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Issuer:     ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB)
CIK:        0000915913
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000915913-23-000052
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Albemarle restructures MARBL Lithium JV, splits into Wodgina and Kemerton JVs; MRL to invest in China assets
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- Albemarle sells 10% of Wodgina to MRL for $216M, resulting in 50/50 ownership; buys 25% of Kemerton for $216M, raising stake to 85%.
- Net cash adjustments from AWPL to WLPL estimated at $100M–$150M; MRL to pay Albemarle ~$350M for past downstream costs.
- Australia completion expected Q2 2023; China completion (MRL acquiring 50% of Albemarle UK) expected H2 2023 or Q1 2024.
- MRL will fund 50% of costs at nominated downstream assets up to 100,000 tpa LCE capacity; Albemarle retains operational control.
- Marketing agreement terminated; tail volume of 1,000 kt/month of WLPL's lithium hydroxide sold to Albemarle US through Dec 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000052/0000915913-23-000052-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000052/alb-20230222.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-23-000052

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