Begin commercial production at the La Negra III/IV facility
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 4 Aug 2021
- Due
- 30 Jun 2022
- Checked
- 18 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“La Negra III/IV commissioning stage in process, commercial production expected to begin in first half of 2022”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company reported in August 2022 that the La Negra III/IV facility was still in the commissioning and qualification stage, missing the first-half 2022 deadline for commercial production.
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A Albemarle Corporation 10-Q filed 2022-08-03
“Our La Negra, Chile plant is in the commissioning and qualification stage.” ✓ 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 DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Production start
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Begin
- Deliverable
- La Negra III/IV facility
- 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.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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