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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 20, 2016	

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.	
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)	

Delaware	   	    1-11430	   	25-1190717	
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)	 	(Commission File
Number)	 	(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)	

  622 Third Avenue, New York, NY	                	10017-6707	
(Address of principal executive offices)	 	(Zip Code)	

 	(212) 878-1800	 	
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)	

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Item 8.01                          Other Events.

On January 20, 2016, the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the Company's common stock.  The dividend is payable on March 10, 2016 to stockholders of record on February 19, 2016.  A copy of the press release announcing the dividend declaration is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01                          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits	
99.1 Press Release Dated January 20, 2016

SIGNATURES

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.	

                                          	                                        	MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.	
 	 	(Registrant)	

 	 	By:	/s/ Thomas J. Meek	
 	 	Name:	Thomas J. Meek	
 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel,	
 	 	 	Human Resources, Secretary and Chief	
 	 	 	Compliance Officer	
 	 	 	
Date:  January 20, 2016	 	 	

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
__________	     	Subject Matter                                                       
____________________________________________________________	
 	 	 	
99.1	     	Press Release dated January 20, 2016	

 	EXHIBIT 99.1	
 	News	
For Immediate Release	Contact:	
January 20, 2016	Rick Honey	
 	(212) 878-1831	

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
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NEW YORK, January 20, 2016—Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on March 10, 2016 to stockholders of record on February 19, 2016.

New York-based Minerals Technologies Inc. is a 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. MTI serves the paper, foundry, steel, environmental, energy, polymer and consumer products industries. The company reported sales of $1.725 billion in 2014.
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For further information about Minerals Technologies Inc. look on the internet at http://www.mineralstech.com/