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<p ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.<br>
</b></font><font SIZE="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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        <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">(State or other jurisdiction
        of incorporation or organization)</font></td>
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        <p ALIGN="CENTER">The Chrysler Building<br>
        405 Lexington Avenue<br>
        New York, New York</b></font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001 Stock Award and Incentive Plan<br>
</b></font><font SIZE="2">(Full title of the plan)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Kirk G. Forrest, Esq.<br>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<br>
Minerals Technologies Inc.<br>
The Chrysler Building<br>
405 Lexington Avenue<br>
New York, New York 10174-0002<br>
</b></font><font SIZE="1">(Name and address of agent for service)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">(212) 878-1856<br>
</b></font><font SIZE="1">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)</font></p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Title of Securities<br>
    to be Registered</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be<br>
    Registered<sup>(1)(2)</sup></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum Offering <br>
    Price<br>
    Per Share<sup>(3)</sup></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum <br>
    Aggregate Offering Price<sup>(3)</sup></font></td>
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    Registration Fee</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="221" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">Common Stock, $0.10 par value</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="RIGHT">1,517,268</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$54.85</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$83,222,150</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$8,904.77</font></td>
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<p>(1) This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 1,517,268 shares of
common stock of Minerals Technologies Inc., par value $0.10 per share (&quot;Common
Stock&quot;) available for offers and sales under the Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001
Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the &quot;2001 Plan&quot;), including (i) 1,017,268 shares
of Common Stock that were previously registered for offers or sales under the
registrant's prior Stock and Incentive Plan (the &quot;Old Plan&quot;) (such shares, the
&quot;Carried Forward Shares&quot;) and (ii) </font><font SIZE="2">500,000 </font>
<font SIZE="1">shares of Common Stock not previously registered. The Carried
Forward Shares were previously registered under a Form S-8 Registration
Statement (Registration No. 333-62739) filed on September 2, 1998 (the &quot;Prior
Registration Statement&quot;). See &quot;Explanatory Note&quot; below. </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(2) Each share of Common Stock registered hereunder includes
an associated preferred stock purchase right described in the Company's Rights
Agreement dated September 13, 1999. This Registration Statement shall also cover
any additional shares of Common Stock (including the associated preferred stock
purchase rights) which become issuable under the 2001 Plan by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without the registrant's receipt of consideration, which results in an
increase in the number of the outstanding shares of registrant's Common Stock.
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(3) Pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), 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 registrant's Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on October 20, 2006.</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">EXPLANATORY NOTE</p>
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<p align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May 24, 2001 (the &quot;Effective Date&quot;), the 2001 Plan replaced the Old
Plan. Since the Effective Date, all awards of the Registrant have been granted
from the Carried Forward Shares under the 2001 Plan. The Carried Forward Shares
became available for offers or sales under the 2001 Plan as of the Effective
Date.</p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Interpretation 89 under Section G of the Manual of Publicly
Available Telephone Interpretations of the Division of Corporation Finance of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (July 1997) and Instruction E to the
General Instructions of Form S-8, the registrant (i) has carried forward the
Carried Forward Shares from the Prior Registration Statement to this
Registration Statement and (ii) is contemporaneously filing a post-effective
amendment to the Prior Registration Statement to remove the Carried Forward
Shares from such Prior Registration Statement to this Registration Statement.
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference </p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p>The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;) by the registrant, are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement: </p>
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    <p>1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
    Commission on March 8, 2006, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005,
    including any documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference
    therein;</p>
    <p>2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the
    Commission on May 8, 2006 (as amended by the Form 10-Q/A filed with the
    Commission on May 10, 2006) and August 7, 2006 (as amended by the Form
    10-Q/A filed with the Commission on August 7, 2006), including any documents
    or portions thereof incorporated by reference therein; </p>
    <p>3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
    Commission on January 27, 2006, February 28, 2006, April 27, 2006, May 17,
    2006, June 28, 2006, July 28, 2006, August 14, 2006, October 2, 2006,
    October 5, 2006, October 11, 2006 and October 26, 2006, including any
    documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference therein;</p>
    <p>4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2006 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on April 4, 2006,
    including any documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference
    therein; </p>
    <p>5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant's description of the Common Stock contained in
    its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
    September 28, 1992, as amended by an amendment thereto filed with the
    Commission on October 23, 1992, and as it may be further amended in the
    future; and</p>
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    <p>6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant's description of the preferred stock purchase
    rights as set forth in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
    filed with the Commission on September 3, 1999, as it may be amended in the
    future. </p>
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<p>All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 4. Description of Securities </p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not applicable. </p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p>The validity of the Common Stock to be issued in connection with the 2001
Plan will be passed upon by Kirk G. Forrest, the Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of Minerals Technologies Inc. Mr. Forrest is paid a salary by the
registrant, is a participant in various benefit plans offered by the registrant
to employees of the registrant (including the 2001 Plan) and beneficially owns,
or has rights to acquire, shares of Common Stock representing less than 1% of
the registrant's outstanding Common Stock. </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers </p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p>Paragraph 13 of Article Seventh of the registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of the registrant's
directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that directors of a
corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of
their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability for (i) any breach of
their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or
omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law or (iv) any transaction from which the director derives an
improper personal benefit. The registrant's By-Laws provide that the registrant
shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any person involved in any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint
venture, trust, enterprise or </p>
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<p>nonprofit enterprise, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses
reasonably incurred by such person. The registrant also maintains a directors
and officers liability insurance policy.</p>
<p>The provisions in the registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws do not eliminate the officers' and directors'
fiduciary duties, and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under
Delaware law. In addition, each officer and director of the registrant will
continue to be subject to liability for any breach of loyalty to the registrant
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for
knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to
the officer or director and for payment of dividends or approval of stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. These
provisions also do not affect an officer's or director's responsibilities under
any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal
environmental laws. </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed </p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not applicable. </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 8. Exhibits</b> </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
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    <td WIDTH="584" VALIGN="TOP"><u>Description</u></td>
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    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">4</td>
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    <td WIDTH="584" VALIGN="TOP">Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001 Stock Award and
    Incentive Plan (as amended December 20, 2005). (Included as Exhibit 10.9 to
    the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
    December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)</td>
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    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">5</td>
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    <td WIDTH="584" VALIGN="TOP">Opinion of Kirk G. Forrest.</td>
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    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">15</td>
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    <td WIDTH="584" VALIGN="TOP">Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial
    Information.</td>
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    <td WIDTH="584" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Kirk G. Forrest (included in Exhibit
    5).</td>
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    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">23.2</td>
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    <td WIDTH="584" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Independent Registered Public
    Accounting Firm.</td>
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    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">24</td>
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    <td WIDTH="584" VALIGN="TOP">Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages).</td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 9. Undertakings.</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </p>
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    <p>(1) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
    made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </p>
    <p>(i) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
    Securities Act of 1933; </p>
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    <p>(ii) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
    the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
    post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
    represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
    Registration Statement; and </p>
    <p>(iii) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan
    of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
    any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </p>
    <i>
    <p>provided</i>, <i>however</i>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
    not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
    F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
    amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
    registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
    Statement. </p>
    <p>(2) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
    Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
    to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
    therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
    be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </p>
    <p>(3) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
    amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
    termination of the offering. </p>
    <p>(4) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
    of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
    of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d)
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
    of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
    registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
    relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
    securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
    thereof.</p>
    <p>(5) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
    Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
    controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
    or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
    Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
    policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
    event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
    the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
    officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
    any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
    controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
    registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
    settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
    jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
    public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
    adjudication of such issue.</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
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 26<sup>th</sup>
day of October 2006. </p>
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                  <td WIDTH="314" VALIGN="TOP"><b>MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.</b></td>
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                  <td WIDTH="53" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
                  <td WIDTH="314" VALIGN="TOP">(Registrant)<p>&nbsp;</td>
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                  /s/ Paul R. Saueracker<br>
                  __________________________________</td>
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                  <td WIDTH="53" VALIGN="TOP">Name:</td>
                  <td WIDTH="314" VALIGN="TOP">Paul R. Saueracker</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <td WIDTH="53" VALIGN="TOP">Title:</td>
                  <td WIDTH="314" VALIGN="TOP">Chairman, President and<br>
                  Chief Executive Officer</td>
                </tr>
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<p></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<b>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p>KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
under the heading &quot;Signature&quot; constitutes and appoints Paul R. Saueracker and
Kirk G. Forrest his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER"></p>
<center>
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  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><u><b>Signature<p ALIGN="CENTER"></b></u></td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP"><u><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Title</b></u></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP"><u><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Date</b></u></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>/s/ Paul R. Saueracker<br>
    ________________<br>
    Paul R.
    Saueracker</td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>Chairman of the Board, President and
    Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="6"><p></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ John A. Sorel<br>
    ____________<br>
    John A. Sorel</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="6">&nbsp;<p>Senior Vice
    President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="6">&nbsp;<p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><p></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ Michael A. Cipolla<br>
    ________________<br>
    Michael A. Cipolla</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>Vice President-Controller and Chief
    Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><p></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ Paula H.J. Cholmondeley<br>
    _____________________<br>
    Paula H. J. Cholmondeley</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><p></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ Duane R. Dunham<br>
    ________________<br>
    Duane R. Dunham</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><p></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ Steven J. Golub<br>
    ______________<br>
    Steven J. Golub</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
    <p></p>
    </u>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
    <p>/s/ Kristina M. Johnson<br>
    _________________<br>
    Kristina M. Johnson</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ Joseph C. Muscari<br>
    ________________<br>
    Joseph C. Muscari</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><p></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ Michael F. Pasquale<br>
    _________________<br>
    Michael F. Pasquale</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP"><p>&nbsp;</p>

    <p>/s/ John T. Reid<br>
    ____________<br>
    John T. Reid</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>______________<br>
    William C. Stivers</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October __, 2006</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;<p>/s/ Jean-Paul Vall&#232s<br>
    ______________<br>
    Jean-Paul Vall&#232s</td>
    <td WIDTH="282" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Director</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
    <td WIDTH="186" VALIGN="TOP">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
    <p>October 26, 2006</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER"></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Minerals Technologies Inc.<br>
    Form S-8<br>
    Exhibit Index</b></p>
    </td>
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  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP"><u>Exhibit No.</u></td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP"><u>Description</u></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">4</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001 Stock Award and
    Incentive Plan (as amended December 20, 2005). (Included as Exhibit 10.9 to
    the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
    December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">5</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">Opinion of Kirk G. Forrest.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">15</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial
    Information.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">23.1</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Kirk G. Forrest (included in Exhibit
    5).</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">23.2</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Independent Registered Public
    Accounting Firm.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="70" VALIGN="TOP">24</td>
    <td WIDTH="15" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="551" VALIGN="TOP">Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages).</td>
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    _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</font></td>
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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
25-1190717
(State or other jurisdiction
        of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
10174-0002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Kirk G. Forrest, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Minerals Technologies Inc.
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10174-0002
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 878-1856
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum Offering
Price
Per Share
(3)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
(3)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.10 par value
1,517,268
$54.85
$83,222,150
$8,904.77
(1) This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 1,517,268 shares of
common stock of Minerals Technologies Inc., par value $0.10 per share ("Common
Stock") available for offers and sales under the Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001
Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the "2001 Plan"), including (i) 1,017,268 shares
of Common Stock that were previously registered for offers or sales under the
registrant's prior Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Old Plan") (such shares, the
"Carried Forward Shares") and (ii)
500,000
shares of Common Stock not previously registered. The Carried
Forward Shares were previously registered under a Form S-8 Registration
Statement (Registration No. 333-62739) filed on September 2, 1998 (the "Prior
Registration Statement"). See "Explanatory Note" below.
(2) Each share of Common Stock registered hereunder includes
an associated preferred stock purchase right described in the Company's Rights
Agreement dated September 13, 1999. This Registration Statement shall also cover
any additional shares of Common Stock (including the associated preferred stock
purchase rights) which become issuable under the 2001 Plan by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without the registrant's receipt of consideration, which results in an
increase in the number of the outstanding shares of registrant's Common Stock.
(3) Pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 registrant's Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on October 20, 2006.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On May 24, 2001 (the "Effective Date"), the 2001 Plan replaced the Old
Plan. Since the Effective Date, all awards of the Registrant have been granted
from the Carried Forward Shares under the 2001 Plan. The Carried Forward Shares
became available for offers or sales under the 2001 Plan as of the Effective
Date.
Pursuant to Interpretation 89 under Section G of the Manual of Publicly
Available Telephone Interpretations of the Division of Corporation Finance of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (July 1997) and Instruction E to the
General Instructions of Form S-8, the registrant (i) has carried forward the
Carried Forward Shares from the Prior Registration Statement to this
Registration Statement and (ii) is contemporaneously filing a post-effective
amendment to the Prior Registration Statement to remove the Carried Forward
Shares from such Prior Registration Statement to this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by the registrant, are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement:
1.       The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
    Commission on March 8, 2006, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005,
    including any documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference
    therein;
2.       The registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the
    Commission on May 8, 2006 (as amended by the Form 10-Q/A filed with the
    Commission on May 10, 2006) and August 7, 2006 (as amended by the Form
    10-Q/A filed with the Commission on August 7, 2006), including any documents
    or portions thereof incorporated by reference therein;
3.       The registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
    Commission on January 27, 2006, February 28, 2006, April 27, 2006, May 17,
    2006, June 28, 2006, July 28, 2006, August 14, 2006, October 2, 2006,
    October 5, 2006, October 11, 2006 and October 26, 2006, including any
    documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference therein;
4.       The registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2006 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on April 4, 2006,
    including any documents or portions thereof incorporated by reference
    therein;
5.       The registrant's description of the Common Stock contained in
    its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
    September 28, 1992, as amended by an amendment thereto filed with the
    Commission on October 23, 1992, and as it may be further amended in the
    future; and
6.       The registrant's description of the preferred stock purchase
    rights as set forth in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
    filed with the Commission on September 3, 1999, as it may be amended in the
    future.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the Common Stock to be issued in connection with the 2001
Plan will be passed upon by Kirk G. Forrest, the Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of Minerals Technologies Inc. Mr. Forrest is paid a salary by the
registrant, is a participant in various benefit plans offered by the registrant
to employees of the registrant (including the 2001 Plan) and beneficially owns,
or has rights to acquire, shares of Common Stock representing less than 1% of
the registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Paragraph 13 of Article Seventh of the registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of the registrant's
directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that directors of a
corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of
their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability for (i) any breach of
their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or
omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law or (iv) any transaction from which the director derives an
improper personal benefit. The registrant's By-Laws provide that the registrant
shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any person involved in any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint
venture, trust, enterprise or
nonprofit enterprise, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses
reasonably incurred by such person. The registrant also maintains a directors
and officers liability insurance policy.
The provisions in the registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws do not eliminate the officers' and directors'
fiduciary duties, and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under
Delaware law. In addition, each officer and director of the registrant will
continue to be subject to liability for any breach of loyalty to the registrant
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for
knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to
the officer or director and for payment of dividends or approval of stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. These
provisions also do not affect an officer's or director's responsibilities under
any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal
environmental laws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001 Stock Award and
    Incentive Plan (as amended December 20, 2005). (Included as Exhibit 10.9 to
    the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
    December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)
5
Opinion of Kirk G. Forrest.
15
Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial
    Information.
23.1
Consent of Kirk G. Forrest (included in Exhibit
    5).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public
    Accounting Firm.
24
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages).
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)       To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
    made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)       To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
    Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)       To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
    the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
    post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
    represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
    Registration Statement; and
(iii)       To include any material information with respect to the plan
    of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
    any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
    not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
    F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
    amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
    registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
    Statement.
(2)       That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
    Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
    to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
    therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
    be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)       To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
    amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
    termination of the offering.
(4)       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
    of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
    of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d)
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
    of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
    registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
    relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
    securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
    thereof.
(5)       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
    Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
    controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
    or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
    Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
    policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
    event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
    the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
    officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
    any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
    controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
    registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
    settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
    jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
    public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
    adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
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 26
th
day of October 2006.
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Paul R. Saueracker
__________________________________
Name:
Paul R. Saueracker
Title:
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
under the heading "Signature" constitutes and appoints Paul R. Saueracker and
Kirk G. Forrest his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul R. Saueracker
________________
Paul R.
    Saueracker
Chairman of the Board, President and
    Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
October 26, 2006
/s/ John A. Sorel
____________
John A. Sorel
Senior Vice
    President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
October 26, 2006
/s/ Michael A. Cipolla
________________
Michael A. Cipolla
Vice President-Controller and Chief
    Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
October 26, 2006
/s/ Paula H.J. Cholmondeley
_____________________
Paula H. J. Cholmondeley
Director
October 26, 2006
/s/ Duane R. Dunham
________________
Duane R. Dunham
Director
October 26, 2006
/s/ Steven J. Golub
______________
Steven J. Golub
Director
October 26, 2006
/s/ Kristina M. Johnson
_________________
Kristina M. Johnson
Director
October 26, 2006
/s/ Joseph C. Muscari
________________
Joseph C. Muscari
Director
October 26, 2006
/s/ Michael F. Pasquale
_________________
Michael F. Pasquale
Director
October 26, 2006
/s/ John T. Reid
____________
John T. Reid
Director
October 26, 2006
______________
William C. Stivers
Director
October __, 2006
/s/ Jean-Paul Vallès
______________
Jean-Paul Vallès
Director
October 26, 2006
Minerals Technologies Inc.
Form S-8
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001 Stock Award and
    Incentive Plan (as amended December 20, 2005). (Included as Exhibit 10.9 to
    the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
    December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.)
5
Opinion of Kirk G. Forrest.
15
Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial
    Information.
23.1
Consent of Kirk G. Forrest (included in Exhibit
    5).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public
    Accounting Firm.
24
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages).
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