UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
To Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 13,
2010
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MINERALS
TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware
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1-11430
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25-1190717
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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405
Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
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10174-0002
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(212)
878-1800
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(Registrant's
telephone number, including area
code)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
of the following provisions.
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Written
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Act
(17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
8.01
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Other
Events.
On
January 13, 2010, Minerals Technologies Inc. issued a press release
announcing that it has entered into a long-term agreement with New Page
Corporation to supply precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) for filling
supercalendered paper at the New Page, Duluth, Minnesota, paper
mill.
A
copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated
into this Item 8.01 by reference.
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Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
Release dated January 13, 2010
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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MINERALS
TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/ Thomas J. Meek | ||
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Name:
Thomas J. Meek
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Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Date: January
19, 2010
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MINERALS
TECHNOLOGIES INC.
EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
No.
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Subject
Matter
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99.1
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Press
Release dated January 13, 2010
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Exhibit
99.1
News
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| For Immediate Release | Contact: | |
| January 13, 2010 | Rick B. Honey | |
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MINERALS
TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPLY NEWPAGE PAPER MILL
WITH
PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE
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NEW YORK,
January 13—Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) announced today
that it has entered into a long-term agreement with NewPage Corporation to
supply precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) for filling supercalendered paper at
the NewPage Duluth, Minnesota, paper mill.
“We are extremely pleased to broaden
our working relationship with NewPage, one of the premier papermakers in North
America,” said Joseph C. Muscari, chairman and chief executive officer. “With
this agreement, we will supply NewPage up to 70,000 tons per year to the paper
mill at Duluth beginning in the second quarter of 2011. The plant will be
capable of producing our latest products with enhancements specifically designed
for premium groundwood printing and writing grades.”
Minerals Technologies will supply PCC
from a production facility in Superior, Wisconsin, that will be built on a site
owned by Graymont WI. The PCC manufactured at the Minerals Technologies’
production facility will be shipped to the NewPage paper mill in Duluth, which
is less than 10 miles away. Graymont Limited is one of the largest producers of
lime in North America, and this collaboration is representative of a key
strategic relationship that Minerals Technologies builds with critical raw
material suppliers.
Minerals Technologies also provides PCC
to NewPage from satellite PCC plants at the paper company’s paper mills in
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, and Wickliffe, Kentucky.
PCC is a specialty pigment for filling
and coating high-quality paper. By substituting PCC for more expensive wood
fiber, customers like NewPage are able to produce brighter, higher quality paper
at lower cost. Minerals Technologies originated the satellite concept for making
and delivering PCC on-site at paper mills and the concept was a major factor in
revolutionizing papermaking in North America. Minerals Technologies constructed
its first PCC satellite plant in 1986. Today, the company has 53 satellite
plants in operation or under construction around the world and continues to lead
the industry with consistent quality and technical innovation.
Minerals Technologies Inc. is a global
resource- and technology-based growth company that develops, produces and
markets worldwide a broad range of specialty mineral, mineral-based and
synthetic mineral products and related systems and services. The company
recorded sales of $1.1 billion in 2008.
For
further information about Minerals Technologies Inc. look on the internet at
http://www.mineralstech.com/
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