HUNT VALLEY, Md., Aug. 6, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Millennium Chemicals (NYSE:MCH) announces the following schedule for its release of second quarter operating results and outlook.
Earnings Release: Monday, August 9, 2004, before the NYSE opens By PrimeZone Media Network distribution and Millennium's website at: http://www.millenniumchem.com, click on Investor Relations
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 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.