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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, DC 20549<br>
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<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">April
  24, 2007</font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">TOR Minerals International, Inc.<br>
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</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>
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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>
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  </b><font size="2">(IRS Employer Identification No.)<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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  78402</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">(Address of Principal
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">(361) 883-5591<br>
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</b><font size="2">(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</font></p>



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



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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size="2">ITEM
2.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION</u>.</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">TOR
Minerals International (Nasdaq:TORM), producer of synthetic titanium dioxide
pigments, specialty aluminas, and other high performance mineral fillers today announced
its financial results for the first quarter 2007.&nbsp; The company reported net
income available to shareholders of $24,000, or $0.00 per fully diluted share,
on net sales of $7,153,000.&nbsp; This compares with net income available to
shareholders of $185,000, or $0.02 per share, on net sales of $7,185,000 for
the quarter ended March 31, 2006.</font></p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size="2">First quarter 2007 revenue comparisons were relatively
flat with 2006 results, as HITOX<sup>&reg;</sup> sales increased 9% and specialty
alumina sales decreased 13%. Profitability declined as improved operating
efficiencies and increased fixed cost absorption at the United States and Netherlands production facilities were offset by increased raw material costs and
under-absorption of costs at the synthetic rutile plant in Malaysia.&nbsp;
</font> </p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">Highlights
for the quarter include a 37% increase in HITOX sales outside of the United
States to $1,211,000; a 26% increase of specialty alumina sales in Europe to
$1,064,000; and a significant specialty alumina purchase order, which began
shipping during the first quarter of 2007.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">The
company issued financial guidance for the year ending December 31, 2007, of net
sales of $29 million to $30 million, and earnings per share of $0.04 to
$0.05.&nbsp; For the prior year ended December 31, 2006, the company reported
net sales of $26 million and earnings per share of $0.00.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">TOR
Minerals will host a conference call at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on April 24,
2007&nbsp;to further discuss first quarter results. The call will be
simultaneously&nbsp;web-cast, and can be accessed&nbsp;via the News section on
the company's website at www.torminerals.com.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 &quot;filed&quot; 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>



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<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;
</font> <u><font size="2">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</font></u></b></p>



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

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	<font size="2">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Press Release, dated April 24, 2007, announcing the
  financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.</font></p>
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<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;April 25, 2007</font></p>
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	<font size="2">/s/ STEVEN PARKER</font></u></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size="2">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">99.1</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">Press
  Release, dated April 24, 2007, announcing the financial results for the
  quarter ended March 31, 2007.</font></p>
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8-K, First 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):
April
  24, 2007
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))
1
ITEM
2.02
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
.
TOR
Minerals International (Nasdaq:TORM), producer of synthetic titanium dioxide
pigments, specialty aluminas, and other high performance mineral fillers today announced
its financial results for the first quarter 2007.  The company reported net
income available to shareholders of $24,000, or $0.00 per fully diluted share,
on net sales of $7,153,000.  This compares with net income available to
shareholders of $185,000, or $0.02 per share, on net sales of $7,185,000 for
the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
First quarter 2007 revenue comparisons were relatively
flat with 2006 results, as HITOX
®
sales increased 9% and specialty
alumina sales decreased 13%. Profitability declined as improved operating
efficiencies and increased fixed cost absorption at the United States and Netherlands production facilities were offset by increased raw material costs and
under-absorption of costs at the synthetic rutile plant in Malaysia.
Highlights
for the quarter include a 37% increase in HITOX sales outside of the United
States to $1,211,000; a 26% increase of specialty alumina sales in Europe to
$1,064,000; and a significant specialty alumina purchase order, which began
shipping during the first quarter of 2007.
The
company issued financial guidance for the year ending December 31, 2007, of net
sales of $29 million to $30 million, and earnings per share of $0.04 to
$0.05.  For the prior year ended December 31, 2006, the company reported
net sales of $26 million and earnings per share of $0.00.
TOR
Minerals will host a conference call at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on April 24,
2007 to further discuss first quarter results. The call will be
simultaneously web-cast, 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.
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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-B:
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1         Press Release, dated April 24, 2007, announcing the
  financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.
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:  April 25, 2007
/s/ STEVEN PARKER
Steven Parker
Treasurer and CFO
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
  No.
Description
99.1
Press
  Release, dated April 24, 2007, announcing the financial results for the
  quarter ended March 31, 2007.
3