--- title: Albemarle: 2023 TIME100 Most Influential Companies description: Find out why Albemarle was selected for the list canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285119/albemarle/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:15:21.712Z og:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Albemarle og:description: Find out why Albemarle is on the list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285119/albemarle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1a42ebec450f450/698a3dbd929fad4ba7bf9e58/time100-companies-Albemarle-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Albemarle og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Albemarle twitter:description: Find out why Albemarle is on the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1a42ebec450f450/698a3dbd929fad4ba7bf9e58/time100-companies-Albemarle-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 21, 2023 # Albemarle Fueling the EV revolution by Guadalupe Gonzalez  Pools of brine are turned into lithium at the Albemarle lithium mine in Chile's Atacama desert. Pools of brine are turned into lithium at the Albemarle lithium mine in Chile's Atacama desert.Rodrigo Abd—AP If the electric-vehicle revolution is to happen in the U.S., Albemarle may be the company that fuels its success. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Albemarle is one of the world’s leading lithium providers, helping [create the batteries](https://time.com/6182044/electric-vehicle-battery-lithium-shortage/) that power electric cars. It operates the only currently active lithium mine in the U.S. with plans to reopen a second mine in North Carolina in the next few years, and its innovative techniques have improved the amount of lithium concentration it extracts by 25%. It is also experimenting with manipulating the element to improve its capabilities and to build batteries that are safer, longer-­lasting, and twice as energy-­dense as the batteries that exist today. “We can do this better, we can do it faster,” says Glen Merfeld, Albemarle’s chief technology officer. _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285119/albemarle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285119/albemarle/"},"headline":"Albemarle","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:15:21.712Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285119/albemarle/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1a42ebec450f450/698a3dbd929fad4ba7bf9e58/time100-companies-Albemarle-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1a42ebec450f450/698a3dbd929fad4ba7bf9e58/time100-companies-Albemarle-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285119/albemarle/","name":"Albemarle"}}]}] ```