Millennium Chemicals Schedules First Quarter 2004 Earnings Release And Internet Webcast/Teleconference


HUNT VALLEY, Md., April 14, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Millennium Chemicals (NYSE:MCH) announces the following schedule and contact information for its first quarter earnings release and outlook, and webcast/teleconference:


 Earnings Release:     Wednesday, May 5, 2004, before the NYSE opens
                       By PrimeZone Media Network distribution and
                       Millennium's website at:
                       http://www.millenniumchem.com, click on
                       Investor Relations

 Teleconference:       Wednesday, May 5, 2004 - 1:00 p.m. EST

 Dial in Number:       973-582-2703
                       Please call 5-10 minutes before the
                       scheduled start of the teleconference

 Management:           Bob Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer
                       Jack Lushefski, Executive Vice President and
                       Chief Financial Officer
                       Thomas Van Valkenburgh, Manager - Investor
                       Relations

 Webcast:              You can conveniently view the slide
                       presentation and listen to remarks live
                       by accessing our website
                       http://www.millenniumchem.com and clicking
                       on Investor Relations

 Replay:               973-341-3080 ID No. 4686271 available
                       through May 12, 2004

Millennium Chemicals (website: www.millenniumchem.com) is a major international chemicals company, with leading market positions in a broad range of commodity, industrial, performance and specialty chemicals.

Millennium Chemicals is:


 --  The second-largest producer of TiO2 in the world, the largest
     merchant seller of titanium tetrachloride and a major
     producer of zirconia, silica gel and cadmium/based pigments;
 --  The second-largest producer of acetic acid and vinyl acetate
     monomer in North America;
 --  A leading producer of terpene-based fragrance and flavor
     chemicals; and,
 --  Through its 29.5% interest in Equistar Chemicals, LP, a
     partner in the second-largest producer of ethylene and
     third-largest producer of polyethylene in North America,
     and a leading producer of performance polymers, oxygenated
     chemicals, aromatics and specialty petrochemicals.


            

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