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Minerals Technologies Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

October 24, 2002

NEW YORK, October 24—Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.025 (two and one-half cents) a share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on December 18, 2002 to stockholders of record on November 5, 2002.

Minerals Technologies Inc. is a global resource- and technology-based growth company that develops and produces performance enhancing mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products for the paper, steel, polymer and other manufacturing industries. The company reported net sales of $684.4 million in 2001.