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NL Industries, Inc.                            Contact:    Harold Simmons
16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 1200                         Chairman of the Board
Houston, TX  77060                                         972-233-1700
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News Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



                         NL Announces Management Change


HOUSTON,  TEXAS - July 8, 2003 - NL Industries,  Inc. (NYSE:NL)  announced today
that J.  Landis  Martin has  resigned  as  President,  CEO and a director  of NL
Industries  in order to devote  more of his time to the  operations  of Titanium
Metals Corporation  (NYSE: TIE), where Mr. Martin serves as Chairman,  President
and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Martin stated, "I have enjoyed my long association with NL and my colleagues
there. TIMET,  however,  faces particularly complex challenges and opportunities
during a prolonged and severe downturn in the aerospace industry.  Stepping down
as CEO of NL will allow me to devote more of my time to TIMET."

NL's current  Chairman,  Harold  Simmons,  will  succeed Mr.  Martin as CEO. Mr.
Simmons  stated,  "We  are  grateful  for  all  of  Lanny  Martin's  significant
contributions  to NL during his 16 years as CEO. We are also very  supportive of
his desire to spend more of his time on the  opportunities at TIMET. We wish him
well in that  endeavor and we are also pleased he will continue to serve NL as a
consultant."

NL  Industries,  Inc. is a major  international  producer of titanium  dioxide
pigments.




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