Albemarle swings to quarterly loss after arbitration payout

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The company posted a third-quarter net loss of $392.8 million, or $3.36 per share, compared to a net profit of $98.3 million, or 92 cents per share in the year-ago quarter, even as revenue rose 11%.

Albemarle recorded a $657.4 million charge related to an arbitration decision about Rockwood Holdings Inc’s 2014 sale of a pigments division to Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) Corp. Albemarle inherited Rockwood’s liabilities in the 2015 buyout.