Albemarle

Key Arkansas appointments include Aubrey Blackmon’s Agriculture Hall of Fame induction, Laura Landreaux as State Chamber chair, and leadership changes in banking, energy, health care, and more. read more >

The decision was unanimous, with Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission members saying the companies failed to prove the rate was fair and equitable. The companies argued that higher royalties could threaten their billion-dollar investment plans. read more >

The commission disregarded an administrative law judge’s recommendation to consider dropping Albemarle from the application. read more >

She previously was the city of Magnolia’s economic development director, and her hiring signals the company’s effort to improve community engagement and work with brine leaseholders in south Arkansas. read more >

Five big players in south Arkansas’ emerging lithium industry are proposing a royalty rate for mineral rights owners, but they may have to dig a little deeper. read more >

Outgoing CEO Robert Mintak, who led the company’s move into Arkansas, will stay on as an adviser through August 2025. read more >

Spare capacity — the amount that oil producers could be pumping but don’t because supplies are adequate — could rise to levels seen in the COVID pandemic, when millions of cars were sitting parked. read more >

The topic had been scheduled for discussion at an April 23 meeting of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission in El Dorado. read more >

Companies have invested hundreds of millions to create an Arkansas lithium industry, the infrastructure for which will be costly. read more >

The only remaining question is this: How big will the industry’s potential be? read more >

Commercializing lithium should be natural for the Natural State, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said last week as Exxon Mobil Corp. announced the start of major brine operations in south Arkansas. read more >

Some of the people paying closest attention to the birth of a lithium industry in south Arkansas are the landowners with mineral rights leased out for their underground brine. read more >

The Southern Arkansas University engineering program recently received a $60,000 donation from Albemarle and the Albemarle Foundation. In all, that's $200,000 from the specialty chemical company for the SAU Albemarle Endowed Professor of Engineering. read more >