources and reserves based on your attributable
ownership.
Exhibit 96.5 Jordan Bromine
Mineral Resource Estimates, page EX-8

7.       We note your responses to comments 13 through 18 stating in future
filings you will
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Albemarle Corporation
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         provide revised disclose in your technical report to comply with Item
1300 of Regulation
         S-K. Please amend your exhibit to:
             report your resources and reserves based on your attributable
ownership in response
             to comment 13,
             report your measured, indicated and/or inferred mineral resources,
specifying the
             volume, concentration, and contained bromine based on initial
evaporation pond
             intake in response to comment 14,
             report your cut-off grade estimate for your resources with details
about parameters,
             prices, and costs, similar to your example in response to comment
15,
             report the volume, concentration, and contained bromine of your
reserves, similar to
             your example in response to comment 16,
             report your cut-off grade estimate for your reserves with details
about parameters,
             prices, and costs in response to comment 17, and
             provide the additional disclosure regarding capital, operating
costs estimates, and
             accuracy in response to comment 18.
         Please also identify for us the location of the respective revisions
made to your amended
         exhibit.
Exhibit 96.6 Magnolia
Mineral Reserve Estimates, page EY-43

8.       We note your responses to comments 19 through 21 stating in future
filings you
         will provide revised disclose in your technical report to comply with
Item 1300 of
         Regulation S-K. Please amend your exhibit to disclose:
             the cut-off grade estimate for your reserves with details about
parameters, prices, and
              costs, similar to your example in response to comment 19,
             your qualified person   s opinion on your environmental compliance
plans, similar to
              your example in response to comment 2, and
             your capital and operating costs estimates with the associated
estimate of accuracy,
              similar to your example provided in response to comment 21
         Please also identify for us the location of the respective revisions
made to your amended
         exhibit.
Exhibits 96.1, 96.2, 96.3, 96.4, 96.5 and 96.6
General, page EZ-0

9.       We note your responses to comments 22 through 29 stating in future
filings you
         will provide revised disclose in your technical reports to comply with
Item 1300 of
         Regulation S-K. Please amend your exhibits to:
             exclude all non-compliant disclaimers in response to comment 22,
             include a geologic cross-section and stratigraphic column for each
property in
              response to comment 23,
             include the qualified person   s opinion on the adequacy of sample
preparation,
              security, and analytical procedures, similar to your example in
your response to
              comment 24,
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Albemarle Corporation
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               include the estimated metallurgical recoveries and the qualified
person   s opinion on
             the adequacy of information, similar to your examples in your
response to comment
             25,
             include the qualified person   s opinion, similar to your examples
in your response to
             comment 26,
             include the qualified person   s opinion in regards to modifying
factors affecting your
             reserves, similar to your examples in your response to comment 27,
             include the annual numerical values for your life of mine
production schedules,
             similar to your examples provided in Exhibits A, B and C in your
response to
             comment 28, and
             include the five-year historical review of the commodity price
with your price
             projection, similar to your examples in your response to comment
29.
         Please also identify for us the location of the respective revisions
made to your amended
         exhibit.

Exhibits 96.1, 96.2, 96.3, 96.4, 96.5 and 96.6A
Capital and Operating Cost, page EZ-8

10.      We note your response to comment 30 stating in future filings you will
provide additional
         details regarding capital and operating costs by major line items,
including operational
         costs disclosed by major cost centers and annual reclamation costs.
Please amend your
         exhibits to include the details regarding capital and operating costs
by line items,
         including operational costs disclosed by major cost center and annual
reclamation costs.
         Please note combining columns is acceptable, provided all numeric
values are identical for
         the combined columns and a statement regarding this practice is
included with your
         presentation.
Exhibits 96.1, 96.2, 96.3, 96.4, 96.5 and 96.6A
Economic Analysis, page EZ-9

11.      We note your response to comment 31 stating in future filings you will
provide numerical
         values for your annual cash flow, including annual production, salable
product quantities,
         revenues, major cost centers, taxes & royalties, capital, and final
closure costs. Please
         amend your exhibits to include numerical values for our annual cash
flow, including your
         annual production, salable product quantities, revenues, major cost
centers, taxes
         & royalties, capital, and final closure costs. Please note combining
columns is acceptable,
         provided all numeric values are identical for the combined columns and
a statement
         regarding this practice is included with your presentation.
 Scott Tozier
Albemarle Corporation
November 3, 2022
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       Please contact Ken Schuler at 202-551-3718 or Craig Arakawa at
202-551-3650 with
any questions.



                                                        Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameScott Tozier
                                                        Division of Corporation
Finance
Comapany NameAlbemarle Corporation
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