Millennium Chemicals Schedules Fourth Quarter 2003 Earnings Results and Outlook and Internet Webcast/Teleconference


HUNT VALLEY, Md., Jan. 13, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Millennium Chemicals (NYSE:MCH) announces the following schedule and contact information for its fourth quarter earnings release and outlook, and webcast/teleconference:



 Earnings Release:   Tuesday, February 3, 2004 before the NYSE open
                     by PrimeZone Media Network distribution and
                     Millennium's website at:
                     http://www.millenniumchem.com, click on Investor
                     Relations

 Teleconference:     Tuesday, February 3, 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
                     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# 4430833 available through
                     February 10, 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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