Millennium Chemicals Schedules Third Quarter 2002 Earnings Results and Internet Webcast/Teleconference


RED BANK, N.J., Oct. 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Millennium Chemicals (NYSE:MCH) ("Millennium") announced the following schedule and contact information for its third quarter earnings release and webcast/teleconference:


  Earnings: Release: October 30, 2002 before the NYSE opens
            By PrimeZone Media Network distribution and 
            Millennium's web site at: http://www.millenniumchem.com,
            click on Investor Relations

  Teleconference: October 30, 2002 - 10:00 a.m. EST
                  Dial in Number: 973-582-2741
 Please call 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start of the
 teleconference

  Speakers: Jack Lushefski, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial
            Officer
            Bob Lee, Executive Vice President - Growth and Development
            Mickey Foster, Vice President, Corporate and Investor
            Relations

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

  Replay:  973-341-3080, ID# 3524441 available through November 6

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 and a leading producer of titanium tetrachloride and other products, including zirconia, cadmium/selenium pigments and silica gel;

-- the second-largest producer of acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer in North America;

-- a leading producer of fragrance chemicals; and,

-- through its partnership 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 ethylene oxide and its derivatives and high value-added specialty polymers.



            

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