A Fireside Chat with Kent Masters
Abigail Hunter, Executive Director, Ambassador Alfred Hoffman Jr. Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, SAFE, and Kent Masters, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Albemarle Corporation, spoke at SAFE Summit 2025.
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Albemarle
Search every verified Jerry Masters interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Albemarle CEO Kent Masters has discussed the company’s strategy for meeting rising lithium demand, driven by electric vehicle growth. In January 2023, Masters said the company expects volume growth even in a recession, driven by EV adoption, and that it forecasts lithium prices remaining relatively flat. He stated that the EV market is growing and that the transition is happening consistently, though at different levels in different regions. Masters noted that Albemarle has a portfolio of projects and may face challenges in some but can deliver on others, aiming for the middle to end of its production range. In October 2022, Masters said the company is investing globally in Chile, Australia, and China, and is beginning to invest in the U.S. He described plans to build a facility in the Southeast to convert lithium from the ground into lithium salts for EV batteries, with the full supply chain in the U.S. Masters stated that the company has been working on permit data for a year and, if things go as anticipated, expects to get material from these facilities by early 2027. He said lithium is a small part of an EV’s overall cost and that he cannot predict prices, but that the supply-demand imbalance is likely to persist for an extended period.
Abigail Hunter, Executive Director, Ambassador Alfred Hoffman Jr. Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, SAFE, and Kent Masters, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Albemarle Corporation, spoke at SAFE Summit 2025.
On March 14, 2024, the World Affairs Council of Charlotte host a moderated discussion with Kent Masters, Chairman & CEO of Albemarle Corporation. Together, we learned how Albemarle’s innovative solutions are addressing some of the most pressing issues of our time, such as helping to ensure the safety of our food and water, supporting life-saving medical devices and pharmaceuticals, enabling an always-on world, and advancing the clean energy transition. During this session, Masters shared how Albemarle’s core values define the company’s operations and what it means to lead a multinational corpo…
Albemarle CEO Kent Masters joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss volume driven by electric vehicle growth, surging lithium demand, and the evolving landscape for battery supply chains.
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