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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES </font> </b><font size="2"><b>AND</b></font><b><font size="2"> EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, DC 20549<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">FORM 8&#8209;K</font></b></p>





<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">CURRENT REPORT Pursuant<br>
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<br>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>





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  earliest event reported):</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">July
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">TOR Minerals International, Inc.<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Delaware<br>
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</b><font size="2">(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</font></p>



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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">0-17321<br>
  </font>
  </b><font size="2">(Commission
  File Number)<br>
  <br>
  </font>
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  <td width=288 valign=top style='width:3.0in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">74-2081929<br>
  </font>
  </b><font size="2">(IRS Employer Identification No.)<br>
  <br>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">722 Burleson Street<br>
  Corpus Christi, Texas</font></b></p>
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  <td width=288 valign=top style='width:3.0in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2"><br>
  78402</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">(Address of Principal
  Executive Offices)</font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">(361) 883-5591<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">(Registrant&#8217;s Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">N/A<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">(Former Name or
Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</font></p>



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obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<i>see </i>General
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">ITEM 2.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS </u></font></b><font size="2"><b><u>AND FINANCIAL CONDITION</u></b></font><b><font size="2">.</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">TOR
Minerals International (NASDAQ:&nbsp; TORM), producer of natural titanium
dioxide pigments and specialty aluminas, today announced its financial results
for the Second Quarter ended June 30, 2006.&nbsp; The Company reported net
income available to shareholders of $122,000, or $0.02 per fully diluted share,
on net sales of $6,541,000.&nbsp; This compares with net income available to
shareholders of $316,000, or $0.04 per share, on net sales of $8,938,000 for
the quarter ended June 30, 2005.&nbsp; </font> </p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">During
the Second Quarter, the Company continued to implement cost reduction and
avoidance measures.&nbsp; These actions reduced selling, administrative and
general expenses by 16% and contributed to overall profitability in the
quarter.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">HITOX<sup>&reg;</sup>
sales worldwide increased 15% and specialty alumina sales in Europe increased
by 18% during the quarter, partially offsetting the decline in sales. The
Company said that the primary contributors to the decline in revenue were the
previously disclosed loss of a significant alumina customer and no third-party
synthetic rutile sales.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">TOR
Minerals will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Central Time on August 1,
2006 to further 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.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">A copy of the press release relating to this Item 2.02 is
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.&nbsp; A copy of the press release is also available on its
website at www.torminerals.com, under the News tab.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">The
information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, is
provided under Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed
&#8220;filed&#8221; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.
Furthermore, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
exhibit, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings
of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filings.</font></p>





<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size="2">ITEM 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS </u></font></b><font size="2"><b><u>AND</u></b></font><b><u><font size="2"> EXHIBITS</font></u></b></p>



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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Pro
  Forma Financial Information.<br>
  Not applicable.</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Exhibits.</font></p>

  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">The
  following exhibit is furnished in accordance with the provisions of Item 601
  of Regulation S-B:</font></p>

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	<font size="2">Number</font></u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> <u><font size="2">Description</font></u></p>

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	<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp; 99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press Release, dated July 31, 2006, announcing the
  financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.</font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">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.</font></p>





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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.<br>
  <b>_____________________<br>
  </b>(Registrant)</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Date: &nbsp;July 31, 2006</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u>
	<font size="2">/s/ </font> </u></b><font size="2"><b><u>LAWRENCE</u></b></font><b><u><font size="2"> W.
  HAAS</font></u></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">Lawrence W. Haas<br>
  Treasurer and CFO</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Press Release, dated July
  31, 2006, announcing the financial results for the quarter ended June 30,
  2006.</font></p>
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8-K, Second Quarter Earnings
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):
July
  31, 2006
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
78402
(Address of Principal
  Executive Offices)
(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))
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ITEM 2.02
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
.
TOR
Minerals International (NASDAQ:  TORM), producer of natural titanium
dioxide pigments and specialty aluminas, today announced its financial results
for the Second Quarter ended June 30, 2006.  The Company reported net
income available to shareholders of $122,000, or $0.02 per fully diluted share,
on net sales of $6,541,000.  This compares with net income available to
shareholders of $316,000, or $0.04 per share, on net sales of $8,938,000 for
the quarter ended June 30, 2005.
During
the Second Quarter, the Company continued to implement cost reduction and
avoidance measures.  These actions reduced selling, administrative and
general expenses by 16% and contributed to overall profitability in the
quarter.
HITOX
®
sales worldwide increased 15% and specialty alumina sales in Europe increased
by 18% during the quarter, partially offsetting the decline in sales. The
Company said that the primary contributors to the decline in revenue were the
previously disclosed loss of a significant alumina customer and no third-party
synthetic rutile sales.
TOR
Minerals will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Central Time on August 1,
2006 to further 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.
A copy of the press release relating to this Item 2.02 is
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  A copy of the press release is also available on its
website at www.torminerals.com, under the News tab.
The
information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, is
provided under Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed
"filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.
Furthermore, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
exhibit, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings
of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filings.
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-B:
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1              Press Release, dated July 31, 2006, announcing the
  financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
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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:  July 31, 2006
/s/
LAWRENCE
W.
  HAAS
Lawrence W. Haas
Treasurer and CFO
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated July
  31, 2006, announcing the financial results for the quarter ended June 30,
  2006.
3