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<p align="center"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Washington, DC 20549</b></p>





<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>FORM 8&#8209;K</b></p>





<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>CURRENT REPORT Pursuant</b></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</b></p>

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  <p><b>April
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>TOR Minerals International, Inc.</b></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</p>



<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Delaware</b></p>

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  <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>0-17321</b></p>
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  <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>722 Burleson Street<br>
  Corpus Christi, Texas</b></p>
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  78402</b></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>(361) 883-5591</b></p>

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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>N/A</b></p>

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



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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<i>see </i>General
Instruction A.2. below):</p>



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<p><b>ITEM
7.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>REGULATION
FD DISCLOSURE</u></b></p>

<p style='text-align:justify'>On
April 29, 2005, TOR Minerals International, Inc. issued a press release
announcing that it will webcast the Company&#8217;s fiscal 2005 first quarter
earnings results conference call on Wednesday, May 4, at 5 p.m. EDT, 4 p.m.
CDT.&nbsp; The call will be available via the internet at the Company&#8217;s
homepage, www.torminerals.com.&nbsp; A copy of this press release is attached
hereto as <u>Exhibit 99.1</u>.</p>



<p 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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  <p>Financial
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  <p>Exhibits.<br>
  99.1&nbsp; Press Release, dated April
  29, 2005, announcing the webcasting of the Company&#8217;s first quarter
  earnings conference call.</p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>



<p style='text-align:justify'>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.</p>





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  <p align=center style='text-align:center'>TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.<br>
  <b>_____________________<br>
  </b>(Registrant)</p>
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  <p>Date:&nbsp; May 2, 2005</p>
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  <p align="center"><u><font size="3">LAWRENCE W. HAAS</font></u></td>
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  <p align=center style='text-align:center'>Lawrence W. Haas<br>
  Treasurer and CFO</p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></p>



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  <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Description</b></p>
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  <p align=center style='text-align:center'>99.1</p>
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  <p>Press Release, dated April
  29, 2005, announcing the webcasting of the Company&#8217;s first quarter
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<p align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Exhibit 99.1</b></p>





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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b>TOR MINERALS TO WEBCAST ITS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS
CONFERENCE CALL</b></p>



<p style='text-align:justify'>CORPUS
CHRISTI, Texas, April 29, 2005 -- TOR Minerals International (Nasdaq:TORM)
announced today that it will webcast its fiscal 2005 first quarter earnings results
conference call&nbsp;on Wednesday, May 4, at&nbsp;5 p.m.&nbsp;EDT, 4 p.m.
CDT.&nbsp; The call will be led by Richard Bowers, President and CEO, and Woody
Haas, CFO, of TOR Minerals.</p>



<p style='text-align:justify'>The
call will be available via the internet at the company's homepage,
www.torminerals.com.&nbsp; First quarter results will be released after the
market's close on May 4.</p>



<p style='text-align:justify'>Based
in Corpus Christi, Texas, TOR Minerals is an international manufacturer of
specialty mineral products for high performance applications with plants and
regional offices located in the United States, Netherlands and Malaysia.</p>







<p style='text-align:justify'><i>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.&nbsp; There can be no assurance that the
actual results, business conditions, business development, 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 risks
of a general business slow down or recession, the increasing cost of energy,
raw materials and labor, competition, advances in technology, changes in
foreign currency rates, freight price increase, commodity price increases,
delays in delivery of required equipment and other factors.</i></p>





<p>Contact for Further
Information:</p>

<p>David Mossberg</p>

<p>Beacon Street Group, LLC</p>

<p>(817) 459-2346</p>



<p>Ken Pieper<br>
Beacon Street Group<br>
972-618-6924</p>



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TOR Minerals - April 29, 2005 Press 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):
April
  29, 2005
TOR Minerals International, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-17321
74-2081929
(Commission File Number)
(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))
ITEM
7.01
REGULATION
FD DISCLOSURE
On
April 29, 2005, TOR Minerals International, Inc. issued a press release
announcing that it will webcast the Company's fiscal 2005 first quarter
earnings results conference call on Wednesday, May 4, at 5 p.m. EDT, 4 p.m.
CDT.  The call will be available via the internet at the Company's
homepage, www.torminerals.com.  A copy of this press release is attached
hereto as
Exhibit 99.1
.
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a)
Financial
  Statements of Businesses Acquired.
Not applicable.
(b)
Pro
  Forma Financial Information.
Not applicable.
(c)
Exhibits.
99.1  Press Release, dated April
  29, 2005, announcing the webcasting of the Company's first quarter
  earnings conference call.
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:  May 2, 2005
LAWRENCE W. HAAS
Lawrence W. Haas
Treasurer and CFO
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated April
  29, 2005, announcing the webcasting of the Company's first quarter
  earnings conference call.
Exhibit 99.1
TOR MINERALS TO WEBCAST ITS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS
CONFERENCE CALL
CORPUS
CHRISTI, Texas, April 29, 2005 -- TOR Minerals International (Nasdaq:TORM)
announced today that it will webcast its fiscal 2005 first quarter earnings results
conference call on Wednesday, May 4, at 5 p.m. EDT, 4 p.m.
CDT.  The call will be led by Richard Bowers, President and CEO, and Woody
Haas, CFO, of TOR Minerals.
The
call will be available via the internet at the company's homepage,
www.torminerals.com.  First quarter results will be released after the
market's close on May 4.
Based
in Corpus Christi, Texas, TOR Minerals is an international manufacturer of
specialty mineral products for high performance applications with plants 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 development, 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 risks
of a general business slow down or recession, the increasing cost of energy,
raw materials and labor, competition, advances in technology, changes in
foreign currency rates, freight price increase, commodity price increases,
delays in delivery of required equipment and other factors.
Contact for Further
Information:
David Mossberg
Beacon Street Group, LLC
(817) 459-2346
Ken Pieper
Beacon Street Group
972-618-6924