TOR Minerals - April 29, 2005 Press Release

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

April 29, 2005

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)

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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.

(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.

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 No.

Description

99.1

Press Release, dated April 29, 2005, announcing the webcasting of the Company’s 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.