Millennium Chemicals Schedules Second Quarter 2004 Press Release


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
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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.

            

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