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


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



 Earnings Release:  Friday, May 14, 2004, after the NYSE closes
                    By PrimeZone Media Network distribution and
                    Millennium's website at:
                    http://www.millenniumchem.com
                    click on Investor Relations

 Teleconference:    Tuesday, May 18, 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. 4785295 available through 
                    May 25, 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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