Exhibit 21

SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES OF ALBEMARLE CORPORATION

NAME	PLACE OF FORMATION
Albemarle Asia Pacific Company	Virginia
Albemarle Chemicals SAS	France
Albemarle Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	China
Albemarle Chemicals U.K. Limited	United Kingdom
Albemarle China Corporation	Virginia
Albemarle Deutschland GmbH	Germany
Albemarle Europe SPRL	Belgium
Albemarle France SAS	France
Albemarle Holdings Company Limited	Turks and Caicos Islands
Albemarle International Corporation	Virginia
Albemarle Japan Corporation	Japan
Albemarle Korea Corporation	Korea
Albemarle Overseas Development Corporation	Virginia
Albemarle PPC SAS	France
Albemarle UK Limited	England
Albemarle Ventures Company Limited	Turks and Caicos Islands
Albemarle Virginia Corporation	Virginia
Martinswerk GmbH	Germany