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Raw inputs
Equipment
Foundry
Chip design
Software
AI demand
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Company details
Market cap
~$19B
Revenue
$5.4B
Adj. EBITDA
$1.1B
Net income
-$1.2B
Rev. growth
~flat
Div yield
~0.8%
Lithium sold
235kt LCE
Free cash flow
~$0.7B
In plain English
Albemarle is the world's largest producer of lithium — the metal at the heart of every EV and grid battery — pulling it from brine in Chile's Atacama desert and hard-rock mines in Australia, then refining it into battery-grade chemicals. Alongside lithium it runs two older, steadier businesses: bromine specialties (flame retardants, oilfield fluids) and Ketjen refining catalysts. After a lithium-price crash, the company swung to a 2025 loss and is cutting costs and capex.
In simple terms
What Albemarle really sells
Albemarle is the world's largest producer of lithium — the metal at the heart of every EV and grid battery — pulling it from brine in Chile's Atacama desert and hard-rock mines in Australia, then refining it into battery-grade chemicals. Alongside lithium it runs two older, steadier businesses: bromine specialties (flame retardants, oilfield fluids) and Ketjen refining catalysts. After a lithium-price crash, the company swung to a 2025 loss and is cutting costs and capex.
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