EXHIBIT 99.2
	News
For Immediate Release July 26, 2006	Contact:
		Rick B. Honey (212) 878-1831

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

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NEW YORK, July 26--Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2006 to stockholders of record on September 1, 2006.

Minerals Technologies Inc. is a global resource- and technology-based growth company that develops produces and markets the highest quality performance-enhancing minerals and related products, systems and services. Minerals Technologies serves the paper, steel, polymer and other manufacturing industries. The company reported sales of $995.8 million in 2005.

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For further information about Minerals Technologies Inc. look on the Internet at
http://www.mineralstech.com