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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - ALBEMARLE CORPFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - ALBEMARLE CORPd318688d10q.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION - ALBEMARLE CORPd318688dex322.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - ALBEMARLE CORPd318688dex311.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - ALBEMARLE CORPd318688dex312.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ended March 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Luther C. Kissam IV, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/S/ LUTHER C. KISSAM IV

Luther C. Kissam IV

Chief Executive Officer and Director

April 19, 2012