CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
We  consent to the reference to our firm  under the caption 'Experts' and to the
use of our report  dated November 7, 1995,  except for Note 12  as to which  the
date  is July 2, 1996, with respect  to the consolidated financial statements of
HMB Holdings Inc., included in the Registration Statement (Form S-1) and related
Prospectus of  Millennium America  Inc. and  Millennium Chemicals  Inc. for  the
registration  of $500,000,000 of Senior Notes Due November 2006 and $250,000,000
of Senior Debentures Due November 2026.
 
                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP
                                          Ernst & Young LLP
 
Hackensack, New Jersey
November 11, 1996