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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</submissionType>
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          <cik>0000921739</cik>
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      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>


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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock, $0.10 par value</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0000891014</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>603158106</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <common:street1>622 Third Avenue</common:street1>
          <common:city>New York</common:city>
          <common:stateOrCountry>NY</common:stateOrCountry>
          <common:zipCode>10017-6707</common:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>1564606</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>1564606</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>1564606</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <classPercent>5.03</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>HC</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The percent of class is calculated based on 31,134,308 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 14, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 28, 2025 filed with the SEC on October 24, 2025.</comments>
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    <coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>

      <reportingPersonName>NOMURA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS TRUST</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>1564606</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>1564606</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>1564606</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <classPercent>5.03</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The percent of class is calculated based on 31,134,308 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 14, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 28, 2025 filed with the SEC on October 24, 2025.</comments>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>622 Third Avenue, New York, New York, 10017-6707</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>Nomura Asset Management International Inc.

Nomura Investment Management Business Trust

This Schedule 13G excludes securities beneficially owned, if any, by Nomura Holdings Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries whose beneficial ownership of securities are disaggregated from that of Nomura Asset Management International Inc. and the advisory entities underneath Nomura Asset Management International Inc. in accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998).</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>Each of Nomura Asset Management International Inc. and Nomura Investment Management Business Trust:
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2354</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Each of Nomura Asset Management International Inc. and Nomura Investment Management Business Trust:
Delaware</citizenship>
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      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>HC</typeOfPersonFiling>
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      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>Items 5-11 of the cover pages are incorporated by reference.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>Items 5-11 of the cover pages are incorporated by reference.</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>Items 5-11 of the cover pages are incorporated by reference.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>Items 5-11 of the cover pages are incorporated by reference.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>Items 5-11 of the cover pages are incorporated by reference.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>Items 5-11 of the cover pages are incorporated by reference.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
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      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <exhibitInfo>Exhibit A - Joint Filing Agreement</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Fernando del Puerto</signature>
        <title>Fernando del Puerto, Managing Director</title>
        <date>02/17/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>NOMURA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS TRUST</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Fernando del Puerto</signature>
        <title>Fernando del Puerto, Managing Director</title>
        <date>02/17/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
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