Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced that it earned eight American Chemistry Council (ACC) Responsible Care Awards for its continued excellence in sustainability initiatives for health, safety and environmental areas of focus.

Albemarle received awards in the categories of waste minimization, reuse and recycling, energy efficiency, and facility safety. The company's U.S. lithium production site in Silver Peak, Nevada, earned a facility safety excellence award and two sustainability awards for the site's improved soda ash usage and control initiative.

This was denoted as exceptional by the ACC in the waste minimization, reuse and recycling category, as well as in the energy efficiency category for the site's energy efficiency gain through improved level control and instrumentation.

Five additional sites received award recognitions for facility safety by demonstrating significant achievements in employee health and safety performance. Those sites include Kings Mountain, North Carolina; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; New Johnsonville, Tennessee; Bayport, Texas; and Pasadena, Texas.

“Albemarle's achievements in Responsible Care reflect our commitment to our sustainability strategy across health, safety and the environment and throughout the communities in which we live and operate,” said Bo Brantley, Vice President, Health, Safety and Environmental & Manufacturing Excellence. "I commend our employees for consistently keeping these pillars of focus at the forefront of our daily operations to ensure Albemarle's continued success."