# Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) Critical Minerals Exposure

Albemarle is linked to 1 critical mineral: a producer of lithium. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ALB and based in the USA.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/albemarle-nyse-alb
Exchange: NYSE
Ticker: ALB
Country: USA
Production verified from filings: yes

## Critical minerals linked to Albemarle

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lithium](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/lithium-price-us) | Producer | $89.62 per kg contained | +24.4% | [Lithium stocks](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/lithium-stocks) |

## Sectors Albemarle serves

- [AI](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/ai)
- [Batteries](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/batteries)
- [Defence](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/defence)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/electric-vehicles)
- [Power Grids](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/power-grids)
- [Robotics](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/robotics)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Albemarle

Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lithium sits at the heart of the business, supplying battery makers with carbonate and hydroxide, while separate divisions make bromine-based chemicals and refinery catalysts. Drawing on brine as well as hard rock gives it a broader supply base than most of its peers, and it sells into electric vehicles, energy storage and a long list of industrial markets.

## Albemarle's critical minerals business

Lithium is Albemarle's critical mineral, and the company produces it in two very different ways. It pumps brine from the Salar de Atacama in Chile and from Silver Peak in Nevada, while it mines spodumene through its interests in Greenbushes and Wodgina in Western Australia. Conversion plants in Chile, Australia, China and the United States then turn that raw material into the carbonate and hydroxide that battery cathodes need, most of it ending up in electric vehicles and grid storage.

## Where Albemarle operates

Albemarle's lithium resources sit in Chile's Salar de Atacama, at Silver Peak in Nevada and in Western Australia, where it holds interests in Greenbushes and Wodgina. Its conversion network includes La Negra in Chile, Kemerton in Western Australia and several plants in China, and it has been developing the Kings Mountain lithium deposit in North Carolina, a former mine with a long history.

## In the Stockatomics Terminal

Share price against its minerals, mineral exposure by value, the exposure score and its components, verified production with sources, downstream demand exposure and catalysts affecting Albemarle.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Albemarle produce?

Albemarle is linked to 1 critical mineral: it is a producer of lithium. Each mineral's price is on its page: [Lithium](/commodities/lithium-price-us).

### Is Albemarle a lithium stock?

Yes. Albemarle is a producer of lithium, one of the 8 listed companies Stockatomics links to it. [See all lithium stocks](/commodities/lithium-stocks).

### Where is Albemarle listed?

Albemarle is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ALB (NYSE: ALB), and is based in the USA.

### Where does Albemarle get its lithium?

From brine in Chile's Salar de Atacama and at Silver Peak in Nevada, as well as from spodumene mined in Western Australia through its interests in Greenbushes and Wodgina. Its conversion plants then turn that raw material into battery-grade carbonate and hydroxide.

### Does Albemarle make anything besides lithium?

Yes. It produces bromine-based chemicals used in flame retardants, oilfield fluids and pharmaceuticals, and it supplies refinery catalysts through its Ketjen business.

## Related companies

- [Eramet](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/eramet-epa-eramet) (EPA: ERAMET): Lithium, Manganese, Nickel
- [IGO](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/igo-asx-igo) (ASX: IGO): Lithium, Nickel
- [Liontown Resources](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/liontown-resources-asx-ltr) (ASX: LTR): Lithium
- [Mineral Resources](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/mineral-resources-asx-min) (ASX: MIN): Lithium
- [Pilbara Minerals](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/pilbara-minerals-asx-pls) (ASX: PLS): Lithium
- [Rio Tinto](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/rio-tinto-nyse-rio) (NYSE: RIO): Aluminum, Boron, Copper, Gallium, Lithium, Scandium, Silver, Titanium
- [Sociedad Quimica y Minera](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/sqm-nyse-sqm) (NYSE: SQM): Lithium, Potash

## Sources

- Company filings: Albemarle’s minerals and its role in each.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Stockatomics: each mineral’s benchmark price per kg.

Last updated 18 October 2026.