Commission the Kemerton lithium hydroxide conversion plant in stages

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 8 May 2019
Due: 31 Dec 2021
Delivered: December 2021

Deadline
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Today

What the company said

“commissioning expected to start in stages during the course of 2021”

SourceAlbemarle Corporation Form 8-K press release, 2019-05-08
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedduring the course of 2021
Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeFacility
Permanent referenceKI-C-2019-ALB-014406
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2019-ALB-014406/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The company confirmed that Train I of the Kemerton lithium hydroxide conversion plant was completed in December 2021, fulfilling the commitment to begin commissioning in stages during 2021.

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Albemarle Corporation 10-Q filed 2022-08-03 Regulatory filing · published 3 Aug 2022 · retrieved 18 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint cdf4ffee55b8
“Train I of our Kemerton, Western Australia plant was completed in December 2021” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved -3.7% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (2 Aug 2022 to 5 Aug 2022). What this measures

Checked 18 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift -184 days
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 8 May 2019

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“during the course of 2021”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 1 Nov 2019

Deadline 30 Jun 2021 (“first half of 2021”) · target 50 ktpa

“The 50 ktpa lithium hydroxide conversion capacity at Kemerton is currently scheduled to be commissioned in stages starting in the first half of 2021.”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Facility opening
Indicative materiality: High rules
Action: Commission
Deliverable: Kemerton lithium hydroxide conversion plant
Where: Western Australia
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: High
Specificity: High

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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