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Albemarle Bromine — Magnolia South Plant
Albemarle's South Plant (2270 US-79, Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas) is one of the world's largest bromine production facilities, extracting from the Smackover Formation brine at ~2 km depth — the second-largest underground bromine-rich brine deposit globally. $380M committed for this plant alone in the 2022-2027 expansion program. Approximately 600 employees and contractors across Albemarle's Magnolia complex (South + West plants). Smackover brine was discovered in south Arkansas in the 1950s when oil drillers encountered hypersaline water with high bromine content during petroleum exploration — a classic accidental strategic resource discovery.
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