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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2020</div>
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    <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-weight: bold;">_________________________</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-weight: bold;">_________________________</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.</u></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Delaware</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
              incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">25-1190717</div>
            <div style="text-align: center;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
              Identification No.)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">622 Third Avenue</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">New York, New York 10017-6707</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-weight: bold;">_________________________</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>Minerals Technologies Inc. 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan</u></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Full title of the plan)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-weight: bold;">_________________________</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Thomas J. Meek, Esq.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">and Chief Compliance Officer</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">622 Third Avenue</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">New York, New York 10017-6707</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">&#160;(Name and address of agent for service)<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">(212) 878-1800</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
    <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
      of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221;, &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </div>
    <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">Large accelerated filer &#8999;<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 396pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;">&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; </font>Accelerated
      filer &#9723;</div>
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      reporting company &#9723;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 288pt; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>Emerging growth company &#9723;</div>
    <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
      provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9723;</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">_________________________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Title of securities to be registered</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Amount to be registered (1)</div>
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          <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a>Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Proposed maximum aggregate offering price</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Amount of registration fee</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Common stock, par value $0.10 per share</div>
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          <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; border-bottom: #000000 double 4px; background-color: #CCEEFF;" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">1,300,000</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">(3)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">$53.83</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">$69,979,000</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">$7,634.71</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock,
      par value $0.10 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Company&#8217;s receipt of
      consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Company&#8217;s Common Stock.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(2) Pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
      registration fee and is based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 29, 2020.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(3)&#160; Represents additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company&#8217;s 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2015 Plan&#8221;).</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;">This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act.<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 12pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-weight: bold;"><u style="border-bottom: 1px solid;">_________________________________________________________________________</u></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE TO PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering 1,300,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) for offers
      or sales under the Registrant&#8217;s 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 11, 2020 (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).&#160; A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-206244) that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
      August 7, 2015 (the &#8220;Prior Registration Statement&#8221;) relating to the Plan is effective.&#160; Accordingly, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference herein the contents of the Prior Registration
      Statement, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement.</div>
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    <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">Item 3.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 72pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are incorporated by reference in this
      Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information deemed &#8220;furnished&#8221; and not filed with the Commission:</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(a)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-11430)
      for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2020 (the &#8220;Form 10-K&#8221;), including the information contained in the Company&#8217;s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on March 31, 2020, as supplemented by the filings
      with the Commission on April 21, 2020 and April 22, 2020, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 13, 2020, that has been incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(b)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the
      Commission on May 1, 2020, July 31, 2020, and October 30, 2020;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(c)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
      Commission on January 14, 2020, January 22, 2020, January 30, 2020, April 9, 2020, April 30, 2020, May 18, 2020, June 23, 2020, June 24, 2020, June 30, 2020, July 16, 2020, July 30, 2020, October 26, 2020, October 26, 2020, and October 29, 2020, and</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(d)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.2
      to the Form 10-K, and as it may be further amended in the future, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
      Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
      such documents with the Commission.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
      purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement,
      modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
      incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Item&#160;8.</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibits</div>
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                Number</div>
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            <div style="text-align: right;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;4.1(1)</div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891014/000089101404000073/ex3-1incorpcert.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company</a></div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891014/000089101417000017/ex3_1.htm">By-Laws of the Company as amended and restated effective March 13, 2018</a></div>
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            <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891014/000089101420000014/defa14a_0422.htm">Minerals Technologies Inc. 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective March 11, 2020)</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: right;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;5.1</div>
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            <div>&#160;</div>
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            <div><a href="ex5_1.htm">Opinion of Thomas J. Meek</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: right;">&#160;&#160;23.1</div>
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            <div><a href="ex5_1.htm">Consent of Thomas J. Meek (included in Exhibit 5.1)</a></div>
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            <div style="text-align: right;">&#160;&#160;23.2</div>
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            <div><a href="ex23_2.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</a></div>
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          <td style="width: 89.07%; vertical-align: middle;" colspan="2">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="text-align: right;">&#160;&#160;24.1</div>
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            <div>&#160;</div>
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            <div><a href="ex24_1.htm">Power of Attorney</a></div>
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            <div>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 (Commission File No. 001-11430) filed on March 11, 2004.</div>
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            <div>Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company&#8217;s Supplement to Proxy Statement dated April 22, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-11430) and filed with the SEC on April 22, 2020, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 13,
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
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            <div>/s/ Douglas T. Dietrich<br>
              _______________________<br>
              Douglas T. Dietrich</div>
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              _______________________<br>
              Matthew E. Garth</div>
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            <div>/s/ Michael A. Cipolla<br>
              _______________________<br>
              Michael A. Cipolla</div>
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              Joseph C. Breunig</div>
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              John J. Carmola</div>
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              Robert L. Clark</div>
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              Alison A. Deans</div>
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              Duane R. Dunham</div>
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              Franklin L. Feder</div>
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              Carolyn K. Pittman</div>
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              Marc E. Robinson</div>
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              Donald C. Winter</div>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2020
Registration No. 333-
_________________________________________________________________________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________________
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
25-1190717
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
622 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-6707
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
_________________________
Minerals Technologies Inc. 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
_________________________
Thomas J. Meek, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
and Chief Compliance Officer
622 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-6707
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 878-1800
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
      of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ⌧
Accelerated
      filer ◻
Non-accelerated filer ◻
Smaller
      reporting company ◻
Emerging growth company ◻
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
      provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ◻
_________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
Amount of registration fee
Common stock, par value $0.10 per share
1,300,000
(3)
$53.83
$69,979,000
$7,634.71
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock,
      par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock"), of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the "Company") which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Company's receipt of
      consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Company's Common Stock.
(2) Pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
      registration fee and is based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Company's Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 29, 2020.
(3)  Represents additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company's 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the "2015 Plan").
This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act.
_________________________________________________________________________
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE TO PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering 1,300,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock"), of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the "Registrant") for offers
      or sales under the Registrant's 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 11, 2020 (the "Plan").  A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-206244) that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
      August 7, 2015 (the "Prior Registration Statement") relating to the Plan is effective.  Accordingly, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference herein the contents of the Prior Registration
      Statement, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this
      Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information deemed "furnished" and not filed with the Commission:
(a)
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-11430)
      for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2020 (the "Form 10-K"), including the information contained in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on March 31, 2020, as supplemented by the filings
      with the Commission on April 21, 2020 and April 22, 2020, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 13, 2020, that has been incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the
      Commission on May 1, 2020, July 31, 2020, and October 30, 2020;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
      Commission on January 14, 2020, January 22, 2020, January 30, 2020, April 9, 2020, April 30, 2020, May 18, 2020, June 23, 2020, June 24, 2020, June 30, 2020, July 16, 2020, July 30, 2020, October 26, 2020, October 26, 2020, and October 29, 2020, and
(d)
The description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.2
      to the Form 10-K, and as it may be further amended in the future, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
      Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
      such documents with the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
      purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement,
      modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
      incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
      Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1(1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
4.2(2)
By-Laws of the Company as amended and restated effective March 13, 2018
4.3(3)
Minerals Technologies Inc. 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective March 11, 2020)
5.1
Opinion of Thomas J. Meek
23.1
Consent of Thomas J. Meek (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 (Commission File No. 001-11430) filed on March 11, 2004.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1 filed with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-11430) filed on March 19, 2018.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Supplement to Proxy Statement dated April 22, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-11430) and filed with the SEC on April 22, 2020, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 13,
              2020.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
      filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on this 30th day of October, 2020.
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Company)
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Meek
Name:
Thomas J. Meek
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
      indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Douglas T. Dietrich
_______________________
Douglas T. Dietrich
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
October 30, 2020
/s/ Matthew E. Garth
_______________________
Matthew E. Garth
Senior Vice President-Finance and Treasury and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
October 30, 2020
/s/ Michael A. Cipolla
_______________________
Michael A. Cipolla
Vice President-Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Joseph C. Breunig
Director
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
John J. Carmola
Director
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Robert L. Clark
Director
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Alison A. Deans
Director
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Duane R. Dunham
Chairman of the Board
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Franklin L. Feder
Director
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Carolyn K. Pittman
Director
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Marc E. Robinson
Director
October 30, 2020
*
_______________________
Donald C. Winter
Director
October 30, 2020
* By:  /s/ Thomas J. Meek
Thomas J. Meek, Attorney in Fact
October 30, 2020