POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ander Krupa, Rebekah Richards, Amanda Miljenovic, and Brenda Mareski, or any of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) enroll the undersigned in EDGAR Next, and prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered by such attorney-in- fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any rule or regulation of the SEC; (2) prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”), and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which such attorney-in-fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144”), with respect to the any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144; (3) act as an account administrator for the undersigned’s EDGAR account, including to: (i) appoint, remove and replace account administrators, account users, technical administrators and delegated entities; (ii) maintain the security of the undersigned’s EDGAR account, including modification of access codes; (iii) maintain, modify and certify the accuracy of information on the undersigned’s EDGAR account dashboard; (iv) act as the EDGAR point of contact with respect to the undersigned’s EDGAR account; and (v) any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T with respect to account administrators; (4) cause the Company to accept a delegation of authority from any of the undersigned’s EDGAR account administrators and, pursuant to that delegation, authorize the Company’s EDGAR account administrators to appoint, remove or replace users for the undersigned’s EDGAR account; and (5) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D or 13G, or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier (a) revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (b) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of June, 2025. Name: James J. O'Brien Director Correspondence - O’Brien - Signature Requests 3

OBRIEN JAMES J /KY 4