Vulcan Materials Company For a printer friendly version, click here. Wednesday, January 17, 2007 VULCAN ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER CONFERENCE CALL Birmingham, Alabama –– January 17, 2007 –– Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) will release earnings after the close of business on January 31, 2007 and host a conference call starting at 11:00 a.m. EST (10:00 a.m. CST) on February 1, 2007. Investors and other interested parties may access the teleconference live by calling (800) 510-0219 approximately 10 minutes before the scheduled start. The access code is 97381548. For international calls, dial (617) 614-3451. A live webcast will be available through the link below. Windows Media Player is required to participate in the webcast. This link no longer active The conference call will be recorded and available for replay approximately two hours after the call through February 8, 2007. In the U.S. and Canada dial (888) 286-8010, and for international calls, dial (617) 801-6888. The access code to hear the recording is 99755215. Vulcan Materials Company, a member of the S&P 500 index, is the nation's foremost producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of other construction materials. For additional information about Vulcan, go to vulcanmaterials.com. -END- For further information contact Mark Warren (IR) or David Donaldson (Media) at (205) 298-3220.