Item 2. Properties.

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Item 2. Properties.

We operate globally, with our principal executive offices located in Charlotte, NC, our corporate office located in Baton Rouge, LA and regional shared services offices located in Budapest, Hungary and Dalian, China. All of these properties are leased. We and our affiliates also operate regional sales and administrative offices in various locations throughout the world, which are generally leased.

We believe that our production facilities, research and development facilities, and sales and administrative offices are generally well maintained, effectively used and are adequate to operate our business. During 2017, the Company’s manufacturing plants operated at approximately 73% capacity, in the aggregate.

Set forth below is information regarding our significant production facilities operated by us and our affiliates:



Location	Business Segment in 2017	Principal Use	Owned/Leased
Amsterdam, the Netherlands	Refining Solutions(a)	Production of refinery catalysts, research and product development activities	Owned

Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Lithium and Advanced Materials(b); Bromine Specialties	Research and product development activities, and production of flame retardants, catalysts and additives	Owned; on leased land

Bitterfeld, Germany	Refining Solutions(a)	Refinery catalyst regeneration, rejuvenation, and sulfiding	Owned by Eurecat S.A., a joint venture owned 50% by each of Axens Group and us



Albemarle Corporation and Subsidiaries



Location	Business Segment in 2017	Principal Use	Owned/Leased
Cambridge, U.K.	Lithium and Advanced Materials(a)	Production of performance catalysts	Leased

Greenbushes, Australia	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of lithium spodumene minerals and lithium concentrate	Owned by Windfield Holdings Pty Ltd, a joint venture in which we own 49%, and Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries Inc. which owns the remaining interest

Jubail, Saudi Arabia	Lithium and Advanced Materials(a)	Manufacturing and marketing of organometallics	Owned by Saudi Organometallic Chemicals Company LLC, a joint venture owned 50% by each of Saudi Specialty Chemicals Company (a SABIC affiliate) and us

Kings Mountain, North Carolina	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of technical and battery grade lithium hydroxide, lithium salts and battery grade lithium metal products	Owned

La Negra, Chile	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of lithium carbonate and lithium chloride	Owned

Langelsheim, Germany	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of butyllithium, lithium chloride, specialty products, lithium hydrides, cesium and special metals	Owned

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	Lithium and Advanced Materials; Bromine Specialties; Refining Solutions(a); All Other	Regional offices and research and customer technical service activities	Owned

La Voulte, France	Refining Solutions(a)	Refinery catalysts regeneration and treatment, research and development activities	Owned by Eurecat S.A., a joint venture owned 50% by each of Axens Group and us

Magnolia, Arkansas	Bromine Specialties	Production of flame retardants, bromine, inorganic bromides, agricultural intermediates and tertiary amines	Owned

McAlester, Oklahoma	Refining Solutions(a)	Refinery catalyst regeneration, rejuvenation, pre-reclaim burn off, as well as specialty zeolites and additives marketing activities	Owned by Eurecat S.A., a joint venture owned 50% by each of Axens Group and us

Meishan, China	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide	Owned

Mobile, Alabama	Lithium and Advanced Materials(a)	Production of tin stabilizers	Owned by PMC Group, Inc. which operates the plant for Stannica LLC, a joint venture owned 50% by each of PMC Group Inc. and us

New Johnsonville, Tennessee	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of specialty products	Owned

Niihama, Japan	Refining Solutions(a)	Production of refinery catalysts	Leased by Nippon Ketjen Company Limited, a joint venture owned 50% by each of Sumitomo Metal Mining Company Limited and us

Pasadena, Texas	Lithium and Advanced Materials(a); All Other	Production of aluminum alkyls, alkenyl succinic anhydride, orthoalkylated anilines, and other specialty chemicals	Owned

Pasadena, Texas	Refining Solutions(a)	Production of refinery catalysts, research and development activities	Owned



Albemarle Corporation and Subsidiaries



Location	Business Segment in 2017	Principal Use	Owned/Leased
Pasadena, Texas	Refining Solutions(a)	Refinery catalysts regeneration services	Owned by Eurecat U.S. Incorporated, a joint venture in which we own a 57.5% interest and a consortium of entities in various proportions owns the remaining interest

Safi, Jordan	Bromine Specialties	Production of bromine and derivatives and flame retardants	Owned and leased by JBC, a joint venture owned 50% by each of Arab Potash Company Limited and us

Salar de Atacama, Chile	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of lithium brine and potash	Owned; however ownership will revert to the Chilean government once we have sold all remaining amounts under our contract with the Chilean government pursuant to which we obtain lithium brine in Chile

Santa Cruz, Brazil	Refining Solutions(a)	Production of catalysts, research and product development activities	Owned by Fábrica Carioca de Catalisadores S.A, a joint venture owned 50% by each of Petrobras Química S.A.—PETROQUISA and us

Silver Peak, Nevada	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of lithium brine and lithium carbonate	Owned

South Haven, Michigan	All Other	Production of custom fine chemistry products including pharmaceutical actives	Owned

Taichung, Taiwan	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of butyllithium	Owned

Takaishi City, Osaka, Japan	Lithium and Advanced Materials(a)	Production of aluminum alkyls	Owned by Nippon Aluminum Alkys, a joint venture owned 50% by each of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and us

Twinsburg, Ohio	Bromine Specialties	Production of bromine-activated carbon	Leased

Tyrone, Pennsylvania	All Other	Production of custom fine chemistry products, agricultural intermediates, performance polymer products and research and development activities	Owned

Xinyu, China	Lithium and Advanced Materials	Production of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide	Owned

Yeosu, South Korea	Lithium and Advanced Materials(b)	Research and product development activities/small scale production of catalysts and catalyst components	Owned


(a)	During the first quarter of 2018, the PCS product category will merge with the Refining Solutions reportable segment to form the Catalysts reportable segment, a global business focused on catalysts. These significant production facilities will be part of the Catalysts reportable segment beginning in 2018.


(b)	Facility included in the sale of the polyolefin catalysts and components portion of the PCS business, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.

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