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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b><b><br>
  Washington, DC 20549<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>CURRENT REPORT Pursuant<br>
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<br>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></p>





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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>TOR Minerals International, Inc.<br>
</b>(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Its Charter)</p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Delaware<br>
</b>(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</p>



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  </b>(Commission
  File Number)<br>
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  </b>(IRS Employer Identification No.)<br>
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  Corpus Christi, Texas<br>
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  Principal Executive Offices)</p>
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  78402<br>
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</b>(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>N/A<br>
</b>(Former Name or
Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</p>



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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>ITEM
2.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION</u>.</b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>TOR
Minerals International (Nasdaq: TORM), producer of synthetic titanium dioxide
and color pigments, specialty aluminas, and other high performance mineral
fillers today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June
30, 2008. The company reported a net loss available to common shareholders of
($353,000), or ($0.04) per diluted share, on net sales of $6,916,000 for the
quarter ended June 30, 2008. This compares with net income available to common
shareholders of $67,000, or $0.01 per share, on net sales of $7,281,000 for the
quarter ended June 30, 2007.</p>



<p class=news style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>Net sales for the six
months ended June 30, 2008, was $13,662,000 compared to $14,434,000 during the
six-month period ended June 30, 2007. The net loss available to common
shareholders was ($957,000), or ($0.12) per diluted share, for the six months
ended June 30, 2008 compared to net income of $91,000, or $0.01 per share, for
the same period a year ago.</p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>Net sales decreased five percent during the second
quarter due to decreases in both HITOX&reg; and specialty alumina sales. Specialty
alumina sales were 10.1 percent less than second quarter 2007, which reflected
a change in the order pattern of a significant U.S. customer.&nbsp; Sales of
specialty alumina products in Europe, which accounted for 82 percent of total
alumina sales, increased 41 percent year over year in the second quarter of
2008 and kept pace with the growth experienced in the last several quarters.
Second quarter 2008 sales of HITOX declined by 5 percent versus the same period
a year ago, as weakness in the North American market was only partially offset
by growth in Asia.</p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>As previously announced, the company instituted
several production and logistics changes, including the completion of its
newest powder treatment center in Malaysia.&nbsp; &quot;By upgrading the production
technologies at our Malaysian plant and making production and logistics
changes, we have been able to offset about half of the significant cost
increases we've experienced during the first six months of 2008,&quot; said Dr. Olaf Karasch, CEO of TOR Minerals.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;We expect the benefits of these changes to be fully
realized during the remainder of the year.&nbsp; Combined with the price increases
we've recently implemented, we expect to offset most of the increase in costs.&quot;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>The company announced that it has received its first
full production order for its new TIOPREM&reg; colored pigment products.&nbsp; A full
production order is a substantive order received from a customer after a
limited trial production period.&nbsp; &quot;There are now close to 100 customers testing
TIOPREM, several of which have made successful trial production runs.&nbsp; As more
customers complete their testing, we expect TIOPREM to become a major
contributor to revenue growth,&quot; commented Dr. Karasch.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The
company said that as of June 30, 2008, it is in technical&nbsp;violation of
certain&nbsp;coverage ratios in its long-term credit facility.&nbsp;&nbsp; The
company is currently negotiating with the lending bank to resolve this issue.&nbsp;
As a result, the company's long-term debt has been reclassified to short-term
debt.&nbsp; The company is diligently working to bring its ratios back into
compliance.</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>TOR Minerals will host a conference call
at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on August 7,
2008 to discuss second quarter results. The call will be simultaneously
webcast, and can be accessed via the News section on the company's website at
<font color="#0000FF"><u>www.torminerals.com</u></font>.&nbsp;
Interested parties may also access the conference call via telephone by dialing
877-407-9210.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Headquartered
in Corpus Christi, Texas, TOR Minerals is a global manufacturer and marketer of
specialty mineral and pigment products for high performance applications with
manufacturing and regional offices located in the United States, Netherlands and Malaysia.</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'>This statement provides forward-looking information as
that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
and, therefore, is subject to certain risks and uncertainties. There can be no
assurance that the actual results, business conditions, business developments,
losses and contingencies and local and foreign factors will not differ
materially from those suggested in the forward-looking statements as a result of
various factors, including market conditions, general economic conditions,
including the present slow down in U.S. construction and the risks of a general
business slow down or recession, the increasing cost of energy, raw materials
and labor, competition, the receptivity of the markets for our anticipated new
products, advances in technology, changes in foreign currency rates, freight
price increase, commodity price increases, delays in delivery of required
equipment and other factors. </p>



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copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K.</p>



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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>ITEM 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</u></b></p>



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  has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
  hereunto duly authorized.</p>
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  <b>_____________________<br>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u>/s/ BARBARA RUSSELL</u></b></p>
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  ended June 30, 2008.</p>
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FORM 8-K, Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Release
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):
August
  7, 2008
TOR Minerals International, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-17321
(Commission
  File Number)
74-2081929
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
722 Burleson Street
Corpus Christi, Texas
(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)
78402
(Zip Code)
(361) 883-5591
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or
Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 (
see
General Instruction A.2.
  below):
___
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
  Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
___
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
___
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
___
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
1
ITEM
2.02
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
.
TOR
Minerals International (Nasdaq: TORM), producer of synthetic titanium dioxide
and color pigments, specialty aluminas, and other high performance mineral
fillers today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June
30, 2008. The company reported a net loss available to common shareholders of
($353,000), or ($0.04) per diluted share, on net sales of $6,916,000 for the
quarter ended June 30, 2008. This compares with net income available to common
shareholders of $67,000, or $0.01 per share, on net sales of $7,281,000 for the
quarter ended June 30, 2007.
Net sales for the six
months ended June 30, 2008, was $13,662,000 compared to $14,434,000 during the
six-month period ended June 30, 2007. The net loss available to common
shareholders was ($957,000), or ($0.12) per diluted share, for the six months
ended June 30, 2008 compared to net income of $91,000, or $0.01 per share, for
the same period a year ago.
Net sales decreased five percent during the second
quarter due to decreases in both HITOX® and specialty alumina sales. Specialty
alumina sales were 10.1 percent less than second quarter 2007, which reflected
a change in the order pattern of a significant U.S. customer.  Sales of
specialty alumina products in Europe, which accounted for 82 percent of total
alumina sales, increased 41 percent year over year in the second quarter of
2008 and kept pace with the growth experienced in the last several quarters.
Second quarter 2008 sales of HITOX declined by 5 percent versus the same period
a year ago, as weakness in the North American market was only partially offset
by growth in Asia.
As previously announced, the company instituted
several production and logistics changes, including the completion of its
newest powder treatment center in Malaysia.  "By upgrading the production
technologies at our Malaysian plant and making production and logistics
changes, we have been able to offset about half of the significant cost
increases we've experienced during the first six months of 2008," said Dr. Olaf Karasch, CEO of TOR Minerals.   "We expect the benefits of these changes to be fully
realized during the remainder of the year.  Combined with the price increases
we've recently implemented, we expect to offset most of the increase in costs."
The company announced that it has received its first
full production order for its new TIOPREM® colored pigment products.  A full
production order is a substantive order received from a customer after a
limited trial production period.  "There are now close to 100 customers testing
TIOPREM, several of which have made successful trial production runs.  As more
customers complete their testing, we expect TIOPREM to become a major
contributor to revenue growth," commented Dr. Karasch.
The
company said that as of June 30, 2008, it is in technical violation of
certain coverage ratios in its long-term credit facility.   The
company is currently negotiating with the lending bank to resolve this issue. 
As a result, the company's long-term debt has been reclassified to short-term
debt.  The company is diligently working to bring its ratios back into
compliance.
TOR Minerals will host a conference call
at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on August 7,
2008 to discuss second quarter results. The call will be simultaneously
webcast, and can be accessed via the News section on the company's website at
www.torminerals.com
. 
Interested parties may also access the conference call via telephone by dialing
877-407-9210.
Headquartered
in Corpus Christi, Texas, TOR Minerals is a global manufacturer and marketer of
specialty mineral and pigment products for high performance applications with
manufacturing and regional offices located in the United States, Netherlands and Malaysia.
This statement provides forward-looking information as
that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
and, therefore, is subject to certain risks and uncertainties. There can be no
assurance that the actual results, business conditions, business developments,
losses and contingencies and local and foreign factors will not differ
materially from those suggested in the forward-looking statements as a result of
various factors, including market conditions, general economic conditions,
including the present slow down in U.S. construction and the risks of a general
business slow down or recession, the increasing cost of energy, raw materials
and labor, competition, the receptivity of the markets for our anticipated new
products, advances in technology, changes in foreign currency rates, freight
price increase, commodity price increases, delays in delivery of required
equipment and other factors.
A
copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K.
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ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a)
Financial
  Statements of Businesses Acquired.
Not applicable.
(b)
Pro
  Forma Financial Information.
Not applicable.
(c)
Shell company transaction
Not applicable
(d)
Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished in accordance with the provisions of Item
  601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1         Press Release, dated August 7, 2008, announcing the
  financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
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.
TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
_____________________
(Registrant)
Date:  August 11, 2008
/s/ BARBARA RUSSELL
Barbara Russell
Acting CFO and Controller
EXHIBIT
  INDEX
Exhibit
  No.
Description
99.1
Press
  Release, dated August 7 2008, announcing the financial results for the quarter
  ended June 30, 2008.
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