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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-22-000134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T05:36:53.858305+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle Q2 sales $1.48B (+91% YoY); raises FY2022 guidance sharply

## Summary
- Net income $406.8M ($3.46 GAAP EPS); adjusted diluted EPS $3.45, up 288% YoY.
- Lithium segment sales $891.5M (+178%), adjusted EBITDA $495.2M (+353%) on higher pricing and volumes.
- FY2022 guidance raised: net sales $7.1-7.5B, adjusted EBITDA $3.2-3.5B, adjusted EPS $19.25-22.25.
- Kemerton I lithium plant in Australia achieved first product in July 2022.
- Catalysts segment adjusted EBITDA down 53.7% due to cost pressures; strategic review ongoing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-22-000134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000134/0000915913-22-000134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000134/alb-20220803.htm

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