December 27, 2022

Ken Schuler, Craig Arakawa

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Industrial Applications and Services

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Re:    Albemarle Corporation

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

Filed February 22, 2022

File No. 001-12658

Dear Mr. Schuler and Mr. Arakawa:

In your letter dated December 21, 2022 (the “Staff Comment Letter”), you requested that we advise you when we would provide a response to your comments regarding our Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

During our telephone conversation with you on December 27, 2022, we advised you that we would file our response to the Staff Comment Letter on, or before, Monday, January 9, 2023.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Scott Tozier at (980) 299-5596.

Sincerely,

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION

/s/ SCOTT A. TOZIER

Scott A. Tozier

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer