10-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
 

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 Commission File Number 0-17321

TOR Minerals International, Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  74-2081929
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 

722 Burleson Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78402

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
(361) 883-5591
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered under section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Common Stock, $0.25 par value Name of exchange on which registered
NASDAQ Capital Market

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:  None.
 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes o      No  þ

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes o      No  þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.      Yes þ    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes þ   No  o

Indicate by check mark if the disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in, definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this form 10-K.   þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o             Accelerated filer  o             Non-accelerated filer  o              Smaller reporting company  þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o  No  þ

The aggregate market value of the common stock, the Registrant's only common equity, held by non-affiliates of the registrant (based upon the closing sale price of the registrant's Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market on June 30, 2012) was approximately $22,065,000.  Shares of common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each entity that owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates.  This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

As of March 6, 2013, there were 2,986,845 shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relative to the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report.

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Annual Report on Form 10-K

Table of Contents

		Page
PART I
Item 1.	Business	3
Item 1 A.	Risk Factors	10
Item 1 B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	14
Item 2.	Properties	14
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	15
PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	15
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	17
Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	18
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	40
Item 9.	Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	40
Item 9 A.	Controls and Procedures	40
Item 9 B.	Other Information	41
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	42
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	42
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	43
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transaction, and Director Independence	44
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	44
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	45
SIGNATURES		48

Forward-Looking Statement

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Report"), including "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Item 7, contains forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition and prospects of the Company.  The actual results of the Company could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, changes in demand for the Company's products, changes in competition, economic conditions, fluctuations in exchange rates, changes in the cost of energy, fluctuations in market price for TiO₂ pigments, interest rate fluctuations, changes in the capital markets, changes in tax and other laws and governmental rules and regulations applicable to the Company's business, and other risks indicated in the Company's filing with the Security and Exchange Commission, including those set forth in this report under Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business.  These risks and uncertainties are beyond the ability of the Company to control, and, in many cases, the Company cannot predict all of the risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements.  When used in this report, the words "believes," "estimates," "plans," "expects," "anticipates" and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

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PART I

Item 1. Business

General

TOR Minerals International, Inc. ("TOR", "we", "us", "our" or the "Company") is a global specialty chemical company engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing mineral products for use as pigments, pigment extenders, functional fillers and flame retardants used in the manufacture of paints, coatings, plastics and catalysts.

We were organized by Benilite Corporation of America ("Benilite") in 1973.  Benilite, which was incorporated in Delaware in 1969, developed the then patented "Benilite process" for producing synthetic rutile ("SR"), the principal ingredient used in the manufacture of HITOX® (high-grade titanium dioxide), from ilmenite ore.  Benilite licensed and helped design several synthetic rutile plants located throughout the world which utilize this process (including the plant located in Ipoh, Malaysia, owned by the Company, as discussed below).  Benilite concluded that synthetic rutile produced by the Benilite process could be further processed into a buff-colored titanium dioxide pigment having many of the characteristics of standard white titanium dioxide at a significant cost savings.  These efforts by Benilite were the beginning of the Company's business.  In 1980, the subsidiary of Benilite engaged in the development of HITOX was spun off by Benilite to its shareholders.  In December 1988, the Company became a publicly owned company after completing a public offering of 1.38 million shares of its common stock.  Our stock symbol is TORM.

Global Headquarters

We are headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.  This location houses senior management, customer service, logistics, and corporate research and development/technical service laboratories.  Our financial and accounting functions also operate from this location.  Our principal offices in Corpus Christi are located at 722 Burleson Street, Corpus Christi, Texas 78402, and our telephone number is (361) 883-5591.  Our website is located at www.torminerals.com.  Information contained in our website or links contained on our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

U.S. Operation

Our U.S. manufacturing plant, located in Corpus Christi, Texas, is situated on the north side of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and has its own dock frontage at the plant.  We also utilize the Bulk Terminal, operated by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, to discharge bulk shipments of SR and Barite from cargo vessels directly into trucks for delivery to our plant.   The site has its own railhead and easy access to major highways linking it to the rest of the U.S. and to Mexico.  HITOX®, BARTEX®, HALTEX®, OPTILOAD® and TIOPREM® are all produced at this location.

Asian Operation

We acquired our Asian operation, TOR Minerals Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd. ("TMM"), in 2000.  Located in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, close to the port of Lumut, TMM is a processor of ilmenite, upgrading it to SR.  This material is the basic raw material for the production of HITOX and TIOPREM, but is also used as feed stock for white TiO₂ and used as a component in welding rod flux.  The site has its own processing lines to manufacture HITOX and TIOPREM.  The sales team and the quality assurance laboratory for Asia are located at the offices in Ipoh.

European Operation

In 2001, we acquired our European operation, TOR Processing and Trade, B.V. ("TPT").  Situated within reach of the major shipping port of Rotterdam, TPT, located in Hattem, Netherlands, specializes in the manufacturing of premium alumina products ("ALUPREM®") for use worldwide.  Customer applications, quality assurance laboratory and support facilities for Europe are located in Hattem.  TOR Minerals' global headquarters in Texas provides customer service and shipping logistics for TPT's North American customers.

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Our Products

TOR and our subsidiaries operate in the business of mineral product manufacturing in three geographic segments.  All United States manufacturing is done at the facility located in Corpus Christi, Texas.  Foreign manufacturing is done by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries, TMM, located in Malaysia and TPT, located in The Netherlands.  Our products are currently marketed in the United States and in more than 60 other countries.  We sell our products through a network of direct sales representatives employed by the Company and independent stocking distributors in the United States, as well as distributors and agents overseas.  Our sales representatives sell directly to end-users and provide technical support and market guidance for our independent distribution network.

HITOX

Our principal product, HITOX, a light buff-colored titanium dioxide pigment, is made from SR.  Titanium dioxide is the most widely used primary pigment in paints, coatings, plastics, paper and many other types of products.  Titanium dioxide, or TiO₂, gives opacity and color to end products.  Most TiO₂ is white; however, HITOX is a unique color pigment that is beige.  HITOX occupies a special marketing niche as a high quality, color pigment that can replace some of the other more costly color pigments and some of the white TiO₂.  HITOX pigments are used by major international paint and plastics manufacturers.  Uses include architectural and industrial paints, primers, metal finishes and coatings, caulks and sealants, floor tiles and plastic profiles, sheets and film.

HITOX, manufactured at plants located in both the U.S. and Malaysia, utilizes SR manufactured at TMM as its primary raw material.  The manufacturing process for producing HITOX is not simple and the details of the process and the operating parameters of the systems are not widely known.  The HITOX manufacturing process is not patented.

ALUPREM

Our alumina trihydrate ("ATH") products were expanded in 2001 with the introduction of ALUPREM, which is manufactured at our European operation, TPT, in The Netherlands.  ALUPREM, which stands for premium alumina, was developed by TOR's President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Olaf Karasch.  The details of the manufacturing process and the operating parameters of the systems are not widely known.  The ALUPREM manufacturing process is not patented.

ALUPREM products are used for color critical applications as fillers and flame retardants and performance driven uses such as specialty wire and cable insulation, catalysts, high-tech polishing, pigments and specialty papers.

BARTEX / BARYPREM

BARTEX is manufactured at our U.S. operation from high grade barites (barium sulfate) utilizing a milling process.  Barium sulfate's high density is one of the primary reasons it is used in coatings.  As an inert extender pigment, BARTEX gives weight and body to products ranging from powder coatings used in automotive, appliance and office furniture finishes to rubber products such as carpet and curtain backings and plastics including billiard balls and poker chips.  BARTEX is an extender for more expensive prime white pigments, such as white TiO₂.  BARTEX is manufactured in several different grades differentiated by narrow particle sizing ranging from standard coarse to specialty ultra-fine with high brightness and whiteness.

BARYPREM is manufactured in our Netherlands (TPT) location and is available in powder or slurry form.  BARYPREM offers exceptional quality and high whiteness for color critical applications.

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HALTEX / OPTILOAD

HALTEX, manufactured at our U.S. operation, is produced from Bayer grade alumina trihydrate (ATH) using some of the same production technologies as our other products. It is an environmentally-friendly flame retardant, smoke suppressant filler used in plastic and rubber products.

HALTEX features high purity and engineered particle sizing for optimum physical properties.  The quality of our HALTEX is suitable for a broad range of technical applications including a wide variety of thermoset composites, SMC (sheet molding compounds) /BMC (bulk molding compounds),  thermoplastic profiles, electrical wire and cable insulation, mining conveyor belts, specialty coatings as well as adhesives and sealants.

In 2008 we introduced and began commercial sales of a new line of low viscosity ATH products under the name OPTILOAD.  OPTILOAD allows for increased ATH loadings (compared to standard products) into SMC and other thermoset compounds to meet higher levels of flame retardant and smoke suppressant behavior.  TOR Minerals foresees a growing demand for OPTILOAD products in line with more stringent flame retardant/smoke suppressant legislative regulations as well as for substitution of halogenated flame retardants like bromine, which are undergoing increasing legislative scrutiny due to concerns with toxicity and high smoke in flame conditions.

TIOPREM

TIOPREM, manufactured at our U.S. and Malaysian operations, is produced from a proprietary process based on modified SR feedstock made at TOR Minerals' Malaysian plant.  Introduced in 2008, TIOPREM is a series of high performance, heat stable colored TiO2 hybrid pigments offering cost savings through the partial replacement of expensive color pigments and white TiO2 in plastics and specialty paints & coatings.  End use applications include engineered plastics, laminates, window profiles, plastic lumber, roofing granules and ceramic coatings.

SYNTHETIC RUTILE

SR, the basic building block for HITOX and TIOPREM, is manufactured at our Asian operation using the Benilite process for producing SR.  Ilmenite, the raw material used in the manufacturing process, is first treated in a reduction kiln and then subjected to leaching in hydrochloric acid where soluble iron and other impurities are removed.  SR is also used as feed stock for white TiO₂ and as a component in welding rod flux.

Raw Materials and Energy

We utilize a variety of raw materials in the manufacture of our products.  Outlined below are the principal raw materials for TOR's products.

SR:  Titanium dioxide pigment can be produced using ilmenite, natural rutile, SR or titanium slag.  SR is produced from ilmenite and typically has a titanium dioxide content ranging from 92% to 95%.  Ilmenite is a black material found in natural mineral deposits and typically has a titanium dioxide content ranging from 44% to 60%.  Ilmenite is found throughout the world, including China, India, Australia and North America.  In Malaysia, ilmenite historically has been recovered incidental to tin mining, but as tin mining has decreased in Malaysia, the source and quality of ilmenite has been declining.

Historically, we have purchased our ilmenite ore in Malaysia.  However, as the remaining stockpiles around Malaysia have started depleting, we have started purchasing ilmenite from various other suppliers throughout the world.  As a result, our average price paid for the ilmenite has increased approximately 56% during 2012 following an increase of 118% in 2011.

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HITOX / TIOPREM:  SR, produced from TMM's Malaysian SR plant, is the primary raw material used in the production of HITOX and TIOPREM.  TMM is the Company's sole supplier of SR.  The cost of SR increased approximately 42% in 2012 and approximately 56% in 2011, primarily due to an increase in the cost of ilmenite and energy.  Other than TMM, there is only one other available source for the quality of SR required for the production of HITOX.  If supplies of SR from TMM are interrupted and we are unable to arrange for SR from this alternative source, we would not be able to produce HITOX and TIOPREM, which would adversely affect our business.

ALUPREM:  Alumina trihydrate, the chief raw material for ALUPREM, is manufactured throughout the world including Europe and North America.  The ATH material used for chemicals, fillers and flame-retardants is produced by the Bayer alumina process.  This grade of ATH accounts for approximately 95% of the total ATH produced worldwide.  The Company purchases ATH from various suppliers in Europe.  The average prices for ATH remained stable in both 2012 and 2011.

BARTEX / BARYPREM:  High grade barites (barium sulfate) are mined in China, India, Turkey and Mexico and are the raw materials used to produce BARTEX and BARYPREM.  The average price for this grade of barites remained stable in both 2012 and 2011.

HALTEX / OPTILOAD:  Bayer grade aluminum hydroxide, used to produce HALTEX, is purchased from one of four suppliers located in the U.S.  The average price for the Bayer grade aluminum remained stable in both 2012 and 2011.

ENERGY:  We are highly dependent on energy in our manufacturing processes.  Electricity is the predominate source of energy at each of our three operations.  In addition, natural gas is used as a source of energy in Corpus Christi and fuel oil is used at TMM in the production of SR.  In Corpus Christi, the average price of electricity was unchanged during 2012 following a decrease of approximately 21% in 2011; and, the average price of natural gas decreased approximately 32% and 6% in 2012 and 2011, respectively.  Average energy prices at TMM for electricity remained stable in both 2012 and 2011; and the average price of fuel oil was relatively unchanged during 2012 following an increase of approximately 38% in 2011.  Energy prices at TPT, primarily electricity, remained stable in both 2012 and 2011.

Research and Development / Technical Services

Our expenditures for research and development and technical services remained relatively unchanged during both 2012 and 2011.  We conduct our research and technical service primarily at our facilities in Corpus Christi and our efforts are principally focused on process technology, product development and technical service to our customers.  There are no research and development costs borne directly by our customers.

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Marketing and Customers

Sales and Marketing Department Organization

TOR's sales efforts are managed out of Corpus Christi, Texas, by the Executive Vice President.  We have sales offices at our U.S., Asian and European operations.  Area and product managers report to the Executive Vice President and assist with customer, agent and distributor relations.

Independent Distributors and Agents

We utilize a network of both domestic and foreign independent distributors and agents.  Within North America there are multiple agents serving us on either a regional or a product basis.  In most other countries there is one stocking distributor who purchases directly from TOR and resells in their territory.  In certain large countries there may be multiple distributors.  In this way we get the benefit of sales specialists with specific trade knowledge in each country.

Customers

Our end-use customers include companies in the paints, coatings, plastics and catalyst industries.  For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, BASF Corporation represented 17%, 14%, and 13%, respectively, of our total consolidated sales and the Tioxide Europe Ltd. Corporation represented 16% of our 2012 consolidated sales.

Geographic Distribution

We sell our products globally and market them in North, Central and South America, Asia and Europe to customers located in more than 60 countries.  For the year ended December 31, 2012, the United Kingdom represented 33% of our sales outside the U.S.  No individual country accounted for 10% or more of our sales outside the U.S during 2011 or 2010.  Sales to external customers are attributed to geographic area based on country of distribution.

A summary of the Company's sales by geographic area is presented below:

(In thousands)		2012			2011			2010
Summary by Geographic Area		Sales Revenue	% of Total Sales		Sales Revenue	% of Total Sales		Sales Revenue	% of Total Sales
United States	$	27,193	48%	$	20,241	49%	$	15,982	52%
Canada, Mexico & South/Central America		5,759	10%		4,187	10%		3,401	11%
Pacific Rim		7,073	12%		6,321	16%		3,177	10%
Europe, Africa & Middle East		16,628	30%		10,272	25%		8,456	27%
Total Sales	$	56,653	100%	$	41,021	100%	$	31,016	100%

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Competition

We experience competition with respect to each of our products.  In order to maintain and grow sales volumes, we must rely on our ability to both innovate to add value as well as to manufacture and distribute products at competitive prices.  We believe that quality, delivery on schedule and price are the principal competitive factors.  However, due to the nature of our main product, HITOX, and the size of our company as compared to others in the industry, we are not price leaders, but are price followers and while we generally attempt to increase prices to offset cost increases, these actions tend to lag the cost increases.

Our competitors range from large corporations with a full line of production capabilities and products to small local firms specializing in one or two products.  A number of these competitors are owned and operated by large diversified corporations.  Many of these competitors, such as E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Millennium Chemicals, Kronos Inc. and J.M. Huber, have substantially greater financial and other resources, and their share of industry sales is substantially larger than TOR's.

Environmental Regulations and Product Safety

Our plant in Corpus Christi is subject to regulations promulgated by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and state and local authorities with respect to the discharge of substances into the environment.  We believe that the Corpus Christi plant is in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the discharge of substances into the environment, and we do not expect that any material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities will be necessary in order to continue such compliance.

TMM's SR plant is required to be licensed by the Malaysian Atomic Energy Licensing Board ("AELB") because the ilmenite used by the plant is derived from tin tailings, which are a source of small amounts of monazite and hafnium which are radioactive rare earth compounds.  As part of the licensing requirements, TMM is required to maintain a monitoring program for various emissions from the plant.  The monitoring is done in-house by TMM personnel and results are reported to the AELB as required.  The plant is subject to various other licensing and permitting requirements, all of which TMM is currently in compliance.

TPT operates an alumina processing plant in Hattem, The Netherlands, and is governed by rules promulgated by both The Netherlands and the European Community.  We believe that the Hattem plant is in compliance with all environmental and safety regulations.

HITOX and the ingredient from which it is produced, SR, are non-toxic and non-hazardous.  HITOX complies with all applicable laws and regulations enforced by the United States Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") and is an acceptable component of packaging materials used in direct contact with meat, poultry and other food products; of paints used in incidental contact with such products; and of other packaging materials, such as paper and paperboard.  HITOX also complies with current color additive regulations promulgated by the FDA.  In addition, HITOX has been tested for compliance with the applicable standards promulgated by the National Sanitation Foundation (the "NSF"), and we are authorized to use applicable NSF seals and/or logos in connection with the marketing of HITOX.  This authorization is significant in that end users of titanium dioxide pigments who wish their products to be NSF approved must use component materials that also meet NSF standards.

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Backlog

We normally manufacture our pigment products in anticipation of, and not in response to, customer orders and generally fill orders within a short time after receipt.  Consequently, we seek to maintain adequate inventories of our pigment products in order to permit us to fill orders promptly after receipt.  As of March 6, 2013, we did not have a significant backlog of customer orders.

Seasonality

Our business is closely correlated with the construction industry and its demand for materials that use pigments, such as paints and plastics.  This has generally led to higher sales in our second and third quarters due to increases in construction and maintenance during warmer weather.  Also, pigment consumption is closely correlated with general economic conditions.  When the economy is in an expansionary state, there is typically an increase in pigment consumption while a slow down typically results in decreased pigment consumption.  When the construction industry or the economy is in a period of decline, TOR's sales and profit are likely to be adversely affected.

Patents and Trademarks

We currently hold no patents on the processes for manufacturing any of our products.  Seven of TOR's products, HITOX (4/30/2015), ALUPREM (7/29/2023), HALTEX (7/28/2022), BARTEX (2/24/2017), TIOPREM (8/5/2018), OPTILOAD (10/27/2019), and BARYPREM® (8/30/2016), are marketed under names which have been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Expiration dates are shown in parenthetical phrases following each product.  Trademarks are also registered in certain foreign countries.

Employees

As of December 31, 2012, our U.S. operation had 40 full-time employees, our European operation employed 33, and our Asian operation had 119 employees, of which 52 are covered by a collective bargaining agreement with an in-house union.  We have not experienced any work stoppages and believe that our relations with all our employees are good.

Available Information

TOR's internet website address is www.torminerals.com.  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available through our internet website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Our internet website and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Item 1 A. Risk Factors

In addition to the factors discussed in the Forward-Looking Statement section provided at the beginning of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following are important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company.  In addition, you should know that the risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face.  Unforeseen risks could arise and problems or issues that we now view as minor could become more significant.  If we were unable to adequately respond to any risks, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.  Additionally, we cannot be certain or give any assurances that any actions taken to reduce known risks or uncertainties will work.

Ø     Our foreign debt is subject to subjective acceleration provisions and demand provisions that allow our lending institutions to accelerate payment at any time.  If our foreign debt were accelerated under the demand provisions, our working capital and financial condition would be severely impacted.

Our subsidiaries have loan agreements with banks in Malaysia and The Netherlands that provide short-term credit facilities and term loans.  These borrowings are subject to certain subjective acceleration provisions based on the judgment of the banks and demand provisions that provide that the banks may demand repayment at any time.  We believe such a demand provision is customary in Malaysia and The Netherlands for such facilities.  At December 31, 2012, our foreign debt consisted of $2,503,000 under the short-term credit facilities and $2,250,000 under the term loans and financial lease agreements.

If demand is made by the banks, we will require additional debt or equity financing to meet our working capital and operational requirements and to refinance our maturing or demanded indebtedness.  Should we find it necessary to raise additional funds, we may find that such funds are either not available or available only on terms that are unattractive in terms of shareholders' interest, or both, and if this debt could not be repaid or refinanced, the banks could foreclose and sell our foreign operations, which the banks hold as collateral security for these loans, and pursue collection against our guarantees of such loans which would adversely affect our financial condition and liquidity.

Ø     Our business is affected by global economic factors including risks associated with declining economic conditions.

Our financial results are substantially dependent upon overall economic conditions in the United States, the European Union and Asia.  Declining economic conditions in any or all of these locations - or negative perceptions about economic conditions - could result in a substantial decrease in demand for our products and could adversely affect our business.  Recent adverse economic conditions in the European Union have adversely affected the sales of our products in this geographic region.  See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations-Results of Operations-European Operations."

Uncertain economic conditions and market instability make it difficult for us, our customers and our suppliers to forecast demand trends.  Declines in demand would place additional pressure on our results of operations.  The timing and extent of any changes to currently prevailing market conditions is uncertain and supply and demand may be unbalanced at any time.  As a consequence, at present, we are unable to accurately predict future economic conditions or the effect of such conditions on our financial conditions or results of operations, and we can give no assurances as to the timing, extent or duration of the current or future economic cycles impacting our industry.

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Ø     Costs of raw materials and energy have resulted, and may continue to result, in increased operating expenses and reduced results of operations.

We purchase large amounts of raw materials and energy for our manufacturing operations.  The cost of these raw materials and energy, in the aggregate, represent a substantial portion of our operating expenses.  The costs of raw materials and energy generally follow price trends of, and vary with the market conditions for crude oil and natural gas, which may be highly volatile and cyclical.  Many raw material and energy costs have recently experienced significant fluctuations, reaching historically record high levels.  Moreover, the fluctuation of the U.S. Dollar to other currencies adds to the volatility in raw material costs.  There have been, and will likely continue to be, periods of time when we are unable to pass raw material and energy cost increases on to our customers quickly enough to avoid adverse impacts on our results of operations.  Our results of operations have been in the past, and could be in the future, significantly affected by increases and volatility in these costs.  Cost increases also may increase working capital needs, which could reduce our liquidity and cash flow.  In addition, when raw material and energy costs increase rapidly and are passed along to customers as product price increases, the credit risks associated with certain customers can be compounded.  To the extent we increase our product sales prices to reflect rising raw material and energy costs, demand for products may decrease as customers reduce their consumption and use substitute products, which may have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

Historically, we have purchased our ilmenite ore in Malaysia.  However, as the remaining stockpiles around Malaysia have started depleting, we have started purchasing ilmenite from various other suppliers throughout the world.  As a result, our average price paid for the ilmenite has increased approximately 56% during 2012 following an increase of 118% in 2011.

Ø     Climate change poses both regulatory and physical risks that could adversely impact our results of operations.

In addition to the possible direct economic impact that climate change could have on us, climate change regulation could significantly increase our costs.  Energy costs are a significant component of our overall costs, and climate change regulation may result in significant increases in the cost of energy.

Ø     We have one primary source for SR and, if that source was not available, we could not produce HITOX or TIOPREM.

TMM is our primary source for SR.  There is only one other available source for the quality of SR required for the production of HITOX and TIOPREM.  If supplies of SR from TMM are interrupted and we are unable to arrange for this alternative source, this could result in our inability to produce these products which accounted for approximately 36% of our sales for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Ø     We are dependent on a limited number of customers and could experience significant revenue reductions if they use alternative sources.

We derive a significant portion of our revenue each quarter from a limited number of customers.  Our top 10 customers accounted for approximately 49% of our consolidated sales revenues in 2012 and 40% of our consolidated sales revenues in 2011.  As a result, a decrease in sales volume of any one of our top 10 customers could have a material impact on our business, operating results, and financial condition.  For the year ended December 31, 2012, the BASF Corporation and Tioxide Europe Ltd represented approximately 17% and 16%, respectively, of our total consolidated sales and the loss either of these customers could have a material impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.

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Ø     Foreign currency fluctuations could adversely impact our financial condition.

Because we own assets located outside the United States and have revenues and expenses in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, we may incur currency transaction and translation losses due to changes in the values of foreign currencies and in the value of the U.S. Dollar.  Foreign currency exposure from transactions and commitments denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are managed by selectively entering into derivative transactions.  Translation exposure associated with translating the functional currency financial statements of our foreign subsidiaries into U.S. Dollars is generally not hedged.  Upon translation to the U.S. Dollar, operating results could be significantly affected by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.  We cannot predict the effect of changes in exchange rate fluctuations upon future operating results.  (See "Foreign Operations - Impact of Exchange Rate" on page 32).

Ø     We borrow funds from time to time from members of our board of directors for working capital purposes.

In the past, we have had to borrow funds from members of our board of directors for working capital purposes.  We most likely will require additional working capital loans in the future, but it is also possible that such loans from our board members would not be available because they have made no commitment to provide additional loans.

Ø     We are required to make estimates and assumptions that may differ from actual results.

In preparing our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results may differ from previously estimated amounts under different conditions and assumptions.

Ø     Our competitors are established companies that have greater experience than us in a number of crucial areas, including manufacturing and distribution.

There is intense competition with respect to each of our products.  In order to maintain sales volume, we must consistently deliver high quality products on schedule at competitive prices.  Our competitors range from large corporations with full lines of production capabilities and products, such as E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Millenium Chemicals,  Kronos, Inc., and J. M. Huber, to small local firms specializing in one or two products.  The established companies have significantly greater experience than us in manufacturing and distributing products and have considerably more resources and market share.  We may have difficulty in competing with these companies.

Ø   The Company is subject to cyber security risks and may incur increasing costs in an effort to minimize those risks and to respond to cyber incidents.

The Company's business involves the storage and transmission of the Company's and its customers' and suppliers' proprietary information, and security breaches could expose it to a risk of loss or misuse of this information, litigation and potential liability. A number of companies have disclosed security breaches, some of which have involved intentional attacks. The Company may not have the resources or technical sophistication to anticipate or prevent rapidly evolving types of cyber attacks. Attacks may be targeted at the Company, its customers, or both. If an actual or perceived breach of security occurs, customer and/or supplier perception of the effectiveness of the Company's security measures could be harmed and could result in the loss of customers, suppliers or both. Actual or anticipated attacks and risks may cause the Company to incur increasing costs, including costs to deploy additional personnel and protection technologies, train employees, and engage third party experts and consultants.

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A person who is able to circumvent the Company's security measures could misappropriate the Company's or its customers' and suppliers' proprietary information, cause interruption in its operations, damage its computers or those of its users, or otherwise damage its reputation and business. Any compromise of security could result in a violation of applicable privacy and other laws, significant legal and financial exposure, damage to the Company's reputation, and a loss of confidence in its security measures, which could harm its business.

The Company's servers are also vulnerable to computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins, and similar disruptions, including "denial-of-service" type attacks. The Company may need to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches or to address problems caused by breaches. Security breaches, including any breach by the Company or by persons with whom it has commercial relationships that result in the unauthorized release of its users' personal information, could damage its reputation and expose it to a risk of loss or litigation and possible liability. 

Ø     Our U.S. operation is located on the Gulf of Mexico coastline and could be adversely affected by hurricanes.

We may be subject to work stoppages for hurricanes, particularly during the period ranging from June to November.  If a hurricane is severe and our Corpus Christi plant incurs heavy damage and prolonged downtime, which may not be fully covered by insurance, our financial results would be adversely affected.

Ø     Doing business in foreign countries carries certain risks that are not found in doing business in the U.S.

We currently derive a portion of our revenues from operations in Malaysia and The Netherlands and we source our SR from Malaysia, which is the critical raw material we require for the production of our primary product, HITOX.  We believe that currently the risks of doing business in Malaysia and The Netherlands are not significant, however, future risks of doing business in these countries which could result in losses against which we are not insured include, but are not limited to, the following:

Ø   Potential adverse changes in diplomatic relations of foreign countries with the United States of America

Ø   Terrorism

Ø   Disruptions caused by possible foreign conflicts

Ø   Hostility from local populations

Ø   Adverse effect of currency exchange controls

Ø   Restrictions on the withdrawal of foreign investment and earnings

Ø   Government policies against businesses owned by foreigners

Ø   Foreign exchange restrictions

Ø   Changes in taxation structure

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Item 1 B. Unresolved Staff Comments

As of the date of this report, we did not have any unresolved staff comments.

Item 2. Properties

We believe that all of the facilities and equipment of the Company are adequately insured, in generally good condition, well maintained, and generally suitable and adequate to carry on our business.

United States Operation

We operate a plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, that manufactures HITOX, BARTEX, HALTEX, OPTILOAD and TIOPREM.  During 2012, the Corpus Christi plant operated at approximately 70% of capacity.  The facility is located in the Rincon Industrial Park on approximately 15 acres of land, with 13 acres leased from the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (the "Port") and approximately two acres which we own.  The lease payment is subject to adjustment every five years for what the Port calls the "equalization valuation".  This is used as a means of equalizing rentals on various Port lands and is determined solely at the discretion of the Port.  We executed an amended lease agreement with the Port on July 11, 2000, which extended the expiration date of the lease to June 30, 2027.

We own the improvements on the plant site, including a 3,400 square-foot office, a 5,000 square-foot laboratory building, a maintenance shop and several manufacturing and warehousing buildings containing a total of approximately 90,000 square feet of space.  The leased premises include approximately 350 lineal feet of bulkheaded industrial canal frontage, which provides access to the Gulf of Mexico intercoastal waterway system through the Corpus Christi ship channel.  This property is also serviced by a Company owned railroad spur that runs through our property to the canal.

The Corpus Christi plant and improvements are encumbered by a lien held by American Bank.  (See "Liquidity - United States Operation" on page 27).

European Operation

Our European Operation, TPT, is located in Hattem, The Netherlands, near the major shipping port of Rotterdam.  TPT, which completed an expansion of their ALUPREM production capacity in late 2011, operated at approximately 85% of capacity in 2012.  The factory site, which the Company owns, was expanded in 2004 from approximately one acre to two acres and consists of a 20,000 square foot steel frame metal building, a 2,000 square foot office building which was purchased in July 2004, and a 10,000 square foot warehouse with a loading dock which was purchased in January 2005.

The Netherlands plant and improvements are encumbered by a mortgage held by Rabobank.  (See "Liquidity - European Operation" on page 28).

Asian Operation

Our Asian Operation, TMM, operates the SR manufacturing plant in Ipoh, Malaysia, and is close in proximity to the present source of their major raw material - ilmenite.  The plant site has 38 acres of land that TMM has a commitment to use through 2074.  The TMM plant operated at approximately 70% of capacity in 2012.

TMM owns the improvements on the plant site, including a 3,960 square-foot office, a 1,980 square-foot laboratory, a spare parts storage warehouse, an employee cafeteria, and several manufacturing and warehousing buildings containing a total of approximately 106,500 square feet of space.

The Malaysian plant and improvements are encumbered by liens held by HSBC Bank and RHB Bank.  (See "Liquidity - Asian Operation" on page 28).

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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

As we are not the operator of a coal mine or other mine, Item 4 is not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market for Common Equity

Our Common Stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol: "TORM".  The table below sets forth the high and low sales prices for our Common Stock for the periods indicated, according to NASDAQ.  On March 1, 2013, the closing trading price of our Common Stock was $11.25 and 10,028 shares were traded.

Quarter Ended		Mar 31		Jun 30		Sep 30		Dec 31
2012	High	$	17.200	$	18.910	$	17.050	$	14.850
	Low		14.510		14.550		13.410		10.670
2011	High	$	21.690	$	20.250	$	18.730	$	15.660
	Low		8.480		14.580		11.780		10.830
2010	High	$	5.100	$	8.440	$	8.620	$	13.040
	Low		2.550		4.500		5.380		5.930

No cash dividends have ever been paid on our Common Stock.  We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, for use in our business, and therefore, we do not currently anticipate declaring or paying any dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future.

The approximate number of shareholders of record of TOR's Common Stock as of March 1, 2013 was 48.

Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Dividends

On December 6, 2011, we declared a dividend, in the amount of $375, for the quarterly period ending December 31, 2011, payable on January 1, 2012, to the holders of record of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as of the close of business on December 6, 2011.  Dividends declared on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock totaled $16,000 and $60,000, respectively, in 2011 and 2010.  At December 31, 2011, all holders of the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock had converted their stock to shares of the Company's Common Stock.

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Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The Company maintains a "Directors and Officers" insurance policy under which the Directors and Officers of the Company are indemnified against liability, which he/she may incur in his/her capacity as such.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company has no reportable purchases of equity securities.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

In December 2011, the remaining eight holders of warrants issued in December 2008, exercised their warrants.  Upon exercise and receipt of the aggregate exercise price of $2,750,000, the Company issued 275,000 shares of common stock to the accredited investors.  The Company used the proceeds for working capital.

No underwriters were involved in the foregoing offers and sales of securities.  These offers and sales were made in reliance upon an exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), set forth in Section 4(2) under the Securities Act.  The offers and sales were made only to "accredited investors" as such term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act with whom we had previous relationships and we did not partake in any general solicitation or advertisement. 

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
 

(in thousands, except per share data)		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010		2009		2008
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
NET SALES	$	56,653	$	41,021	$	31,016	$	24,193	$	25,304
Cost of sales		44,673		31,727		24,258		20,382		22,032
GROSS MARGIN		11,980		9,294		6,758		3,811		3,272
Technical services and research and development		384		287		254		200		244
Selling, general and administrative expenses		5,029		4,639		3,701		3,215		4,673
Goodwill impairment		-		-		-		-		1,976
Loss on assets held for sale		-		-		-		-		679
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets		(6)		(1)		-		35		98
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)		6,573		4,369		2,803		361		(4,398)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest income		-		-		-		2		2
Interest expense		(471)		(471)		(439)		(558)		(524)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency exchange rate		(50)		(23)		(60)		59		(38)
Other, net		-		9		-		4		15
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAX		6,052		3,884		2,304		(132)		(4,943)
Income tax expense		1,024		48		16		4		19
NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288	$	(136)	$	(4,962)
Less:  Preferred Stock Dividends		-		16		60		60		60
Basic Income (Loss) Available to Common Shareholders	$	5,028	$	3,820	$	2,228	$	(196)	$	(5,022)
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		87		90		-		-
Plus:  Preferred Stock Dividends		-		16		-		-		-
Diluted Income (Loss) Available to Common Shareholders	$	5,050	$	3,923	$	2,318	$	(196)	$	(5,022)
Income (loss) per common shareholder:
Basic	$	1.81	$	1.84	$	1.17	$	(0.10)	$	(3.19)
Diluted	$	1.49	$	1.21	$	0.83	$	(0.10)	$	(3.19)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		2,781		2,079		1,904		1,891		1,576
Diluted		3,394		3,235		2,785		1,891		1,576
		December 31,
(in thousands)		2012		2011		2010		2009		2008
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,799	$	3,381	$	2,559	$	1,002	$	191
Working capital		21,105		17,713		12,526		7,587		5,559
Total assets		54,446		47,967		37,171		32,876		34,337
Total long-term debt and capital leases		3,563		4,761		4,620		3,223		3,693
Shareholders' equity		40,728		26,878		26,878		23,215		22,515

*      The income (loss) per common shareholder and the weighted average common shares outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008  have been adjusted to reflect the one-for-five reverse stock split which was effective February 19, 2010.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations

Company Overview:

We are a global specialty chemical company engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing mineral products for use as pigments, pigment extenders, engineered fillers and flame retardants used in the manufacture of paints, industrial coatings, plastics, and catalysts applications.  We have operations in the United States, Asia and Europe.

Our U.S. operation, located in Corpus Christi, Texas, manufactures HITOX, BARTEX, HALTEX/OPTILOAD and TIOPREM.  The facility is also the Global Headquarters for the Company.  The Asian operation, located in Ipoh, Malaysia, manufactures SR , HITOX and TIOPREM and our European operation, located in Hattem, Netherlands, manufactures Alumina based products and BARYPREM.  (See "Our Products" on page 4).

Approximately 52% of the 2012 sales are outside of the United States.  Of these sales, approximately 26% are in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, primarily Euro based.

Operating expenses in the foreign locations are primarily in local currencies.  Accordingly, we have exposure to fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates.  These fluctuations impact the translation of sales, earnings, assets and liabilities from local currency to the U.S. Dollar.  (See "Foreign Operations - Impact of Exchange Rate" on page 32).

Our business is closely correlated with the construction industry and its demand for materials that use pigments, such as paints and plastics.  This has generally led to higher sales in our second and third quarters due to increases in construction and maintenance during warmer weather.  Also, pigment consumption is closely correlated with general economic conditions.  When the economy is in an expansionary state, there is typically an increase in pigment consumption while a slow down typically results in decreased pigment consumption.  When the construction industry or the economy is in a period of decline, TOR's sales and profit are likely to be adversely affected.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Following are our results for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

(In thousands, except per share amounts)		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
NET SALES	$	56,653	$	41,021	$	31,016
Cost of sales		44,673		31,727		24,258
GROSS MARGIN		11,980		9,294		6,758
Technical services and research and development		384		287		254
Selling, general and administrative expenses		5,029		4,639		3,701
Gain on disposal of assets		(6)		(1)		-
OPERATING INCOME		6,573		4,369		2,803
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense		(471)		(471)		(439)
Loss on foreign currency exchange rate		(50)		(23)		(60)
Other, net		-		9		-
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		6,052		3,884		2,304
Income tax expense		1,024		48		16
NET INCOME	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288
Less:  Preferred Stock Dividends		-		16		60
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	5,028	$	3,820	$	2,228
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		87		90
Plus:  Preferred Stock Dividends		-		16		-
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	5,050	$	3,923	$	2,318
Income per common share:
Basic	$	1.81	$	1.84	$	1.17
Diluted	$	1.49	$	1.21	$	0.83

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Management Outlook for the Future:

We are a niche specialty mineral company.  Our strategy is to continue to bring new, high-value added products to market while improving efficiencies and lowering our costs.  We seek to manage risks of the cyclical industry in which we operate through our geographic and product diversification, as well as the vertical integration of our TiO₂ business. Having operations on three continents gives us geographic diversification and affords us the flexibility of possibly offsetting weakness in one area of the world by increasing sales in other areas.  Vertical integration of our TiO₂ business, though our control of our SR used in our TiO₂ products, also gives us greater control over our cost structure and the flexibility to optimize the margin from our production capacity.

Going forward, our focus will continue to be on the development of new mineral products that are capable of being marketed as premium products with enhanced performance characteristics, as compared to commodity products, at competitive prices.  The high-value added characteristics of these products typically generate a higher margin than many commodity products. 

In the past several years, we have become a leading provider of ultra-white and high-purity fire retardant fillers across Europe.  In addition, we have introduced new specialty aluminas for applications outside of the plastics markets.  Despite headwinds in Europe, these products showed year-over-year revenue growth of 8% during 2012.

TIOPREM is our newest titanium dioxide ("TiO₂") based pigment product.  It replaces a portion of the high cost ingredients in plastics and specialty coatings formulations, meets or exceeds performance standards, and typically can save customers 10% to 20% versus current standard formulations.  TIOPREM sales increased to approximately $1.8 million during 2012, representing a 23% increase from 2011.  We now have a growing number of customers with regular production orders for TIOPREM and we are beginning to commercialize our next generation product that has application in high gloss coatings.

While we experienced revenue growth in all of our major product groups during 2012, we faced strong headwinds in the TiO₂ pigment market and experienced decreased volumes in both our HITOX and TIOPREM products.  Based on conversations with customers and comments from other industry participants, we believe the decline in TiO₂ volumes is an industry-wide issue and mostly related to customers clearing out excess inventories to be more in line with end-market demand.  We expect these trends are likely to persist at least through the first half of calendar 2013 and will likely continue to affect both volumes and pricing for our TiO₂ pigments and third-party sales of SR for the next several quarters.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

While our TiO₂ colored pigment business is correlated to trends in the commodity TiO₂ market, there are several reasons why we believe our business has the potential to outperform the broader market for TiO₂ products over the next several years, regardless of trends with the commodity producers.  First, we are an integrated manufacturer and produce our own high-grade synthetic rutile for use by us in making our TiO₂ .products.  We also market our SR to other companies.  While there is currently weakness in the market for SR, we have been in trials and are developing relationships with several customers in an effort for TOR to become a long-term strategic supplier of SR to others.  If successful, these relationships could provide additional revenue streams at attractive margins for TOR.  Second, we sell colored TiO₂ pigments, which are considered partial substitutes for commodity TiO₂, as well as typically more expensive color pigments and can save customers 10% to 20% versus the standard formulation.  Past experience has shown us that when TiO₂ prices rise or when TiO₂ is in shortage, the substitute effect drives an even greater demand for our TiO₂ specialty products.  Due to our unique, low-cost processing, we expect to continue to offer products at a substantial cost savings versus standard TiO₂ and the incentive for customers to reformulate using our products will remain.  The third reason is that once our products are designed into customer formulations, they cannot be easily substituted for commodity TiO₂.  Although this tends to produce longer sales cycles, it also has the potential to create enduring customer relationships with somewhat recurring revenue streams. 

Costs for ilmenite ore, the raw material used in our TiO₂ based products, have increased substantially during the past few years.  While we were able to offset increases in our raw material costs in 2011 and 2012 with price increases and greater production efficiencies, near-term weakness in the TiO₂ markets is likely to lead to lower pricing for our TiO₂ products for the next several quarters.  We expect to continue to offset a portion of our increasing costs with production efficiencies, however, increasing raw material and energy costs, lower prices for our products and lower utilization are likely to have an adverse effect on the profitability of our TiO₂ products during 2013. 

Actual results could differ materially from those indicated by these forward looking statements because of various risks and uncertainties.  See the information under the caption "Forward Looking Information" appearing below the Table of Contents of this report.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Results of Operations

Net Sales:  Consolidated net sales for 2012 increased approximately 38% compared with 2011.  The increase in net sales was primarily due to the continued tightened supply of titanium dioxide ("TiO₂") for the first half of 2012 as global customer demand for TiO₂ exceeded supply through the first part of 2012, as well as the successful introduction of new products.  Overall, the increase in volume and selling price represented approximately 26% and 14%, respectively, of the increase and the negative impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations represented an approximate 2% decrease in the growth of consolidated sales in 2012.

In 2012, we sold $10.4 million of SR from our Malaysia SR plant as compared to no sales of SR in 2011.  The sales in 2012 of SR contributed approximately 66% of the increase in our consolidated net sales in 2012 over 2011.  We do not anticipate selling any SR to third parties during the first half of 2012.  However, we are currently in discussions with several potential customers regarding long-term SR sales contracts.  If we are not able to secure new SR sales in 2013 and this would significantly decrease our sales revenue as compared to 2012.

Consolidated net sales for 2011 increased approximately 32% compared with 2010.  The increase in net sales was primarily due to the tightened supply of TiO₂ as global customer demand exceeded supply in 2011, the stabilization and recovery of the paint and plastic end markets and successful introduction of new products, all of which led to an increase in volume and a growth in our global customer base.  Overall, the increase in volume, selling price and impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations represented approximately 20%, 11% and 1%, respectively, in the growth of consolidated sales in  2011.

Following is a summary of our consolidated products sales for 2012, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands), excluding inter-company sales:

Product		2012			2011			2010
HITOX	$	18,453	33%	$	17,538	43%	$	12,080	39%
ALUPREM		15,533	27%		14,368	35%		11,608	37%
BARTEX		6,076	11%		4,092	10%		3,761	12%
HALTEX / OPTILOAD		3,662	7%		3,093	7%		2,634	9%
TIOPREM		1,799	3%		1,460	4%		515	2%
SR		10,410	18%		-	0%		-	0%
OTHER		720	1%		470	1%		418	1%
Total	$	56,653	100%	$	41,021	100%	$	31,016	100%

Ø  HITOX sales increased approximately 5% worldwide in 2012 primarily due an increase in average selling price of approximately 26% offset by a reduction in volume of approximately 21%.  HITOX sales volume decreased during the second half of 2012 as a result of reduced demand.  The third and fourth quarter decrease in sales volumes has been experienced throughout the TiO2 market as both producers and consumers have been undertaking inventory correction initiatives primarily due to the economic weakness and uncertainty as well as to align production levels and inventories to the current demand levels for TiO2 products.  It is estimated that this decline in volume will continue at least into the second quarter of 2013.  Geographically, HITOX sales increased at the U.S. and European operations approximately 14% and 7%, respectively, and sales at the Asian operation decreased approximately 11% as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

In 2011, HITOX sales increased approximately 45% worldwide primarily due to a tight supply of commodity TiO₂ as global customer demand exceeded supply and as the result of a stabilization and recovery in the paint and plastics end markets.  Geographically, in 2011 our HITOX sales increased at each of our three operations.  Sales at the U.S. operation increased 28%, the European operation increased 67% and the Asian operation increased 86% as compared to sales in 2010.  The consolidated increase in volume, selling price and impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations represented approximately 22%, 20% and 3%, respectively, in the 2011 growth of consolidated HITOX sales.

Ø  ALUPREM sales increased approximately 8% worldwide in 2012 primarily due to an increase in the sales volume of our specialty grade ALUPREM of approximately 11% which was partially offset by the negative impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuations of approximately 3%.  The increase in volume is primarily due to purchase by a significant U.S. customer, which was partially offset by a decrease in volume in European sales as European sales are being adversely affected by the slowdown in the European economy.

In 2011, ALUPREM sales increased approximately 24% worldwide primarily due to an increase in volume, selling price and the positive impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations represented approximately 19%, 4% and 1%, respectively

Ø  BARTEX sales increased approximately 48% in 2012 primarily due to an increase volume and in selling price of approximately 39% and 9%, respectively.  In 2011, BARTEX increased approximately 9% primarily due to an increase in selling price and volume of 7% and 2%, respectively

Ø  HALTEX/OPTILOAD sales increased approximately 18% and 17% in 2012 and 2011, respectively.  The year over year increase is primarily related to an increase in volume in both our standard HALTEX and newer OPTILOAD specialty products which are gaining greater acceptance in the marketplace.

Ø  TIOPREM sales increased approximately 23% in 2012 primarily due to an increase in selling price and volume of 21% and 4%, respectively, which was partially offset by the negative impact of the foreign currency fluctuations of 2%.  In 2011, TIOPREM sales increased approximately 183% of which volume, selling price and the impact of the foreign currency fluctuations represented 156%, 24% and 3%, respectively.

Ø  Synthetic Rutile ("SR") sales represented 18% of the total consolidated sales for 2012.  There were no SR sales in 2011.  The Company plans to continue to market SR to third parties and is currently exploring opportunities to expand sales to new customers and for applications outside of the pigment market.  The sales of SR contributed approximately 66% of the increase in consolidated net sales for 2012 over 2011.

Ø  Other Product sales increased approximately 53% in 2012 primarily relating to an increase in volume in the U.S. market; whereas, the 2011 increase of 12% was primarily related to an increase in volume in the Asian market.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

United States Operation

Following is a summary of net sales for our U.S. operation for 2012, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands).  All inter-company sales have been eliminated.

Product		2012			2011			2010
HITOX	$	11,993	36%	$	10,546	43%	$	8,237	42%
ALUPREM		9,613	30%		5,740	23%		4,134	21%
BARTEX		6,076	18%		4,092	17%		3,761	19%
HALTEX / OPTILOAD		3,662	11%		3,093	13%		2,634	14%
TIOPREM		1,299	4%		748	3%		420	2%
OTHER		620	1%		340	1%		394	2%
Total	$	33,263	100%	$	24,559	100%	$	19,580	100%

Ø  HITOX sales increased approximately 14% in 2012 of which approximately 26% relates to increased selling price offset by a decrease in volume of approximately 12%.   As noted previously, HITOX sales volume decreased during the second half of 2012 as both producers and consumers have taken inventory correction initiatives primarily due to the economic weakness and uncertainty as well as to align production levels and inventories to the current demand levels for TiO2 products.  It is estimated that this decline in volume will continue at least into the second quarter of 2013.

In 2011, HITOX sales increased approximately 28%, of which approximately 25% relates to increased selling price and 3% to an increase in volume.  The increase in HITOX selling price and volume was primarily due to the tightened supply of TiO₂ in 2011 as global customer demand exceeds supply.

Ø  ALUPREM sales increased approximately 68% in 2012 as compared to an increase of 39% in 2011 The year-over-year increases are due to an increase in sales to a significant U.S. customer.

Ø  TIOPREM sales increased approximately 74% in 2012 primarily due to a change in volume of 41% and selling price of 33%, respectively.  The 2011 increase in TIOPREM sales of approximately 78% was due to an increase in volume.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

European Operation

Our subsidiary in The Netherlands, TPT, manufactures and sells ALUPREM to third party customers, as well as to our U.S. operation for distribution to our North American customers.  TPT purchases HITOX from our Asian operation for distribution in Europe.  The following table represents TPT's sales (in thousands) for 2012, 2011 and 2010 to third party customers.  All inter-company sales have been eliminated.

Product		2012			2011			2010
ALUPREM	$	5,920	78%	$	8,628	84%	$	7,474	90%
HITOX		1,494	20%		1,391	13%		834	10%
TIOPREM		164	2%		329	3%		43	<1%
Total	$	7,578	100%	$	10,348	100%	$	8,351	100%

Ø  ALUPREM sales decreased approximately 31% in 2012 primarily due to a decrease in volume, selling price and the negative impact of the foreign currency fluctuation of 27%, 1% and 3%, respectively.  The decrease in European sales volume is primarily related to the slowdown in the European economy.

In 2011, ALUPREM sales increased approximately 15% of which approximately 9% relates to increased selling price, 5% increased volume and 1% due to the favorable impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuations as the Euro gained strength against the U.S. Dollar as compared to 2010.

Ø  HITOX sales increased approximately 7% in 2012 primarily due to an increase in selling price of 18% which was partially offset by a decrease in volume and the negative impact of the foreign currency fluctuations of 10% and 1%, respectively.

In 2011, HITOX sales increased approximately 67% primarily due to an increase in volume of 15%, selling price of 46% and approximately 6% due to the positive impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuations as the Euro gained strength against the U.S. Dollar as compared to 2010.  The increase in HITOX selling price and volume was primarily due to the tightened supply of TiO2 as global customer demand exceeds supply.

Ø  TIOPREM sales decreased approximately 50% in 2012 primarily due to a decrease in volume and the impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuation of 46% and 6%, respectively, which was partially offset by an increase in selling price of 2%.

In 2011, TIOPREM sales increased 665% as the product gained greater acceptance in the European market place.  The increase represented volume of 336%, selling price of 322% and the impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuation of 7%.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Asian Operation

Our subsidiary in Malaysia, TMM, manufactures and sells SR and HITOX to third party customers, as well as to our U.S. and European operations.  The following table represents TMM's sales (in thousands) for 2012, 2011 and 2010 to third party customers.  All inter-company sales have been eliminated.

Product		2012			2011			2010
HITOX	$	4,966	31%	$	5,601	92%	$	3,009	97%
TIOPREM		336	2%		383	6%		52	2%
SR		10,410	66%		-	0%		-	0%
OTHER		100	1%		130	2%		24	1%
Total	$	15,812	100%	$	6,114	100%	$	3,085	100%

Ø  HITOX sales decreased approximately 11% in 2012 primarily due to a decrease in volume and the negative impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuations of approximately 40% and 1%, respectively, which was partially offset by an increase in selling price of 30%.

In 2011, HITOX sales increased approximately 86% primarily due to an increase in volume and the positive impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuations of approximately 76% and 10%, respectively.

Ø  TIOPREM sales decreased approximately 12% in 2012 due primarily to a decrease in volume of 25% and the negative impact of the foreign currency exchange fluctuation of 1% which was partially offset by an increase in selling price of 14%.

In 2011, TIOPREM sales increased approximately 636% primarily due to an increase in volume, selling price and the positive impact of the foreign currency rate fluctuation of approximately 590%, 5% and 41%, respectively.

Ø  SR sales represented 66% of the Asian sales for 2012.  There were no SR sales in 2011.  As long as favorable conditions continue in the market for synthetic rutile, the Company plans to continue to market SR to third parties and is currently exploring opportunities to expand sales to new customers and for applications outside of the pigment market.

Ø  Other product sales decreased 23% in 2012 primarily due to a decrease in volume following an increase in 2011 of approximately 442% due to a new customer for one of TMM's by-products.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Gross Margin:  The following table represents our net sales, cost of sales and gross margin (in thousands) for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
NET SALES	$	56,653	$	41,021	$	31,016
Cost of sales		44,673		31,727		24,258
GROSS MARGIN	$	11,980	$	9,294	$	6,758
GROSS MARGIN %		21.1%		22.7%		21.8%

Gross margin decreased 1.6% from 22.7% in 2011 to 21.1% in 2012.  The primary factors affecting the decrease in 2012 gross margin include the following:

Ø  increase in cost of raw materials of approximately 5.6%,

Ø  increase in cost of plant maintenance of approximately 2.6%,

Ø  increase in cost of indirect labor of approximately 2.1%,

Ø  decrease in value of U.S. dollar to foreign currency of approximately 0.5%, and

Ø  increase in idle plant time of approximately 0.5%, offset by

Ø  increase in selling prices of approximately 9.7%.

Gross margin increased 0.9% from 21.8% in 2010 to 22.7% in 2011.  The primary factors affecting the increase in 2011 gross margin include the following:

Ø  increase in selling prices of approximately 7.9%,

Ø  increase in value of U.S. dollar to foreign currency of approximately 1.7%, and

Ø  decrease in idle plant time of approximately 0.8%, offset by

Ø  increase in cost of raw materials of approximately 5.5%,

Ø  increase in cost of plant maintenance of approximately 2.2%, and

Ø  increase in cost of indirect labor of approximately 1.8%.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses:  Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") in 2012 increased approximately 8% from 2011.  Primary factors contributing to the increase in SG&A include the following:

Ø  increase in sales commissions represented approximately 3%,

Ø  increase in consulting fees represented approximately 3%,

Ø  increase in bad debt expense represented approximately 1%, and

Ø  increase in business travel represented approximately 1%.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

In 2011, SG&A increased approximately 25% from 2010.  Primary factors contributing to the increase in SG&A include the following:

Ø  increase in salary and bonus expense represented of approximately 18%,

Ø  increase in business travel represented approximately 4%,

Ø  increase in sales commissions represented approximately 3%

Ø  increase in consulting fees represented approximately 2%, and

Ø  increase in increase in state taxes represented approximately 1%; offset by reductions in

Ø  decrease in accounting fees represented approximately 2%, and

Ø  decrease in legal fees represented approximately 1%.

 Interest Expense:  Interest expense was relatively flat for 2012 as compared to 2011 and increased approximately $32,000 in 2011 over 2010.  In 2012, interest expense at the U.S. operation decreased approximately $108,000 primarily due to the conversion of our debentures to common stock in May 2012; and in 2011, interest expense at the U.S. operation increased approximately $33,000 primarily due to an increase in long term debt.  TPT's interest expense decreased approximately $18,000 and $33,000 in 2012 and 2011, respectively, primarily due to a reduction in average long-term debt and a lower outstanding balance on its line of credit.  TMM's interest expense increased $129,000 in 2012 primarily due to an increase in long term debt related to capital improvements and short term financing of raw materials, whereas in 2011, TMM's interest increased $32,000 primarily due to an increase in its short term financing of raw materials and greater utilization of its line of credit and ECR financing.

Income Taxes:  We recorded an income tax expense of approximately $1,024,000, $48,000 and $16,000 in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The primary reason for the increase in income tax expense in 2012 was the utilization in prior years of tax operating losses for which valuation allowances had been provided.  The following table represents the components of our income tax expense:

		Components of Income Tax Expense
		Year Ended December 31,
		2012						2011						2010
(In thousands)		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total
Federal	$	364	$	389	$	753	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
State		11		-		11		8		-		8		7		-		7
Foreign		133		127		260		21		19		40		-		9		9
Total Income Tax Expense	$	508	$	516	$	1,024	$	29	$	19	$	48	$	7	$	9	$	16

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Other Financial Information

Cash and Cash Equivalents

As noted in the following table, cash and cash equivalents decreased $582,000 from the end of 2011 to the end of 2012.  Operating activities provided $5,739,000 and we used $4,874,000 in investing activities and $1,591,000 in financing activities.  The effect of the exchange rate fluctuations accounted for an increase in cash of $144,000.

		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011		2010
Net cash provided by (used in)
Operating activities	$	5,739	$	(1,918)	$	3,668
Investing activities		(4,874)		(3,533)		(1,627)
Financing activities		(1,591)		6,591		(704)
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations		144		(318)		220
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	$	(582)	$	822	$	1,557

Operating Activities

During the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, operating activities provided cash of $5,739,000.  During the same twelve month period of 2011, operating activities used cash of $1,918,000.  Following are the major changes in working capital affecting cash provided by (used in) operating activities during the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.

Ø  Accounts Receivable:  Accounts receivable decreased approximately $936,000 from the end of 2011 to the end of 2012.  Accounts receivable decreased $328,000, $464,000 and $144,000 at the U.S., European and Asian operations, respectively.  The decrease at the U.S. operation is primarily due to the timing of purchases of a significant customer; whereas, the decrease at TPT and TMM is primarily due to a decrease in sales in the fourth quarter of 2012 of approximately 24% and 18%, respectively, as compared to the same period 2011.

Accounts receivable increased approximately $1,081,000 from the end of 2010 to the end of 2011.  Accounts receivable increased $650,000, $162,000 and $269,000 at the U.S., European and Asian operations, respectively, primarily due to an increase in sales in the fourth quarter of 2011 of approximately 10%, 3% and 22%, respectively, as compared to the same period 2010.

Ø  Inventories: Inventories increased approximately $3,777,000 from the end of 2011 to the end of 2012.  Inventories at the U.S. operation increased $2,898,000 primarily related to the timing of raw material purchases and an increase in finished goods inventory.  At the Asian operation, inventories increased $529,000 which was primarily related to an increase in the inventory level of finished goods.  The inventory at the European operation increased $350,000 primarily related to an increase in finished goods.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Inventories increased approximately $7,845,000 from the end of 2010 to the end of 2011.  Inventories at the U.S. operation increased $2,001,000 primarily related to the timing of raw material purchases.  At the Asian operation, inventories increased $5,779,000 which was primarily related to the timing of their purchase of ilmenite ore as well as an increase in the production of SR.  The inventory at the European operation increased $65,000 primarily related to an increase in raw materials which was partially offset by a decrease in finished goods.

Ø  Other Current Assets:  Other current assets increased approximately $598,000 and $116,000 for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, primarily related to deposits at the Asian operations.

Ø  Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses:  Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses increased approximately $1,385,000 from the end of 2011 to the end of 2012 due to an increase in at both the U.S. and Asian operations primarily related to the timing of purchases.

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses increased approximately $1,094,000 from the end of 2010 to the end of 2011 due to an increase in at each of the three operations primarily related to the timing of purchases.

Investing Activities

Investing activities used cash of approximately $4,874,000 and $3,533,000 during the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  Net investments for each of the Company's three operations are as follows:

Ø  U.S. Operation:  We invested approximately $1,928,000 in 2012 primarily related to production equipment and capital maintenance.  In 2010, we invested approximately $590,000 in 2011 primarily related to capital maintenance, production equipment and computer equipment.

Ø  European Operation:  We invested approximately $1,574,000 in 2012 for new equipment to increase the production capacity of ALUPREM and capital maintenance.  In 2011, our European operation invested approximately $2,445,000 for new equipment to increase the production capacity of ALUPREM.

Ø  Asian Operation:  We invested approximately $1,372,000 and $498,000 in 2012 and 2011, respectively, at TMM primarily related to new production equipment to improve the efficiency and yield of the SR production.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Financing Activities

Financing activities used cash of approximately $1,591,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012.  In 2011, financing activities cash of approximately $6,591,000.  Significant factors relating to financing activities include the following:

Ø  Lines of Credit:  The U.S. line of credit was not utilized by the Company during 2012 or 2011.  TPT's line of credit increased approximately $279,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 and decreased $54,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011.  TMM's line of credit decreased $1,148,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 and increased $2,141,000 for the same twelve-month period of 2011.

Ø  Export Credit Refinancing ("ECR") - Borrowings on TMM's ECR decreased approximately $906,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 as compared to an increase of $997,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011.

Ø  Capital Leases -  Capital leases for the U.S. operation decreased $14,000 and $11,000 for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  TPT's capital leases decreased $4,000 for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012 and provided cash of $11,000 to TPT for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2011.

Ø  Long-term Debt - U.S. Operation:  Our U.S. long-term debt decreased $406,000 for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012 as compared to a decrease of $345,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 primarily related to a new term loan with American Bank.

Ø  Long-term Debt - European Operation:  TPT's long-term debt decreased approximately $456,000 during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012.  For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, TPT's long-term debt increased approximately $527,000 to fund a portion of the plant expansion.

Ø  Long-term Debt - Asian Operation:  TMM's long-term debt increased approximately $866,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012.  TMM did not utilize long-term debt during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011.

Ø  Issuance of Common Stock and Options:  We received proceeds of $198,000 during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 related to the exercise of warrants and common stock options.  For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, we received proceeds of approximately $3,356,000 related to the exercise of warrants and common stock options

Ø  Preferred Stock Dividends:  The Company paid dividends of $31,000 on its Series A convertible preferred stock, or $0.30 per share, for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2011.  No dividends were paid in 2012 as the outstanding Series A convertible preferred stock was converted to common stock during 2011.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Liquidity

Long-term Debt - Financial Institutions

Following is a summary of our long-term debt to financial institutions:

(In thousands)		December 31,
		2012		2011
Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% at December 31, 2012, due January 1, 2016, secured by real estate, leasehold improvements, property, plant and equipment, inventory and accounts receivable of our U.S. operation.	$	1,309	$	1,680
Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% at December 31, 2012, due April 1, 2013, secured by a Caterpillar front-end loader.  The note was paid off in December 2012		-		35
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% at December 31, 2012, due July 1, 2029, secured by TPT's land and office building purchased July 2004.  (€275)		363		413
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% at December 31, 2012, due January 31, 2030, secured by TPT's land and building purchased January 2005.  (€299)		395		412
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% at December 31, 2012, due July 31, 2015, secured by TPT's assets.  (€108)		143		205
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% at December 31, 2012, due July 5, 2014, secured by TPT's assets.  (€334)		442		736
Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% at December 31, 2012, due March 1, 2015, secured by TMM's property, plant and equipment. (RM 2,647)		866		-
Total		3,518		3,481
Less current maturities		1,202		813
Total long-term debt and notes payable - financial institutions	$	2,316	$	2,668

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

United States Operation

U.S. Credit Agreement and Term Loan

On December 31, 2010, the Company entered into a new U.S. Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") with American Bank, N.A. (the "Lender").  The Agreement consists of a $2 million term loan, which matures December 31, 2015 and a $2 million line of credit.  The term loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.65% per annum.  Monthly principal and interest payments commenced on February 1, 2011.  The monthly principal and interest payment are $39,272.97.   At December 31, 2012, the balance on the term loan was $1,309,000.

The Agreement is secured by certain assets of the Company which are located in the United States or which arise from the Company's operations in the United States.  Collateral under the Agreement does not include the Company's ownership or other interests in TMM and TPT, any assets or operations of either TMM or TPT or any proceeds thereof.

The Agreement includes various customary covenants, limitations and events of default.  Under the Agreement, the Company must maintain a ratio of cash flow to debt service of at least 1.25 to 1.0 measured on a rolling four quarter basis.  At December 31, 2012, the ratio of cash flow to debt service was 5.70 to 1.0.

The Agreement also includes certain additional affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on incurring additional indebtedness, becoming a guarantor or surety, making loans or advances to other parties, except trade credit extended in the normal course of business, or changing the President or Board of Directors of the Company without the Lender's written consent.

Six-percent Convertible Subordinated Debentures

As reported in the Company's Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on May 6, 2009 and August 10, 2009, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the issuance of its six-percent (6%) convertible subordinated debentures with detachable warrants (the "Debentures") for the purpose of refinancing, in whole or in part, its debt to a bank and for general corporate purposes.  The Company received $1,500,000 from the sale of Debentures, due May 4, 2016, from nine accredited investors, four of whom are directors of the Company and another of whom is a greater than 5% shareholder.

On May 3, 2012, the five remaining holders, four of whom are directors of the Company and another whom is a greater than 5% shareholder, of our Debentures converted their Debentures, and the Company issued 547,172 shares of common stock upon conversion of such Debentures.  As of December 31, 2012, no indebtedness was outstanding under the Debentures.

Other Term Loans

On March 31, 2008, the Company entered into a term loan with Holt Financing in the amount of $120,000.  The proceeds of the loan were used to purchase a new Caterpillar front-end loader.  The loan provides for amortization over five years with interest fixed at a rate of 5.24%.  The loan was paid off in December 2012.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

European Operation

On July 7, 2004, TPT entered into a mortgage loan (the "First Mortgage") with Rabobank.  The First Mortgage, in the amount of €485,000, is to be repaid over 25 years with interest fixed at 5.2% per year for the first four years.  Under the terms of the agreement, the interest was adjusted to a fixed rate of 7.8%, effective August 1, 2008, for a period of five years.  Thereafter, the rate will change to Rabobank prime plus 1.75%.  TPT utilized €325,000 of the loan to finance the July 14, 2004, purchase of land and an office building, as well as to remodel the office building.  The balance of the loan proceeds, €160,000, was used for the expansion of TPT's existing building.  Monthly principal and interest payments commenced on September 1, 2004, and will continue through July 1, 2029.  The monthly principal payment is €1,616.  The loan balance at December 31, 2012 was €275,000 ($363,000).  The mortgage loan is secured by the land and office building purchased on July 7, 2004.

On January 3, 2005, TPT entered into a second mortgage loan (the "Second Mortgage") with Rabobank to fund the acquisition of a 10,000 square foot warehouse with a loading dock that is located adjacent to TPT's existing production facility.  The Second Mortgage, in the amount of €470,000, is to be repaid over 25 years with interest fixed at 4.672% per year for the first five years.  Under the terms of the agreement, the interest was adjusted to a fixed rate of 4.6%, effective January 3, 2010, for a period of three years.  Thereafter, the rate will change to Rabobank prime plus 1.75%.  Monthly principal and interest payments commenced on February 28, 2005 and will continue through January 31, 2030.  The monthly principal payment is €1,566.  The mortgage is secured by the land and building purchased by TPT on January 3, 2005.  The loan balance at December 31, 2012 was €299,000 ($395,000).

On July 19, 2005, TPT entered into a new term loan with Rabobank to fund the completion of its building expansion.  The loan, in the amount of €500,000, will be repaid over 10 years with interest fixed at 6.1% per year for the first five years.  Under the terms of the agreement, the interest was adjusted to a fixed rate of 4.05%, effective July 19, 2010, for a period of five years.  Thereafter, the rate will change to Rabobank prime plus 1.75%.  Monthly principal and interest payments commenced on August 31, 2005 and will continue through July 31, 2015.  The monthly principal payment is €4,167.  The loan is secured by TPT's assets.  The loan balance at December 31, 2012 was €108,000 ($143,000).

On July 5, 2011, TPT entered into a three year term loan in the amount of €700,000 with a fixed interest rate of 4.25%.  The loan proceeds were used to fund TPT's plant expansion and is secured by TPT's assets.  Monthly principal and interest payments began on August 5, 2011 and continue through July 5, 2014.  The monthly principal payment is €19,444 and the loan balance at December 31, 2012 was €334,000 ($442,000).  The loan is secured by TPT's production equipment.

Asian Operation

On March 2, 2012, TMM amended their banking facility with HSBC to include a new Term Loan in the amount of RM 3,500,000 ($1,145,000) for the purpose of upgrading the operation's synthetic rutile production process.  Under the terms of the facility, the loan will be paid in 35 equal monthly installments of RM 97,223 (excluding interest) and a final installment of RM 97,195 or approximately $31,261 and $31,252, respectively, commencing one month after full drawdown or 18 months after initial drawdown, whichever is earlier.  The interest rate is 2.00% above prime and will be payable monthly.  The loan balance at December 31, 2012 was RM 2,647,000 ($866,00)

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Short-term Debt

U.S. Operations

On December 31, 2010, the Company entered into a U.S. credit agreement (the "Agreement") with American Bank, N.A. (the "Lender") which established a $1,000,000 line of credit (the "Line").  On March 1, 2012, the Company entered into the first amendment to the Agreement with the Lender which increased the Line from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and extended the maturity date from July 1, 2012 to October 15, 2013.  Under the terms of the Agreement, the amount the Company is entitled to borrow under the Line is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on the loan value of the collateral pledged to the Lender to secure the indebtedness owing to the Lender by the Company.  Amounts advanced under the line of credit bear interest at a variable rate equal to one percent per annum point above the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate as such prime rate changes from time to time, with a minimum floor rate of 5.50%.  At December 31, 2012, the Company was not utilizing the Line.

European Operations

On March 20, 2007, our subsidiary, TPT, entered into a short-term credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with Rabobank which increased TPT's line of credit from €650,000 to €1,100,000.  The Credit Facility was renewed on January 1, 2010 and has no stated maturity date.  The Credit Facility, which has a variable interest rate of bank prime plus 2.8% (currently at 3.411%), is secured by TPT's accounts receivable and inventory.  At December 31, 2012, TPT had utilized €755,000 ($997,000) of its short-term credit facility.

TPT's loan agreements covering both the Credit Facility and the term loans include subjective acceleration clauses that allow Rabobank to accelerate payment if, in the judgment of the bank, there are adverse changes in our business.  We believe that such subjective acceleration clauses are customary in the Netherlands for such borrowings.  However, if demand is made by Rabobank, we may be unable to refinance the demanded indebtedness, in which case the bank could foreclose on the assets of TPT.

Asian Operations

On May 21, 2012, our subsidiary, TMM, amended its banking facility with HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad ("HSBC") to extend the maturity date from April 30, 2012 to April 30, 2013.  The HSBC facility includes the following in Malaysian Ringgits ("RM"):  (1) overdraft of RM 500,000; (2) an import/export line ("ECR") of RM 6,460,000; (3) a foreign exchange contract limit of RM 5,000,000 ($163,000, $2,112,000 and $1,635,000, respectively); and a term loan of RM 3,500,000 noted above.

On November 6, 2012, TMM amended its banking facility with RHB Bank Berhad ("RHB") to extend the maturity date to March 5, 2013.  The Company is currently negotiating a renewal with RHB.  The RHB facility includes the following:  (1) an overdraft line of credit up to RM 1,000,000; (2) an ECR of RM 9,300,000; (3) a bank guarantee of RM 1,200,000; and (4) a foreign exchange contract limit of RM 25,000,000 ($327,000, $3,042,000, $392,000 and $8,175,000, respectively).  At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was RM 300,000 ($99,000) at a current interest rate of 4.81% and RM 3,100,000 ($1,014,000) was outstanding on the foreign exchange contract at a current interest rate of 2.98%.

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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

The banking facilities with both HSBC and RHB bear an interest rate on the overdraft facilities at 1.25% over bank prime and the ECR facilities bear interest at 1.0% above the funding rate stipulated by the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad.  The ECR, a government supported financing arrangement specifically for exporters, is used by TMM for short-term financing of up to 180 days against customers' and inter-company shipments.  At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the ECR facilities was RM 1,205,000 ($394,000) at a current interest rate of 5.0%.

The borrowings under both the HSBC and the RHB short term credit facilities are subject to certain subjective acceleration covenants based on the judgment of the banks and a demand provision that provide that the banks may demand repayment at any time.  We believe such a demand provision is customary in Malaysia for such facilities.  The loan agreements are secured by TMM's property, plant and equipment.  However, if demand is made by HSBC or RHB, we may be unable to refinance the demanded indebtedness, in which case, the lenders could foreclose on the assets of TMM.  The credit facilities prohibit TMM from paying dividends and the HSBC facility further prohibits loans to related parties without the prior consent of HSBC.

Critical Accounting Policies

General - TOR's discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to bad debt, inventories, investments, intangible assets, income taxes, financing operations, and contingencies and litigation.  TOR bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Depreciation - All property, plant and equipment is depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets which range from 3 to 39 years.  Maintenance and repair costs are charged to operations as incurred and major improvements extending asset lives are capitalized.

Bad Debts - We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers' financial condition and, generally, require no collateral from our customers.  The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon the expected collectability of all accounts receivable including review of agings and current economic conditions.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for doubtful accounts of approximately $148,000 and $87,000, respectively.  Accounts are written off when all reasonable internal and external collection efforts have been performed.  If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Income Taxes - Our effective tax rate is based on our level of pre-tax income, statutory rates and tax planning strategies.  Significant management judgment is required in determining the effective rate and in evaluating our tax position.  At December 31, 2012, we had federal net operating loss carryforward at our Asian operation, TMM, of approximately $2,934,000.  Because this foreign NOL carryforward has an indefinite carryforward period, we have determined that it is not necessary to provide a valuation allowance for TMM's NOL carryforward.

Inventory - We write down our inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for obsolescence and unmarketable inventory of approximately $61,000 and $264,000, respectively.  If actual future demand or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required.

Overhead is charged to inventory based on normal capacity and we expense abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight and handling costs in the period incurred.  For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded approximately $606,000 and $331,000, respectively, related to idle facility expense primarily at the Malaysian operations.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets - The impairment of tangible and intangible assets is assessed when changes in circumstances (such as, but not limited to, a decrease in market value of an asset, current and historical operating losses or a change in business strategy) indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable.  This assessment is based on management's estimates of future undiscounted cash flows, salvage values or net sales proceeds.  These estimates take into account management's expectations and judgments regarding future business and economic conditions, future market values and disposal costs.  Actual results and events could differ significantly from management's estimates.  Based upon our most recent analysis, we believe that no impairment exists at December 31, 2012, 2011 or 2010.  There can be no assurance that future impairment tests will not result in a charge to net earnings (loss).

Share Based Compensation - We calculate share based compensation using the Black-Scholes-Merton ("Black-Scholes") option-pricing model, which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility.  For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we recorded $90,000, $58,000 and $91,000, respectively, in share-based employee compensation.  This compensation cost is included in the general and administrative expenses and cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

Operating Leases - As of December 31, 2012, we lease 13 acres of the land at the facility located in Corpus Christi, Texas, from the Port of Corpus Christi Authority.  The minimum future rental payments under this and other non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2012 for the five years ending December 31 and in total thereafter are as follows:

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
2013	$	104
2014	103
2015	95
2016	95
2017	95
Thereafter	908
Total minimum lease payments	$	1,400

Except as noted above, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are likely to have, a material current or future effect on our consolidated financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Contractual Obligations - The following is a summary of all significant contractual obligations, both on and off our consolidated balance sheet, as of December 31, 2012, that will impact our liquidity.

(In thousands)		Payments due by period
Contractual Obligations		Total		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018 +
Long-term Debt	$	3,518	$	1,202	$	1,055	$	615	$	88	$	50	$	508
Lines of Credit		2,109		2,109		-		-		-		-		-
Export Credit Refinancing		394		394		-		-		-		-		-
Capital Leases		45		33		12		-		-		-		-
Operating Leases		1,400		104		103		95		95		95		908
Total	$	7,466	$	3,842	$	1,170	$	710	$	183	$	145	$	1,416

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Other matters

Anticipated Capital Expenditures

During the coming twelve month period, we plan to invest in capital upgrades at both our U.S. and Asian operations.  The planned improvements are designed to increase the efficiency and reduce costs.  The estimated expenditure is approximately $1,500,000 in the U.S. and $3,500,000 in Malaysia.

Inflation

Other than the increases in energy prices and transportation costs as described in Item 1 under "Raw Materials and Energy", general inflation has not had a significant impact on our business, and it is not expected to have a major impact in the foreseeable future.  Increases in energy pricing adversely affect our results of operations and are expected to continue to do so.

Foreign Operations - Impact of Exchange Rate

We have two foreign operations, TMM in Malaysia and TPT in The Netherlands.  TMM measures and records its transactions in terms of the local Malaysian currency, the Ringgit, which is also the functional currency.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating TMM's financial statements from Ringgits to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments (which are included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of shareholders' equity) on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment related to the change in functional currency to the U.S. Dollar totaled $2,988,000 and $2,367,000, respectively.  From the beginning of 2012 to the end of 2012, the U.S. Dollar weakened against the Malaysian Ringgit, as a result, net income increased approximately $93,000.

TPT's functional currency is the Euro.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating TPT's financial statements from Euros to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment related to the change in functional currency to the U.S. Dollar totaled $1,721,000 and $1,596,000, respectively.  From the beginning of 2012 to the end of 2012, the U.S. Dollar strengthened against the Euro, as a result, net income decreased approximately $37,000.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

We manage the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily at our Malaysian operation, through the use of foreign currency contracts.  Foreign exchange contracts are used to protect the Company from the risk that the eventual cash flows resulting from transactions in foreign currencies, including sales and purchases transacted in a currency other than the functional currency, will be adversely affected by changes in exchange rates.  We report the fair value of the derivatives on our consolidated balance sheet and changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings in the period of the change.

At December 31, 2012, we had foreign currency contracts not designated as hedges.  We marked these contracts to market, recording a net loss of approximately $1,000 as a component of our 2012 net income and as a current liability on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2012.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The Consolidated Financial Statements are set out in this annual report on Form 10-K commencing on page F-1.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9 A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, management of the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by the report ("Evaluation Date").  Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective (i) to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms; and (ii) to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The Company's internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  The Company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

1)       pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

2)       provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

3)       provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness of future periods are subject to risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

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The Company's management assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012.  In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework.  Based on management's assessment and those criteria, management has concluded that the Company's internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2012.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.  Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management's report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Controls

During the quarter ended December 31, 2012, there were no changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2012, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company's internal controls over financial reporting.

Item 9 B. Other Information

The Company has previously disclosed all items required to be reported on a Form 8-K for the quarter ended December 31, 2012.

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons

Information which will be contained under the caption "Election of Directors" and "Principal Stockholders" in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 10.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Information under the caption "Election of Directors - Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" which will be contained in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is incorporated herein by reference.

Code of Ethics

The Company had adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to all of its directors, officers (including its chief executive officer, chief financial officer, controller and any person performing similar functions) and employees.  The Code of Ethics can be viewed on the Company's web site at www.torminerals.com.  The Company intends to post amendments to, or waivers from, its Code of Ethics that apply to its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Controller and any other person performing similar functions, on its website.

The Company will provide to any person, without charge, upon written request, a copy of the Code of Ethics.  Such requests should be sent to the Company's Corporate Secretary, Barbara Russell, at 722 Burleson Street, Corpus Christi, Texas  78402.

Corporate Governance

Information under the caption "Executive Compensation - Nomination of Directors", and "Election of Directors - Audit Committee" which will be contained in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Information under the caption "Executive Compensation", which will be contained in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and Related Stockholder Matters

Information under the captions "Principal Stockholders" and "Executive Compensation - Security Ownership of Management", which will be contained in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is incorporated herein by reference.

Equity Compensation Plan

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2012, about our Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants and rights under all of our existing equity compensation plans (including individual arrangements).

Plan Category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	173,888	$13.39	238,658
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	--		--
Total	173,888	$13.39	238,658

On February 21, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved the adoption of the 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") for TOR Minerals International, Inc.  The Plan provides for the award of a variety of incentive compensation arrangements, including restricted stock awards, performance units or other non-option awards, to such employees and directors as may be determined by a Committee of the Board.  At the Annual Shareholders' meeting on May 11, 2012, the maximum number of shares of the Company's common stock that may be sold or issued under the Plan was increased to 500,000 shares subject to certain adjustments upon recapitalization, stock splits and combinations, merger, stock dividend and similar events; in addition the plan was extended to May 23, 2022.  At December 31, 2012, there were 173,888 options outstanding, 87,454 exercised and 238,658 available for future issuance under the Plan.

For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded $90,000, $59,000 and $91,000, respectively, in stock-based employee compensation.  This compensation cost is included in the general and administrative expenses and cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

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The Company granted options to purchase 21,000, 23,500 and 23,404 shares of common stock during the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The weighted average fair value per option at the date of grant for options granted in the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $11.03, $8.98 and $3.89, respectively, as valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

	Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2012	2011	2010
Risk-free interest rate	1.17%	2.78%	1.20 %
Expected dividend yield	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Expected volatility	0.68	0.68	0.79
Expected term (in years)	7.00	5.00	3.00

The risk free interest rate is based on the Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as quoted by the Federal Reserve at the time of the grant for a term equivalent to the expected term of the grant.  The estimated volatility is based on the historical volatility of our stock and other factors.  The expected term of options represents the period of time the options are expected to be outstanding from grant date.

The number of shares of common stock underlying options exercisable at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was 143,388, 147,983 and 175,485, respectively.  The weighted-average remaining contractual life of those options is 4.4 years.  Exercise prices on options outstanding at December 31, 2012, ranged from $1.75 to $30.55 per share as noted in the following table.

Options Outstanding
2012	2011	2010	Range of Exercise Prices
17,158	22,861	46,245	$   1.75 - $   9.99
111,410	120,802	108,180	$ 10.00 - $ 14.99
24,620	3,620	120	$ 15.00 - $ 19.99
12,800	12,800	12,800	$ 20.00 - $ 24.99
2,500	2,500	2,740	$ 25.00 - $ 29.99
5,400	5,400	5,400	$ 30.00 - $ 30.55
173,888	167,983	175,485

As of December 31, 2012, there was approximately $294,000 of compensation expense related to non-vested awards.  This expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.64 years.

As most options issued under the Plan are Incentive Stock Options, the Company does not receive any excess tax benefits relating to the compensation expense recognized on vested options.

Item 13. Certain Relationships, Related Transactions and Director Independence

Information under the captions "Certain Transactions" and "Election of Directors - Attendance and Independence", which will be contained in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Information under the caption "Principal Accountant Fees and Services", which will be contained in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits

(a)		The following documents are being filed as part of this annual report on Form 10-K:
	1.		The Financial Statements are set out in this annual report on Form 10-K commencing on page F-1.

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1(1)(15)	Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as amended through February 28, 2010
3.2(1)(15)	By-laws of the Company, as amended through February 28, 2010
4.1(1)	Form of Common Stock Certificate

10.1(1)	Lease from Port of Corpus Christi Authority, dated April 14, 1987
10.2(1)	Lease from Port of Corpus Christi Authority, dated January 12, 1988, as amended on December 24, 1992
10.3(1) **	Summary Plan Description for the 1990 HITOX Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
10.4(2) **	Summary Plan Description for the 2000 Incentive Plan for TOR Minerals International, Inc.
10.5(3)	Amendment of Leases from Port of Corpus Christi Authority, dated July 11, 2000
10.6(4)	Form of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated January 15, 2004
10.7(5)	Loan Agreement with HSBC Bank, dated November 23, 2004
10.8(5)	Loan Agreement with RHB Bank, dated November 23, 2004
10.9(5) **	Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Officers A
10.10(5) **	Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Officers B
10.11(5) **	Form of Nonqualified Option Agreement for Directors
10.12(6)	Loan Agreement with Rabobank, dated March 1, 2004
10.13(6)	Loan Agreement with Rabobank, dated July 6, 2004
10.14(7)	Capital Lease Agreement with De Lage Landen Financial Services, B.V., dated June 27, 2005
10.15(8)	Loan Agreement with Rabobank, dated July 19, 2005
10.16(9)	Amendment to Loan Agreement with HSBC Bank, dated September 14, 2005
10.17(10)	Amendment to Loan Agreement with HSBC Bank, dated December 22, 2005
10.18(10)	Amendment to Loan Agreement with RHB Bank, dated December 22, 2005
10.19(11)	Loan Agreement with Rabobank, dated March 20, 2007
10.20(12)	Service Agreement between Dr. Olaf Karasch and TOR Process and Trade, BV, (TPT) dated May 11, 2001
10.21(13)	Form of Subscription Agreement with respect to the Company's September - October 2008 Private Placement
10.22(13)	Form of Warrant with respect to the Company's September - October 2008 Private Placement
10.23(14)	Form of Subscription Agreement with respect to the Company's May - August 2009 issuance of 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures
10.24(14)	Form of 6% Convertible Subordinated Debenture with respect to the Company's May - August 2009 issuance of 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures
10.25(14)	Form of Warrant with respect to the Company's May - August 2009 issuance of 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures
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10.26(16)		Loan Agreement with American Bank., dated December 31, 2010
10.27(17)		Amendment to Loan Agreement with HSBC Bank, dated November 15, 2010
10.28(17)		Amendment to Loan Agreement with HSBC Bank, dated June 27, 2011
10.27(17)		Amendment to Loan Agreement with RHB Bank, dated June 1, 2011
10.30(17)		Loan Agreement with Rabobank, dated June 28, 2011
10.31(18)		Amendment to Loan Agreement with American Bank, dated March 1, 2012
10.32(18)		Amendment to Loan Agreement with HSBC Bank, dated March 2, 2012
10.33(19)		Amendment to Loan Agreement with HSBC Bank, dated May 21, 2012
10.34(20)		Service Agreement between Dr. Olaf Karasch and TOR Minerals International, Inc., dated May 16, 2012
10.35(20)		Severance Agreement between Mark Schomp and TOR Minerals International, Inc., dated May 16, 2012
10.36(20)		Severance Agreement between Barbara Russell and TOR Minerals International, Inc., dated May 16, 2012
14.1		Code of Ethics
21		Subsidiaries of Registrant:  TOR Minerals Malaysia Sdn Bhd and TOR Processing & Trade BV
23.1		Consent of UHY LLP
31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(1)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-25354) filed November 3, 1988, which registration statement became effective December 14, 1988.
(2)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's May 25, 2000 Form S-8
(3)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's December 31, 2000 Form 10-K
(4)	Incorporated by reference to the January 19, 2004 Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 21, 2004
(5)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's December 31, 2004 Form 10KSB
(6)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's December 31, 2005 Form 10KSB
(7)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's June 27, 2005 Form 8-K
(8)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's July 19, 2005 Form 8-K
(9)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's September 14, 2005 Form 8-K
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(10)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's December 22, 2005 Form 8-K
(11)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's March 20, 2007 Form 8-K
(12)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's December 31, 2006 Form 10-K
(13)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's September 15, 2008 Form 8-K
(14)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's May 6, 2009 and August 26, 2009 Form 8-K
(15)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's December 31, 2009 Form 10-K
(16)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's January 5, 2011 Form 8-K
(17)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's September 30, 2011Form 10-Q
(18)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's December 31, 2011 Form 10-K
(19)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's May 21, 2012 Form 8-K
(20)	Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Company's May 17, 2012 Form 8-K
**	Constitutes a compensation plan or agreement under which executive officers may participate

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Registrant)
Date:  March 6, 2013	By:	OLAF KARASCH Olaf Karasch, President and CEO

In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signatures	Capacity with the Company	Date
OLAF KARASCH (Olaf Karasch)	President and Chief Executive Officer	March 6, 2013
BERNARD A. PAULSON (Bernard A. Paulson)	Chairman of the Board	March 6, 2013
BARBARA RUSSELL (Barbara Russell)	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)	March 6, 2013
JULIE BUCKLEY (Julie Buckley)	Director	March 6, 2013
DAVID HARTMAN (David Hartman)	Director	March 6, 2013
DOUG HARTMAN (Doug Hartman)	Director	March 6, 2013
THOMAS W. PAUKEN (Thomas W. Pauken)	Director	March 6, 2013
STEVEN PAULSON (Steven Paulson)	Director	March 6, 2013
CHIN YONG TAN (Chin Yong Tan)	Director	March 6, 2013
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TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Annual Report on Form 10-K

Item 8.        Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

TOR Minerals International, Inc.	Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F - 2
Consolidated Statements of Income - Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010	F - 3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010	F - 4
Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 2012 and 2011	F - 5
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010	F - 6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010	F - 7
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements	F - 8

F - 1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
TOR Minerals International, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012.  The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

s/s UHY LLP

UHY LLP
Houston, Texas
March 6, 2013

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
NET SALES	$	56,653	$	41,021	$	31,016
Cost of sales		44,673		31,727		24,258
GROSS MARGIN		11,980		9,294		6,758
Technical services and research and development		384		287		254
Selling, general and administrative expenses		5,029		4,639		3,701
Gain on disposal of assets		(6)		(1)		-
OPERATING INCOME		6,573		4,369		2,803
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense		(471)		(471)		(439)
Loss on foreign currency exchange rate		(50)		(23)		(60)
Other, net		-		9		-
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		6,052		3,884		2,304
Income tax expense		1,024		48		16
NET INCOME	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288
Less:  Preferred Stock Dividends		-		16		60
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	5,028	$	3,820	$	2,228
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		87		90
Plus:  Preferred Stock Dividends		-		16		-
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	5,050	$	3,923	$	2,318
Income per common share:
Basic	$	1.81	$	1.84	$	1.17
Diluted	$	1.49	$	1.21	$	0.83
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		2,781		2,079		1,904
Diluted		3,394		3,235		2,785
See accompanying notes.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(In thousands)
		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
NET INCOME	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, net of tax
Currency translation adjustment, net of tax:
Net foreign currency translation adjustment gains (losses)		746		(713)		1,233
Other comprehensive income (loss),  net of tax		746		(713)		1,233
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	5,774	$	3,123	$	3,521
See accompanying notes.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
		December 31,
		2012		2011
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,799	$	3,381
Trade accounts receivable, net		3,972		4,921
Inventories, net		22,895		18,673
Other current assets		1,822		832
Total current assets		31,488		27,807
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net		22,933		20,138
OTHER ASSETS		25		22
Total Assets	$	54,446	$	47,967
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	$	4,608	$	3,222
Accrued expenses		1,864		1,754
Notes payable under lines of credit		2,109		2,886
Export credit refinancing facility		394		1,254
Current deferred tax liability		173		46
Current maturities - capital leases		33		28
Current maturities of long-term debt - financial institutions		1,202		813
Current maturities - convertible debentures		-		91
Total current liabilities		10,383		10,094
LONG-TERM DEBT
Capital leases		12		34
Long-term debt - financial institutions, net		2,316		2,668
Long-term debt - convertible debentures, net		-		1,127
Deferred tax liability		1,007		619
Total liabilities		13,718		14,542
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock $1.25 par value:  authorized, 6,000 shares; 2,987 and 2,400 shares issued and outstanding at 12/31/2012 and 12/31/2011, respectively		3,733		2,999
Additional paid-in capital		29,017		28,222
Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)		3,269		(1,759)
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Cumulative translation adjustment		4,709		3,963
Total shareholders' equity		40,728		33,425
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$	54,446	$	47,967
See accompanying notes.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
(In thousands)
										Retained		Accumulated
								Additional		Earnings		Other
	Preferred Stock			Common Stock				Paid-In		(Accumulated		Comprehensive
	Shares		Amount	Shares		Amount		Capital		Deficit)		Income		Total
Balance at December 31, 2009	200	$	2	1,891	$	2,363	$	25,214	$	(7,807)	$	3,443	$	23,215
Issuance of  Common Stock				28		36		39						75
Exercise of stock options				15		17		28						45
Exercise of warrants								(9)						(9)
Share based compensation								91						91
Dividends declared - Preferred										(60)				(60)
Net income										2,288				2,288
Other Comprehensive Income												1,233		1,233
Balance at December 31, 2010	200	$	2	1,934	$	2,416	$	25,363	$	(5,579)	$	4,676	$	26,878
Conversion of preferred stock to common stock	(200)		(2)	111		138		(136)						-
Conversion of debentures to common stock				9		12		13						25
Exercise of stock options				31		39		168						207
Exercise of warrants				315		394		2,756						3,150
Share based compensation								58						58
Dividends declared - Preferred										(16)				(16)
Net income										3,836				3,836
Other Comprehensive Loss												(713)		(713)
Balance at December 31, 2011	-	$	-	2,400	$	2,999	$	28,222	$	(1,759)	$	3,963	$	33,425
Conversion of debentures to common stock				553		691		565						1,256
Exercise of stock options				15		19		114						133
Exercise of warrants				19		24		26						50
Share based compensation								90						90
Net income										5,028				5,028
Other Comprehensive Income												746		746
Balance at December 31, 2012	-	$	-	2,987	$	3,733	$	29,017	$	3,269	$	4,709	$	40,728
See accompanying notes.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net Income	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation		2,470		2,078		1,903
Gain on disposal of assets		(6)		(1)		-
Share-based compensation		90		58		91
Warrant interest expense		22		67		70
Deferred income taxes		120		(9)		9
Provision for bad debts		69		-		23
Changes in working capital:
Trade accounts receivables		936		(1,081)		(545)
Inventories		(3,777)		(7,845)		(1,449)
Other current assets		(598)		(115)		(179)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		1,385		1,094		1,457
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		5,739		(1,918)		3,668
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to property, plant and equipment		(4,881)		(3,535)		(1,645)
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment		7		2		18
Net cash used in investing activities		(4,874)		(3,533)		(1,627)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net (payments on) proceeds from lines of credit		(869)		2,087		(2,449)
Net (payments on) proceeds from export      credit refinancing facility		(906)		997		264
Proceeds from capital lease		-		11		19
Payments on capital lease		(18)		(11)		(137)
Proceeds from long-term bank debt		866		972		2,000
Payments on long-term bank debt		(862)		(790)		(470)
Loan origination payments		-		-		33
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock,      and exercise of common stock options		198		3,356		96
Preferred stock dividends paid		-		(31)		(60)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(1,591)		6,591		(704)
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents		144		(318)		220
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(582)		822		1,557
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		3,381		2,559		1,002
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	2,799	$	3,381	$	2,559
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Interest paid	$	429	$	471	$	439
Income taxes paid	$	742	$	7	$	7
Non-cash financing activities
Conversion of debenture	$	1,450	$	25	$	25
See accompanying notes.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 Business Description

TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company"), a Delaware Corporation, is engaged in a single industry, the manufacture and sale of mineral products for use as pigments and extenders, primarily in the manufacture of paints, industrial coatings plastics, catalysts and solid surface applications.  The Company's global headquarters and U.S. manufacturing plant are located in Corpus Christi, Texas ("TOR U.S." or "U.S. Operation").  The Asian Operation, TOR Minerals Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd. ("TMM"), is located in Ipoh, Malaysia, and the European Operation, TOR Processing and Trade, BV ("TPT"), is located in Hattem, The Netherlands.

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The consolidated financial statements include accounts of TOR Minerals International, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TMM and TPT.  All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in the consolidation process.

TMM measures and records its transactions in terms of the local Malaysian currency, the Ringgit, which is also the functional currency.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating the Balance Sheet from Ringgits to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments (which are included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of shareholders' equity) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $2,988,000 and $2,367,000, respectively.

TPT's functional currency is the Euro.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating the Balance Sheet from Euros to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $1,721,000 and $1,596,000, respectively.

In preparing consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of consolidated assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:  The Company considers all highly liquid investments readily convertible to known cash amounts and with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable:  The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition and, generally, requires no collateral from its customers.  The allowance for non-collection of accounts receivable is based upon the expected collectability of all accounts receivable including review of agings and current economic conditions.  Accounts are written off when all reasonable internal and external collection efforts have been performed.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for doubtful accounts of approximately $148,000 and $87,000, respectively.  The increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts was primarily related to the global economic conditions and its effects on the collectability of customer balances.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Foreign Currency:  Results of operations for the Company's foreign operations, TMM and TPT, are translated from the designated functional currency to the U.S. Dollar using average exchange rates during the period, while assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the reporting date.  Resulting gains or losses from translating foreign currency financial statements are reported as other comprehensive income (loss), net of income tax.  The effect of changes in exchange rates between the designated functional currency and the currency in which a transaction is denominated are recorded as foreign currency transaction gains (losses) in earnings.

Inventories:  Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market with cost being determined principally by use of the average-cost method.  The Company writes down inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for obsolescence and unmarketable inventory of approximately $61,000 and $264,000, respectively.

Overhead is charged to inventory based on normal capacity and we expense abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight and handling costs in the period incurred.  For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded approximately $606,000 and $331,000, respectively, related to idle facility expense primarily at the Malaysian operations.

Property, Plant and Equipment:  Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.  Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets which range from 3 to 39 years.  Maintenance and repair costs are charged to operations as incurred and major improvements extending asset lives are capitalized.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets:  The impairment of tangible and intangible assets is assessed when changes in circumstances (such as, but not limited to, a decrease in market value of an asset, current and historical operating losses or a change in business strategy) indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable.  This assessment is based on management's estimates of future undiscounted cash flows, salvage values or net sales proceeds.  These estimates take into account management's expectations and judgments regarding future business and economic conditions, future market values and disposal costs.  Actual results and events could differ significantly from management's estimates.  Based upon our most recent analysis, we believe that no impairment exists at December 31, 2012, 2011 or 2010.  There can be no assurance that future impairment tests will not result in a charge to net earnings.

Revenue Recognition:  The Company recognizes revenue when each of the following four criteria are met:  1) a contract or sales arrangement exists; 2) title and risk of loss transfers to the customer upon shipment for FOB shipping point sales and when the Company receives confirmation of receipt and acceptance by the customer for FOB destination sales; 3) the price of the products is fixed or determinable; 4) collectability is reasonably assured.

Shipping and Handling:  The Company records shipping and handling costs, associated with the outbound freight on products shipped to customers, as a component of cost of goods sold.

Earnings Per Share:  Basic earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding and exclude any dilutive effects of options, warrants, debentures and/or convertible preferred stock.  Diluted earnings per share reflect the effect of all dilutive items.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Income Taxes:  The Company records income taxes using the liability method.  Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

When accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, we evaluate all tax years still subject to potential audit under the applicable state, federal and foreign income tax laws.  We are subject to taxation in the United States, Malaysia and The Netherlands.  Our federal income tax returns in the United States are subject to examination for the tax years ended December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2012.  Our state returns, which are filed in Texas and Ohio, are subject to examination for the tax years ended December 31, 2008 through December 31, 2012.  Our tax returns in various non-U.S. jurisdictions are subject to examination for various tax years ended December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2012.

As of January 1, 2012, we did not have any unrecognized tax benefits and there was no change during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.  In addition, we did not recognize any interest and penalties in our consolidated financial statements during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.  If any interest or penalties related to any income tax liabilities are imposed in future reporting periods, we expect to record both of these items as components of income tax expense.

Derivatives and Hedging Activities:  The Company records the fair value of all outstanding derivative instruments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in other current assets and current liabilities.  Derivatives are held as part of a formally documented risk management (hedging) program.  All derivatives are straightforward and are held for purposes other than trading.  The Company measures hedge effectiveness by formally assessing, at least quarterly, the historical and probable future high correlation of changes in the fair value or expected future cash flows of the hedged item.  The ineffective portions, if any, are recorded in current earnings in the current period.  If the hedging relationship ceases to be highly effective or if it becomes probable that an expected transaction will no longer occur, gains or losses on the derivative are recorded in current earnings.  Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded in current earnings along with the change in fair value of the underlying hedged item if the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge or in other comprehensive income (loss) if the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge.  If no hedging relationship is designated, the derivative is marked to market through current earnings.  The Company has utilized natural gas forward contracts to hedge a portion of its U.S. Operation's natural gas needs and has utilized foreign currency forward contracts at both the U.S. and Asian Operations to hedge a portion of its foreign currency risk.  (See Note 14, Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments).

Share Based Compensation:  The Company calculates share based compensation using the Black-Scholes-Merton ("Black-Scholes") option-pricing model, which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility.  For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we recorded $90,000, $58,000 and $91,000, respectively, in share-based employee compensation.  This compensation cost is included in the general and administrative expenses and cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

2. Debt and Notes Payable

Long-term Debt - Financial Institutions

Following is a summary of our long-term debt to financial institutions:

(In thousands)		December 31,
		2012		2011
Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% at December 31, 2012, due January 1, 2016, secured by real estate, leasehold improvements, property, plant and equipment, inventory and accounts receivable of our U.S. operation.	$	1,309	$	1,680
Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% at December 31, 2012, due April 1, 2013, secured by a Caterpillar front-end loader.  The note was paid off in December 2012		-		35
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% at December 31, 2012, due July 1, 2029, secured by TPT's land and office building purchased July 2004.  (€275)		363		413
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% at December 31, 2012, due January 31, 2030, secured by TPT's land and building purchased January 2005.  (€299)		395		412
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% at December 31, 2012, due July 31, 2015, secured by TPT's assets.  (€108)		143		205
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% at December 31, 2012, due July 5, 2014, secured by TPT's assets.  (€334)		442		736
Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% at December 31, 2012, due March 1, 2015, secured by TMM's property, plant and equipment. (RM 2,647)		866		-
Total		3,518		3,481
Less current maturities		1,202		813
Total long-term debt and notes payable - financial institutions	$	2,316	$	2,668

United States Operation

U.S. Credit Agreement and Term Loan

On December 31, 2010, the Company entered into a new U.S. Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") with American Bank, N.A. (the "Lender").  The Agreement includes various customary covenants, limitations and events of default.  Under the Agreement, the Company must maintain a ratio of cash flow to debt service of at least 1.25 to 1.0 measured on a rolling four quarter basis.  At December 31, 2012, the ratio of cash flow to debt service was 5.70 to 1.0.

The Agreement also includes certain additional affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on incurring additional indebtedness, becoming a guarantor or surety, making loans or advances to other parties, except trade credit extended in the normal course of business, or changing the President or Board of Directors of the Company without the Lender's written consent.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Six-percent Convertible Subordinated Debentures

As reported in the Company's Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on May 6, 2009 and August 10, 2009, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the issuance of its six-percent (6%) convertible subordinated debentures with detachable warrants (the "Debentures") for the purpose of refinancing, in whole or in part, its debt to a bank and for general corporate purposes.  The Company received $1,500,000 from the sale of Debentures, due May 4, 2016, from nine accredited investors, four of whom are directors of the Company and another of whom is a greater than 5% shareholder.

On May 3, 2012, the five remaining holders, four of whom are directors of the Company and another whom is a greater than 5% shareholder, of our Debentures converted their Debentures, and the Company issued 547,172 shares of common stock upon conversion of such Debentures.  As of December 31, 2012, no indebtedness was outstanding under the Debentures.

Liquidity

Management believes that it has adequate liquidity for fiscal year 2013 and expects to maintain compliance with all financial covenants throughout 2013.

The following is a summary of the future maturities of long-term debt to financial institutions as of December 31, 2012:

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
2013	$	1,202
2014	1,055
2015	615
2016	88
2017	50
Thereafter	508
Total	$	3,518

Short-term Debt

U.S. Operations

On December 31, 2010, the Company entered into a U.S. credit agreement (the "Agreement") with American Bank, N.A. (the "Lender") which established a $1,000,000 line of credit (the "Line").  On March 1, 2012, the Company entered into the first amendment to the Agreement with the Lender which increased the Line from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and extended the maturity date from July 1, 2012 to October 15, 2013.  Under the terms of the Agreement, the amount the Company is entitled to borrow under the Line is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on the loan value of the collateral pledged to the Lender to secure the indebtedness owing to the Lender by the Company.  Amounts advanced under the line of credit bear interest at a variable rate equal to one percent per annum point above the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate as such prime rate changes from time to time, with a minimum floor rate of 5.50%.  At December 31, 2012, the Company was not utilizing the Line.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

European Operations

On March 20, 2007, our subsidiary, TPT, entered into a short-term credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with Rabobank for a line of credit of €1,100,000.  The Credit Facility was renewed on January 1, 2010 and has no stated maturity date.  The Credit Facility, which has a variable interest rate of bank prime plus 2.8% (currently at 3.411%), is secured by TPT's accounts receivable and inventory.  At December 31, 2012, TPT had utilized €755,000 ($997,000) of its short-term credit facility.

TPT's loan agreements covering both the Credit Facility and the term loans include subjective acceleration clauses that allow Rabobank to accelerate payment if, in the judgment of the bank, there are adverse changes in our business.  We believe that such subjective acceleration clauses are customary in the Netherlands for such borrowings.  However, if demand is made by Rabobank, we may be unable to refinance the demanded indebtedness, in which case the bank could foreclose on the assets of TPT.

Asian Operations

On May 21, 2012, our subsidiary, TMM, amended its banking facility with HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad ("HSBC") to extend the maturity date from April 30, 2012 to April 30, 2013.  The HSBC facility includes the following in Malaysian Ringgits ("RM"):  (1) overdraft of RM 500,000; (2) an import/export line ("ECR") of RM 6,460,000; (3) a foreign exchange contract limit of RM 5,000,000 ($163,000, $2,112,000 and $1,635,000, respectively); and a term loan of RM 3,500,000 noted above.

On November 6, 2012, TMM amended its banking facility with RHB Bank Berhad ("RHB") to extend the maturity date to February 28, 2013.  The Company is currently negotiating the renewal with RHB.  The RHB facility includes the following:  (1) an overdraft line of credit up to RM 1,000,000; (2) an ECR of RM 9,300,000; (3) a bank guarantee of RM 1,200,000; and (4) a foreign exchange contract limit of RM 25,000,000 ($327,000, $3,042,000, $392,000 and $8,175,000, respectively).  At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was RM 300,000 ($99,000) at a current interest rate of 4.81% and RM 3,100,000 ($1,014,000) was outstanding on the foreign exchange contract at a current interest rate of 2.98%.

The banking facilities with both HSBC and RHB bear an interest rate on the overdraft facilities at 1.25% over bank prime and the ECR facilities bear interest at 1.0% above the funding rate stipulated by the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad.  The ECR, a government supported financing arrangement specifically for exporters, is used by TMM for short-term financing of up to 180 days against customers' and inter-company shipments.  At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the ECR facilities was RM 1,205,000 ($394,000) at a current interest rate of 5.0%.

The borrowings under both the HSBC and the RHB short term credit facilities are subject to certain subjective acceleration covenants based on the judgment of the banks and a demand provision that provide that the banks may demand repayment at any time.  We believe such a demand provision is customary in Malaysia for such facilities.  The loan agreements are secured by TMM's property, plant and equipment.  However, if demand is made by HSBC or RHB, we may be unable to refinance the demanded indebtedness, in which case, the lenders could foreclose on the assets of TMM.  The credit facilities prohibit TMM from paying dividends and the HSBC facility further prohibits loans to related parties without the prior consent of HSBC.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

3. Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the Company's financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured and recognized at fair value on a recurring basis, classified under the appropriate level of fair value hierarchy, as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.  The Company did not hold any non-financial assets and/or non-financial liabilities subject to fair value measurements at December 31, 2012 or 2011.

	December 31, 2012
(In thousands)	Balance at December 31, 2012		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Liability for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)	$	1	$	-	$	1	$	-
	December 31, 2011
(In thousands)	Balance at December 31, 2011		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Asset for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)	$	16	$	-	$	16	$	-

Our foreign currency derivative financial instruments mitigate foreign exchange risks and include forward contracts.

The fair value of the Company's debt is based on estimates using standard pricing models, using Level 2 inputs, that take into account the present value of future cash flows as of the balance sheet date.  The computation of the fair value of these instruments is generally performed by the Company.  The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company's long-term debt, including current maturities, are summarized below:

		December 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
(In thousands)		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Long-term debt, including current portion	$	3,518	$	3,455	$	3,481	$	3,391
Long-term debt - convertible debentures		-		-		1,450		1,436
	$	3,518	$	3,455	$	4,931	$	4,827

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, payables and accrued liabilities, accrued income taxes and short-term borrowings approximate fair values due to the short term nature of these instruments, accordingly, these items have been excluded from the above table.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

4. Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Dividend

On December 6, 2011, we declared a dividend, in the amount of $375, for the quarterly period ending December 31, 2011, payable on January 1, 2012, to the holders of record of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as of the close of business on December 6, 2011.  Dividends declared on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock totaled $16,000 and $60,000, respectively, in 2011 and 2010.  At December 31, 2012, all holders of the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock had converted their preferred stock to shares of the Company's Common Stock.

5. Capital Leases

On March 13, 2008, the Company entered into a financial lease agreement with Toyota Financial Services for a forklift.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of $26,527, is included in the consolidated balance sheets as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately $20,000.  The capital lease, scheduled to mature in February 2013, was paid off in September 2012.

On August 1, 2010, the Company entered into a financial lease agreement with Dell Financial Services for new computer servers.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of $19,093, is included in the consolidated balance sheets as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately $19,000.  The capital lease is in the amount of $20,698 including interest of $1,605 (implicit interest rate 5.3%).  The lease term is 36 months with equal monthly installments of $575.  The net present value of the lease at December 31, 2012 was $4,000.

On September 4, 2011, TPT entered into a financial lease agreement with Diependael Leasing, BV for equipment related to the production of ALUPREM.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of €38,360 ($50,654), is included in the consolidated balance sheets as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately €16,000 ($21,128).  The capital lease is in the amount of €41,256 ($54,480)including interest of €2,896 ($3,824) (implicit interest rate 4.786%).  The lease term is 36 months with equal monthly installments of €1,146 ($1,513).  The net present value of the lease at December 31, 2012 was €21,988 ($29,000).

On February 5, 2012, TPT entered into a financial lease agreement with Sympatec GmbH for lab equipment.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of €52,128 ($68,835), is included in the consolidated balance sheets as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately €6,000 ($7,923).  The capital lease is in the amount of €56,988 ($75,253) including interest of €4,860 ($6,418) (implicit interest rate 16.785%).  The lease term is 12 months with equal monthly installments of €4,749 ($6,271).  The net present value of the lease at December 31, 2012 was €9,302 ($12,000).

The following table sets forth the minimum future lease payments under these leases as of December 31, 2012 until maturity:

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
2013	$	35
2014		12
Total minimum lease payments		47
Less:  Amount representing executory costs		-
Net minimum lease payments		47
Less:  Amount representing interest		(2)
Present value of net minimum lease payments		45
Less:  Current maturities of capital lease obligations		(33)
Long-term capital lease obligations	$	12

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

6. Inventories

A summary of inventories follows:

(In thousands)		December 31,
		2012		2011
Raw materials	$	14,002	$	13,170
Work in progress		2,848		1,709
Finished goods		5,238		3,254
Supplies		868		804
Total Inventories		22,956		18,937
Inventory reserve		(61)		(264)
Net Inventories	$	22,895	$	18,673

7.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Major classifications and expected lives of property, plant and equipment are summarized below:

(In thousands)			December 31,
	Expected Life		2012		2011
Land and office buildings	39 years	$	3,354	$	3,282
Production facilities	10 - 20 years		8,552		8,185
Machinery and equipment	3 - 15 years		32,869		27,672
Furniture and fixtures	3 - 20 years		1,515		1,274
Total			46,290		40,413
Less accumulated depreciation			(26,508)		(23,698)
Property, plant and equipment, net			19,782		16,715
Construction in progress			3,151		3,423
		$	22,933	$	20,138

The amounts of depreciation expense calculated on the Company's property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $2,470,000, $2,078,000 and $1,903,000, respectively.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

8. Segment Information

The Company and its subsidiaries operate in the business of pigment manufacturing and related products in three geographic segments.  All United States manufacturing is done at the facility located in Corpus Christi, Texas.  Foreign manufacturing is done by the Company's wholly-owned foreign operations, TMM, located in Malaysia and TPT, located in The Netherlands.

Product sales of inventory between the U.S., Asian and European operations are based on inter-company pricing, which includes an inter-company profit margin.  In the geographic information, the location profit (loss) from all locations is reflective of these inter-company prices, as is inventory at the Corpus Christi location prior to elimination adjustments.  Such presentation is consistent with the internal reporting reviewed by the Company's chief operating decision maker.  The elimination entries include an adjustment to the cost of sales resulting from the adjustment to ending inventory to eliminate inter-company profit, and the reversal of a similar adjustment from a prior period.  To the extent there are net increases/declines period over period in Corpus Christi inventories that include an inter-company component, the net effect of these adjustments can decrease/increase location profit.

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the U.S. operation received approximately 29% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  The European operation received approximately 10% of its total third party sales revenue from one customer, and the Asian operation received approximately 57% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  Two customers, BASF Corporation and Tioxide Europe Ltd., represented approximately 17% and 16%, respectively, of the 2012 total consolidated sales.

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, the U.S. operation received approximately 23% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  The European operation received approximately 30% of its total third party sales revenue from two customers (11% and 11%); and, the Asian operation received approximately 21% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  One customer, BASF Corporation, represented 14% of the 2011 total consolidated sales.

Sales from the subsidiary to the parent company are based upon profit margins which represent competitive pricing of similar products.  Intercompany sales consisted of SR, HITOX, ALUPREM and TIOPREM.

The Company's principal product, HITOX, accounted for approximately 33%, 43% and 39% of net consolidated sales in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company sells its products to customers located in more than 60 countries.  Sales to external customers are attributed to geographic area based on country of distribution.  Sales to customers located in the U.S. represented approximately 48%, 49% and 52% for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the United Kingdom represented approximately 33% of our total foreign sales.  For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, no individual country accounted for 10% or more of our foreign sales.

Approximately 27% of the Company's employees are represented by an in-house collective bargaining agreement.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

A summary of the Company's manufacturing operations by geographic area is presented below:

(In thousands)		United States (Corpus Christi)		Netherlands (TP&T)		Malaysia (TMM)		Inter-Company Eliminations		Consolidated
As of and for the years ended:
December 31, 2012
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	33,263	$	7,578	$	15,812	$	-	$	56,653
Intercompany sales		105		6,179		9,064		(15,348)		-
Total Net Sales	$	33,368	$	13,757	$	24,876	$	(15,348)	$	56,653
Share based compensation	$	90	$		$		$	-	$	90
Depreciation	$	751	$	871	$	848	$	-	$	2,470
Interest expense	$	170	$	126	$	175	$	-	$	471
Income tax expense	$	753	$	133	$	204	$	(66)	$	1,024
Location profit	$	2,076	$	445	$	2,738	$	(231)	$	5,028
Capital expenditures	$	1,928	$	1,581	$	1,372	$	-	$	4,881
Location long-lived assets	$	6,051	$	8,653	$	8,229	$	-	$	22,933
Location assets	$	20,762	$	10,652	$	23,032	$	-	$	54,446
December 31, 2011
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	24,560	$	10,347	$	6,114	$	-	$	41,021
Intercompany sales		463		3,385		8,487		(12,335)		-
Total Net Sales	$	25,023	$	13,732	$	14,601	$	(12,335)	$	41,021
Share based compensation	$	58	$		$		$	-	$	58
Depreciation	$	740	$	571	$	767	$	-	$	2,078
Interest expense	$	280	$	144	$	47	$	-	$	471
Income tax expense	$	8	$	24	$	21	$	(5)	$	48
Location profit	$	1,910	$	1,064	$	882	$	(20)	$	3,836
Capital expenditures	$	591	$	2,445	$	499	$	-	$	3,535
Location long-lived assets	$	4,875	$	7,819	$	7,444	$	-	$	20,138
Location assets	$	17,050	$	10,026	$	20,891	$	-	$	47,967
December 31, 2010
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	19,580	$	8,351	$	3,085	$	-	$	31,016
Intercompany sales		98		2,424		5,628		(8,150)		-
Total Net Sales	$	19,678	$	10,775	$	8,713	$	(8,150)	$	31,016
Share based compensation	$	91	$		$		$	-	$	91
Depreciation	$	685	$	511	$	707	$	-	$	1,903
Interest expense	$	247	$	177	$	15	$	-	$	439
Income tax expense	$	7	$	-	$	9	$	-	$	16
Location profit (loss)	$	1,222	$	1,032	$	(55)	$	89	$	2,288
Capital expenditures	$	800	$	827	$	18	$	-	$	1,645
Location long-lived assets	$	5,024	$	6,087	$	7,841	$	-	$	18,952
Location assets	$	13,600	$	8,096	$	15,475	$	-	$	37,171

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

9.
  Quarterly Data (Unaudited)
 

	TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
	Consolidated Statements of Income
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
			2012
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr		Total
	NET SALES	$	12,808	$	14,108	$	19,914	$	9,823	$	56,653
	Cost of sales		9,618		10,441		16,068		8,546		44,673
	GROSS MARGIN		3,190		3,667		3,846		1,277		11,980
	Technical services and research and development		82		101		90		111		384
	Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,224		1,359		1,242		1,204		5,029
	Gain on disposal of assets		-		-		(6)		-		(6)
	OPERATING INCOME		1,884		2,207		2,520		(38)		6,573
	OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
	Interest expense		(142)		(112)		(143)		(74)		(471)
	Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange rate		23		(20)		(24)		(29)		(50)
	Other, net		-		1		-		(1)		-
	INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		1,765		2,076		2,353		(142)		6,052
	Income tax expense (benefit)		369		517		516		(378)		1,024
	NET INCOME	$	1,396	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,028
	Less:  Preferred Stock Dividends		-		-		-		-		-
	Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,396	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,028
	Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		-		-		-		22
	Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,418	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,050
	Income per common share:
	Basic	$	0.58	$	0.56	$	0.62	$	0.08	$	1.81
	Diluted	$	0.41	$	0.45	$	0.53	$	0.07	$	1.49
	Weighted average common shares outstanding:
	Basic		2,402		2,769		2,968		2,980		2,781
	Diluted		3,439		3,462		3,441		3,424		3,394
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

9.
  Quarterly Data (Unaudited)
(continued)

TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
		2011
(In thousands, except per share amounts)		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr		Total
NET SALES	$	9,585	$	10,489	$	11,401	$	9,546		41,021
Cost of sales		7,494		8,183		9,026		7,024		31,727
GROSS MARGIN		2,091		2,306		2,375		2,522		9,294
Technical services and research and development		66		66		74		81		287
Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,159		1,065		1,098		1,317		4,639
Gain on disposal of assets		-		-		-		(1)		(1)
OPERATING INCOME		866		1,175		1,203		1,125		4,369
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense		(96)		(101)		(139)		(135)		(471)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency exchange rate		(48)		(9)		63		(29)		(23)
Other, net		-		7		-		2		9
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		722		1,072		1,127		963		3,884
Income tax expense (benefit)		47		91		60		(150)		48
NET INCOME	$	675	$	981	$	1,067	$	1,113	$	3,836
Less:  Preferred Stock Dividends		15		-		-		1		16
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	660	$	981	$	1,067	$	1,112	$	3,820
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		22		22		21		87
Plus:  Preferred Stock Dividends		15		-		-		1		16
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	697	$	1,003	$	1,089	$	1,134	$	3,923
Income per common share:
Basic	$	0.34	$	0.47	$	0.50	$	0.51	$	1.84
Diluted	$	0.22	$	0.30	$	0.33	$	0.35	$	1.21
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		1,941		2,091		2,122		2,160		2,079
Diluted		3,149		3,293		3,264		3,239		3,235

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

10.
  Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Numerator:
Net Income (Loss)	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288
Preferred stock dividends		-		(16)		(60)
Numerator for basic earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders		5,028		3,820		2,228
Effect of dilutive securities:		22		103		90
Numerator for diluted earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders after assumed conversions	$	5,050	$	3,923	$	2,318
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted-average shares		2,781		2,079		1,904
Effect of dilutive securities
Employee stock options		30		35		13
Warrants		447		533		302
6% Convertible Debentures		136		551		566
Preferred stock		-		37		-
Dilutive potential common shares		613		1,119		881
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted-average shares and assumed conversions		3,394		3,235		2,785
Basic earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$	1.81	$	1.84	$	1.17
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$	1.49	$	1.21	$	0.83

Excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share were a total of 111,111 common shares issuable upon conversion of the 200,000 convertible preferred shares for the year ended December 31, 2010.  The convertible preferred shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share as the conversion price was greater than the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would be antidilutive.  For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, there were no convertible preferred shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as all were converted to common stock during 2011.

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, there were no convertible debentures excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, there were no warrants excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, stock options excluded from diluted earnings per share were 77,820, 24,320 and 151,985, respectively.  The options were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would be antidilutive.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

11. Income Taxes

The Company provides for deferred taxes on temporary differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets using the enacted tax rates that are expected to apply to taxable income when the temporary differences are expected to reverse.

Our U.S. operation had deferred tax assets related to a federal net operating loss ("NOL") carryforward of approximately $591,000 at December 31, 2011 and maintained a valuation allowance of approximately 43% due to uncertainties as to the Company's ability to utilize this deferred tax asset.

At December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we had federal NOL carryforwards of approximately $0, $1,738,000, and $3,680,000, respectively.  The U.S. NOL carryforward was fully utilized during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.

TPT, our European operation, had NOL carryforwards at December 31, 2010 of approximately $867,000 which was fully utilized during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2011.

Our Asian operation, TMM, had NOL carryforwards of approximately $2,934,000, $3,661,000 and $4,530,000, at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Because these foreign NOL carryforwards have an indefinite carry forward period, we have determined that it is not necessary to provide a valuation allowance.

The undistributed earnings of the Company's foreign subsidiaries are considered to be indefinitely reinvested.  Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state income taxes or foreign withholding taxes has been provided on approximately $6,000,000 of such cumulative undistributed earnings.  Determination of the potential amount of unrecognized deferred U.S. income tax liability and foreign withholding taxes is not practicable because of the complexities associated with its hypothetical calculation.

Components of Pretax Income (Loss)		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011		2010
Domestic	$	2,829	$	1,918	$	1,229
Foreign		3,223		1,966		1,075
Pretax income (loss)	$	6,052	$	3,884	$	2,304

		Components of Income Tax Expense
		Year Ended December 31,
		2012						2011						2010
(In thousands)		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total
Federal	$	364	$	389	$	753	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
State		11		-		11		8		-		8		7		-		7
Foreign		133		127		260		21		19		40		-		9		9
Total Income Tax Expense	$	508	$	516	$	1,024	$	29	$	19	$	48	$	7	$	9	$	16

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

The following table accounts for the difference between the actual tax provision and the amounts obtained by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 34% to income before taxes.

Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011		2010
Expense computed at statutory rate	$	2,058	$	1,321	$	783
Change in valuation allowance - Domestic		(259)		(684)		(451)
Change in valuation allowance - Foreign		-		(200)		(267)
Effect of items deductible for book not tax, net
Option compensation		30		20		31
Other		14		19		(42)
Effect of foreign tax credit		(547)		(190)		-
Effect of foreign tax rate differential		(279)		(243)		(43)
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit		7		5		5
	$	1,024	$	48	$	16
Significant Components of Deferred Taxes				Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)				2012		2011
Deferred Tax Assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards - Domestic			$	-	$	591
Net operating loss carryforwards - Foreign				733		915
PP&E - Foreign				10		10
Intercompany profit				83		17
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards				-		65
Domestic reserves				16		17
Unrealized foreign currency losses - Domestic				62		19
Other deferred assets				35		20
				939		1,654
Valuation allowance				-		(259)
Total deferred tax assets			$	939	$	1,395
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
PP&E - Domestic				654		628
PP&E - Foreign				1,442		1,405
Unrealized gain on derivatives				20		22
Other				3		5
Total deferred tax liabilities				2,119		2,060
Net deferred tax liability			$	(1,180)	$	(665)

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

12. Stock Options

On February 21, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved the adoption of the 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") for TOR Minerals International, Inc.  The Plan provides for the award of a variety of incentive compensation arrangements, including restricted stock awards, performance units or other non-option awards, to such employees and directors as may be determined by a Committee of the Board.  At the Annual Shareholders' meeting on May 11, 2012, the maximum number of shares of the Company's common stock that may be sold or issued under the Plan was increased to 500,000 shares subject to certain adjustments upon recapitalization, stock splits and combinations, merger, stock dividend and similar events; in addition the plan was extended to May 23, 2022.  At December 31, 2012, there were 173,888 options outstanding, 87,454 exercised and 238,658 available for future issuance under the Plan.

For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded $90,000, $58,000 and $91,000, respectively, in stock-based employee compensation.  This compensation cost is included in the general and administrative expenses and cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The Company granted options to purchase 21,000, 23,500 and 23,404 shares of common stock during the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The weighted average fair value per option at the date of grant for options granted in the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $11.03, $8.98 and $3.89, respectively, as valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

	Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2012	2011	2010
Risk-free interest rate	1.17%	2.78%	1.20 %
Expected dividend yield	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Expected volatility	0.68	0.68	0.79
Expected term (in years)	7.00	5.00	3.00

The risk free interest rate is based on the Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as quoted by the Federal Reserve at the time of the grant for a term equivalent to the expected term of the grant.  The estimated volatility is based on the historical volatility of our stock and other factors.  The expected term of options represents the period of time the options are expected to be outstanding from grant date.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

The following table summarizes certain information regarding stock option activity:

		Options
	Total Reserved	Outstanding	Weighted Avg Exercise Price	Range of Exercise Prices
Balances at December 31, 2009	224,782	174,220	$11.20	$4.60	-	$30.55
Granted		23,404	$7.52	$7.50	-	$7.63
Exercised	(14,539)	(14,539)	$3.17	$2.70	-	$7.50
Forfeited or expired	(1,600)	(7,600)	$10.31	$2.90	-	$11.25
Balances at December 31, 2010	208,643	175,485	$11.39	$1.75	-	$30.55
Granted		23,500	$13.46	$12.96	-	$16.33
Exercised	(31,002)	(31,002)	$6.65	$1.75	-	$13.80
Balances at December 31, 2011	177,641	167,983	$12.53	$1.75	-	$30.55
Additional options  authorized	250,000
Granted		21,000	$11.03	$16.77	-	$1,822.00
Exercised	(15,095)	(15,095)	$8.83	$2.90	-	$11.05
Balances at December 31, 2012	412,546	173,888	$13.39	$2.70	-	$30.55

The number of shares of common stock underlying options exercisable at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was 143,388, 147,983and 175,485, respectively.  The weighted-average remaining contractual life of those options is 4.4 years.  Exercise prices on options outstanding at December 31, 2012, ranged from $1.75 to $30.55 per share as noted in the following table.

Options Outstanding
2012	2011	2010	Range of Exercise Prices
17,158	22,861	46,245	$   1.75 - $   9.99
111,410	120,802	108,180	$ 10.00 - $ 14.99
24,620	3,620	120	$ 15.00 - $ 19.99
12,800	12,800	12,800	$ 20.00 - $ 24.99
2,500	2,500	2,740	$ 25.00 - $ 29.99
5,400	5,400	5,400	$ 30.00 - $ 30.55
173,888	167,983	175,485

As of December 31, 2012, there was approximately $294,000 of compensation expense related to non-vested awards.  This expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.64 years.

As most options issued under the Plan are Incentive Stock Options, the Company does not receive any excess tax benefits relating to the compensation expense recognized on vested options.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

13. Profit Sharing Plan

The Company has a profit sharing plan that covers the U.S. employees.  Contributions to the plan are at the option of and determined by the Board of Directors and are limited to the maximum amount deductible by the Company for Federal income tax purposes.  For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, there were no contributions to the plan.

The Company also offers U.S. employees a 401(k) savings plan administered by an investment services company.  Employees are eligible to participate in the plan after completing six months of service with the Company.  The Company matches contributions up to 4% of the employee's eligible earnings.  Total Company contributions to the 401(k) plan for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were approximately $66,000, $57,000 and $42,000, respectively.

14. Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments

The Company has exposure to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations, including financial, market, political and economic risks.  The following discussion provides information regarding our exposure to the risks of changing foreign currency exchange rates.  The Company has not entered into these contracts for trading or speculative purposes in the past, nor do we currently anticipate entering into such contracts for trading or speculative purposes in the future.  The foreign exchange contracts are used to mitigate uncertainty and volatility, and to cover underlying exposures.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

We manage the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily at our Malaysian operation, through the use of foreign currency contracts.  Foreign exchange contracts are used to protect the Company from the risk that the eventual cash flows resulting from transactions in foreign currencies, including sales and purchases transacted in a currency other than the functional currency, will be adversely affected by changes in exchange rates.  We report the fair value of the derivatives on our consolidated balance sheets and changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings in the period of the change.

The following table summarizes the gross fair market value of all derivative instruments, which are not designated as hedging instruments and their location in our Consolidated Balance Sheet:

(In thousands)
Asset Derivatives
			December 31,		December 31,
Derivative Instrument	Location		2012		2011
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts	Other Current Assets	$	-	$	16
		$	-	$	16
Liability Derivatives
			December 31,		December 31,
Derivative Instrument	Location		2012		2011
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts	Accrued Expenses	$	1	$	-
		$	1	$	-

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

The following table summarizes the impact of the Company's derivatives on the consolidated financial statements of income for the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011:
 

(In thousands)
	Location of Gain		Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Operations
Derivative	(Loss) on Derivative		Twelve Months Ended Decenber 31,
Instrument	Instrument		2012			2011
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts	Other Expense:  (Loss) gain on foreign currency exchange rate	$		74	$		(69)
		$		74	$		(69)

  15.   Commitments and Contingencies

Land Lease

The Company operates a plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.  The facility is located in the Rincon Industrial Park on approximately 15 acres of land, with 13 acres leased from the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (the "Port") and approximately two acres owned by the Company.  The lease payment is subject to an adjustment every 5 years for what the Port calls the "equalization valuation".  This is used as a means of equalizing rentals on various Port lands and is determined solely at the discretion of the Port.  The Company and the Port executed an amended lease agreement on July 11, 2000, which extended the expiration date of the lease to June 30, 2027.

Minimum future rental payments under this and other immaterial leases as of December 31, 2012 for the next five years ending December 31 and in total thereafter are as follows:

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
2013	$	104
2014	103
2015	95
2016	95
2017	95
Thereafter	908
Total minimum lease payments	$	1,400

Rent expense under these leases was approximately $103,000, $63,000 and $276,000 for the years ended 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

Contingencies

There are claims arising in the normal course of business that are pending against the Company.  While it is not feasible to predict or determine the outcome of any case, it is the opinion of management that the ultimate dispositions will have no material effect on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

The Company believes that it is in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the discharge of substances into the environment, and it does not expect that any material expenditure for environmental control facilities will be necessary in order to continue such compliance.

16. Significant Customers

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the BASF Corporation accounted for approximately 17%, 14% and 13%, respectively, of our total consolidated sales revenue and the Tioxide Europe Ltd. Corporation represented approximately 16% of our total 2012 consolidated sales.

17. Foreign Customer Sales

Revenues from sales to customers located outside the U.S. for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011		2010
Canada, Mexico & South/Central America	$	5,759	$	4,187	$	3,401
Pacific Rim		7,073		6,321		3,177
Europe, Africa & Middle East		16,628		10,272		8,456
Total Sales	$	29,460	$	20,780	$	15,034

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the United Kingdom represented approximately 33% of our total foreign sales.  For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, no individual country accounted for 10% or more of our foreign sales.

18. Sales by Product

Revenues from sales by product for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

Product		2012			2011			2010
HITOX	$	18,453	33%	$	17,538	43%	$	12,080	39%
ALUPREM		15,533	27%		14,368	35%		11,608	37%
BARTEX		6,076	11%		4,092	10%		3,761	12%
HALTEX / OPTILOAD		3,662	7%		3,093	7%		2,634	9%
TIOPREM		1,799	3%		1,460	4%		515	2%
SR		10,410	18%		-	0%		-	0%
OTHER		720	1%		470	1%		418	1%
Total	$	56,653	100%	$	41,021	100%	$	31,016	100%

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EX-21

Exhibit 21

Subsidiary of Registrant

Name of Subsidiary	TP&T (TOR Processing & Trade) B.V.
Jurisdiction of formation	The Netherlands
Subsidiary DBA	TP&T (TOR Processing & Trade) B.V. ("TP&T")

Name of Subsidiary	TOR Minerals Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd.
Jurisdiction of formation	Malaysia
Subsidiary DBA	TOR Minerals (M), Sdn. Bhd. ("TMM")

EX-23

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-61645, 333-37878); and on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-114483) of TOR Minerals International, Inc. of our report dated March 5, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of  December 31, 2012 and 2011 and for each of the three years ended December 31, 2012 included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

/s/ UHY LLP
UHY LLP
Houston, Texas
March 5, 2013

EX-31

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of TOR Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Barbara Russell, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2012.

/s/BARBARA RUSSELL
Barbara Russell
Chief Financial Officer
March 6, 2013

EX-31

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Olaf Karasch, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Form 10-K of TOR Minerals International, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 6, 2013

/s/ Olaf Karasch

Olaf Karasch

President and CEO

EX-32

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Barbara Russell, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Form 10-K of TOR Minerals International, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 6, 2013

/s/ Barbara Russell

Barbara Russell

Chief Financial Officer

EX-32 7 exhibit32ceo.htm EXHIBIT 32.2, CFO CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of TOR Minerals International, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Olaf Karasch, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1.    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2012.

/s/ OLAF KARASCH
Olaf Karasch
President and Chief Executive Officer
March 6, 2013

EX-32

Exhibit 32.1 - CEO 906 Certification

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Foreign Customer Sales (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Foreign Customer Sales [Abstract]

Schedule of revenues from sales to customers located outside the U.S.

		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011			2010
Canada, Mexico & South/Central America		$	5,759		$	4,187		$	3,401
Pacific Rim		7,073		6,321			3,177
Europe, Africa & Middle East		16,628		10,272			8,456
	Total Sales	$	29,460		$	20,780		$	15,034

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Capital Leases - Minimum future lease payments under these leases (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Leases, Capital [Abstract]
2013	$ 35
2014	12
Total minimum lease payments	47
Less: Amount representing executory costs
Net minimum lease payments	47
Less: Amount representing interest	(2)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	45
Less: Current maturities of capital lease obligations	(33)	(28)
Long-term capital lease obligations	$ 12	$ 34

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Debt and Notes Payable (Detail Textuals 2) (Line of credit, American Bank, N.A., USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 02, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 01, 2012
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit amount			$ 2,000,000
Minimum floor rate for line of credit			5.50%
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate			1.00%
Description of variable rate basis		the line of credit bear interest at a variable rate equal to one percent per annum point above the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate as such prime rate changes from time to time, with a minimum floor rate of 5.50
Variable rate basis of debt instrument, description	prime rate
Original Limit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit amount			$ 1,000,000

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Income Taxes (Detail Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards - Domestic		$ 591,000
Operating loss carryforwards valuation allowance, percentage		43.00%
Operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards		1,738,000	3,680,000
Cumulative undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	6,000,000
U.S. federal income tax rate	34.00%
European operation, TPT
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards			867,000
Asian operation, TMM
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards	$ 2,934,000	$ 3,661,000	$ 4,530,000

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Capital Leases (Detail Textuals)				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Financial lease agreement Toyota Financial Services USD ($)	Mar. 13, 2008 Financial lease agreement Toyota Financial Services USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Financial lease agreement Dell Financial Services USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2010 Financial lease agreement Dell Financial Services USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Financial lease agreement Diependael Leasing USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Financial lease agreement Diependael Leasing EUR (€)	Sep. 04, 2011 Financial lease agreement Diependael Leasing USD ($)	Sep. 04, 2011 Financial lease agreement Diependael Leasing EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 Financial lease agreement Sympatec GmbH USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Financial lease agreement Sympatec GmbH EUR (€)	Feb. 05, 2012 Financial lease agreement Sympatec GmbH USD ($)	Feb. 05, 2012 Financial lease agreement Sympatec GmbH EUR (€)
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Cost of the equipment under the capital lease			$ 26,527		$ 19,093			$ 50,654	€ 38,360			$ 68,835	€ 52,128
Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment		20,000		19,000		21,128	16,000			7,923	6,000
Capital lease amount				20,698		54,480	41,256			75,253	56,988
Capital lease amount including interest	2,000			1,605		3,824	2,896			6,418	4,860
Implicit interest rate				5.30%		4.786%	4.786%			16.785%	16.785%
Lease term				36 months		36 months	36 months			12 months	12 months
Equal monthly installments				575		513	1,146			6,271	4,749
Net present value of the lease	$ 45,000			$ 4,000		$ 29,000	€ 21,988			$ 12,000	€ 9,302

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Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments - Gross fair market value of all derivative instruments, which are not designated as hedging instruments (Details) (Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts, Not designated as hedging instrument, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset fair value gross asset		$ 16
Derivative liability fair value gross asset	1
Other Current Assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset fair value gross asset		16
Accrued Expenses
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability fair value gross asset	$ 1

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Debt and Notes Payable (Detail Textuals) (U. S. Credit Agreement)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012
U. S. Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Agreement covenants ratio of cash flow to debt service on a rolling four quarter basis	1.25 to 1.0
Cash flow to debt service ratio	5.70 to 1.0

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Quarterly Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of quarterly financial information

		2012
(In thousands, except per share amounts)		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr		Total
NET SALES	$	12,808	$	14,108	$	19,914	$	9,823	$	56,653
Cost of sales		9,618		10,441		16,068		8,546		44,673
GROSS MARGIN		3,190		3,667		3,846		1,277		11,980
Technical services and research and development		82		101		90		111		384
Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,224		1,359		1,242		1,204		5,029
Gain on disposal of assets		-		-		(6)		-		(6)
OPERATING INCOME		1,884		2,207		2,520		(38)		6,573
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense		(142)		(112)		(143)		(74)		(471)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange rate		23		(20)		(24)		(29)		(50)
Other, net		-		1		-		(1)		-
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		1,765		2,076		2,353		(142)		6,052
Income tax expense (benefit)		369		517		516		(378)		1,024
NET INCOME	$	1,396	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,028
Less: Preferred Stock Dividends		-		-		-		-		-
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,396	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,028
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		-		-		-		22
Plus: Preferred Stock Dividends		-		-		-		-		-
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,418	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,050
Income per common share:
Basic	$	0.58	$	0.56	$	0.62	$	0.08	$	1.81
Diluted	$	0.41	$	0.45	$	0.53	$	0.07	$	1.49
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		2,402		2,769		2,968		2,980		2,781
Diluted		3,439		3,462		3,441		3,424		3,394
		2011
(In thousands, except per share amounts)		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr		Total
NET SALES	$	9,585	$	10,489	$	11,401	$	9,546	$	41,021
Cost of sales		7,494		8,183		9,026		7,024		31,727
GROSS MARGIN		2,091		2,306		2,375		2,522		9,294
Technical services and research and development		66		66		74		81		287
Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,159		1,065		1,098		1,317		4,639
Gain on disposal of assets		-		-		-		(1)		(1)
OPERATING INCOME		866		1,175		1,203		1,125		4,369
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense		(96)		(101)		(139)		(135)		(471)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency exchange rate		(48)		(9)		63		(29)		(23)
Other, net		-		7		-		2		9
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		722		1,072		1,127		963		3,884
Income tax expense (benefit)		47		91		60		(150)		48
NET INCOME	$	675	$	981	$	1,067	$	1,113	$	3,836
Less: Preferred Stock Dividends		15		-		-		1		16
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	660	$	981	$	1,067	$	1,112	$	3,820
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		22		22		21		87
Plus: Preferred Stock Dividends		15		-		-		1		16
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	697	$	1,003	$	1,089	$	1,134	$	3,923
Income per common share:
Basic	$	0.34	$	0.47	$	0.50	$	0.51	$	1.84
Diluted	$	0.22	$	0.30	$	0.33	$	0.35	$	1.21
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		1,941		2,091		2,122		2,160		2,079
Diluted		3,149		3,293		3,264		3,239		3,235

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Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments - Impact of the Company's derivatives on the consolidated financial statements of operations (Details 1) (Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts, Not designated as hedging instrument, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Operations	$ 74	$ (69)
Other Expense: Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange rate
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Operations	$ 74	$ (69)

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Stock Options - Exercise prices on options outstanding (Details 2) (USD $)					12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2012 Range of Exercise Prices $1.75 - $9.99	Dec. 31, 2011 Range of Exercise Prices $1.75 - $9.99	Dec. 31, 2010 Range of Exercise Prices $1.75 - $9.99	Dec. 31, 2012 Range of Exercise Prices $10.00 - $14.99	Dec. 31, 2011 Range of Exercise Prices $10.00 - $14.99	Dec. 31, 2010 Range of Exercise Prices $10.00 - $14.99	Dec. 31, 2012 Range of Exercise Prices $15.00 - $19.99	Dec. 31, 2011 Range of Exercise Prices $15.00 - $19.99	Dec. 31, 2010 Range of Exercise Prices $15.00 - $19.99	Dec. 31, 2012 Range of Exercise Prices $20.00 - $24.99	Dec. 31, 2011 Range of Exercise Prices $20.00 - $24.99	Dec. 31, 2010 Range of Exercise Prices $20.00 - $24.99	Dec. 31, 2012 Range of Exercise Prices $25.00 - $29.99	Dec. 31, 2011 Range of Exercise Prices $25.00 - $29.99	Dec. 31, 2010 Range of Exercise Prices $25.00 - $29.99	Dec. 31, 2012 Range of Exercise Prices $30.00 - $30.55	Dec. 31, 2011 Range of Exercise Prices $30.00 - $30.55	Dec. 31, 2010 Range of Exercise Prices $30.00 - $30.55
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options outstanding	173,888	167,983	175,485	174,220	17,158	22,861	46,245	111,410	120,802	108,180	24,620	3,620	120	12,800	12,800	12,800	2,500	2,500	2,740	5,400	5,400	5,400
Options lower range of exercise prices					$ 1.75			$ 10.00			$ 15.00			$ 20.00			$ 25.00			$ 30.00
Options upper range of exercise prices					$ 9.99			$ 14.99			$ 19.99			$ 24.99			$ 29.99			$ 30.55

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Property, Plant and Equipment - Major classifications and expected lives of property, plant and equipment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified				12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Land and office buildings	Dec. 31, 2011 Land and office buildings	Dec. 31, 2012 Production facilities	Dec. 31, 2011 Production facilities	Dec. 31, 2012 Production facilities Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Production facilities Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Machinery and equipment	Dec. 31, 2011 Machinery and equipment	Dec. 31, 2012 Machinery and equipment Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Machinery and equipment Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Furniture and fixtures	Dec. 31, 2011 Furniture and fixtures	Dec. 31, 2012 Furniture and fixtures Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Furniture and fixtures Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Expected Life				39 years				10 years	20 years			3 years	15 years			3 years	20 years
Total	$ 46,290	$ 40,413		$ 3,354	$ 3,282	$ 8,552	$ 8,185			$ 32,869	$ 27,672			$ 1,515	$ 1,274
Less accumulated depreciation	(26,508)	(23,698)
Property, plant and equipment, net excluding construction in progress	19,782	16,715
Construction in progress	3,151	3,423
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net	$ 22,933	$ 20,138	$ 18,952

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Stock Options (Detail Textuals 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted to purchase shares of common stock	21,000	23,500	23,404
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted to purchase shares of common stock	21,000	23,500	23,404
Weighted average fair value per option for options granted	11.03	8.98	3.89
Options exercisable	143,388	147,983	175,485
Weighted-average remaining contractual life of options	4 years 4 months 24 days	4 years 4 months 24 days	4 years 4 months 24 days
Unrecognized stock-based employee compensation expense	294,000
Unrecognized compensation cost weighted average recognition period	3 years 7 months 20 days

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Sales by Product - Revenues from sales by product (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales	$ 9,823	$ 19,914	$ 14,108	$ 12,808	$ 9,546	$ 11,401	$ 10,489	$ 9,585	$ 56,653	$ 41,021	$ 31,016
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	100.00%				100.00%				100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
HITOX
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales									18,453	17,538	12,080
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	33.00%				43.00%				33.00%	43.00%	39.00%
ALUPREM
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales									15,533	14,368	11,608
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	28.00%				35.00%				28.00%	35.00%	37.00%
BARTEX
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales									6,076	4,092	3,761
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	11.00%				10.00%				11.00%	10.00%	12.00%
HALTEX / OPTILOAD
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales									3,662	3,093	2,634
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	7.00%				7.00%				7.00%	7.00%	9.00%
TIOPREM
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales									1,799	1,460	515
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	2.00%				4.00%				2.00%	4.00%	2.00%
SR
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales									10,410
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	18.00%				0.00%				18.00%	0.00%	0.00%
OTHER
Product Information [Line Items]
Total Net Sales									$ 720	$ 470	$ 418
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	1.00%				1.00%				1.00%	1.00%	1.00%

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Commitments and Contingencies - (Detail Textuals)	Dec. 31, 2012 acre
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Total area of land	15
Total leased area of land	13
Area of land owned by company	2
Term for lease payment adjustment	5 years

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Profit Sharing Plan (Detail Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Profit Sharing Plan [Abstract]
Compensation arrangement with employees, requisite service period	Six months
Percentage of company matches contributions	4.00%
Company contributions	$ 66,000	$ 57,000	$ 42,000

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Stock Options - Fair value weighted average assumptions (Details) (Stock options)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	1.17%	2.78%	1.20%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected volatility	0.68%	0.68%	0.79%
Expected term (in years)	7 years	5 years	3 years

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Sales by Product

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Sales By Product [Abstract]

Sales by Product

18. Sales by Product

Revenues from sales by product for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

	Product		2012			2011			2010
	HITOX	$	18,453	33%	$	17,538	43%	$	12,080	39%
	ALUPREM	15,533		28%	14,368		35%	11,608		37%
	BARTEX	6,076		11%	4,092		10%	3,761		12%
	HALTEX / OPTILOAD	3,662		7%	3,093		7%	2,634		9%
	TIOPREM	1,799		2%	1,460		4%	515		2%
	SR	10,410		18%	-		0%	-		0%
	OTHER	720		1%	470		1%	418		1%
Total		$	56,653	100%	$	41,021	100%	$	31,016	100%

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Debt and Notes Payable (Detail Textuals 4)	12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 MYR	Dec. 31, 2012 Overdraft HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad	Dec. 31, 2012 Overdraft RHB Bank Berhad	May 21, 2012 Overdraft TOR Minerals Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad USD ($)	May 21, 2012 Overdraft TOR Minerals Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad MYR	Nov. 06, 2012 Overdraft TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2012 Overdraft TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad MYR	Dec. 31, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad	Dec. 31, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) RHB Bank Berhad	Dec. 31, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) TOR Minerals Malaysia	May 21, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) TOR Minerals Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad USD ($)	May 21, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) TOR Minerals Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad MYR	Dec. 31, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad MYR	Nov. 06, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2012 Import/export line (ECR) TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad MYR	Nov. 06, 2012 Bank guarantee TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2012 Bank guarantee TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad MYR	May 21, 2012 Foreign exchange contract limit TOR Minerals Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad USD ($)	May 21, 2012 Foreign exchange contract limit TOR Minerals Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad MYR	Dec. 31, 2012 Foreign exchange contract limit TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Foreign exchange contract limit TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad MYR	Nov. 06, 2012 Foreign exchange contract limit TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad USD ($)	Nov. 06, 2012 Foreign exchange contract limit TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad MYR	May 21, 2012 Term loan TOR Minerals Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad MYR	Dec. 31, 2012 Line of credit TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Line of credit TOR Minerals Malaysia RHB Bank Berhad MYR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding balance	$ 1,013,000	3,100,000			$ 163,000	500,000	$ 327,000	1,000,000				$ 2,112,000	6,460,000	$ 394,000	1,205,000	$ 3,042,000	9,300,000	$ 392,000	1,200,000	$ 1,635,000	5,000,000	$ 1,013,000	3,100,000	$ 8,175,000	25,000,000	3,500,000	$ 99,000	300,000
Current interest rate														5.00%	5.00%							2.98%	2.98%				4.81%	4.81%
Interest rate above the funding rate			1.25%	1.25%					1.00%	1.00%
Short-term financing term	P180D	P180D									P180D
Variable rate basis of debt instrument, description			bank prime	bank prime					funding rate stipulated by the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad	funding rate stipulated by the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Detail Textuals 1) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Reserve for doubtful accounts	$ 148,000	$ 87,000
Inventory reserve	61,000	264,000
Facility expense	606,000	331,000
Depreciation method	Straight-line method
Estimated useful lives	3 to 39 years
Method used for calculating share based compensation	Black-Scholes-Merton (Black-Scholes) option-pricing model
Share-based compensation	$ 90,000	$ 58,000	$ 91,000

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Stock Options (Detail Textuals 1) (General and administrative expenses and cost of sales, USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
General and administrative expenses and cost of sales
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Stock-based employee compensation expense	$ 90,000	$ 58,000	$ 91,000

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Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of gross fair market value of derivative instruments

(In thousands)
Asset Derivatives
			December 31,		December 31,
	Derivative Instrument	Location	2012		2011
	Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts	Other Current Assets	$	-	$	16
			$	-	$	16
		Liability Derivatives
			December 31,		December 31,
Derivative Instrument		Location	2012		2011
	Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts	Accrued Expenses	$	1	$	-
			$	1	$	-

Schedule of impact of derivatives on the condensed consolidated financial statements of income

(In thousands)			Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Operations
		Location of Gain		Twelve Months Ended
Derivative		(Loss) on Derivative		December 31,
Instrument		Instrument			2012		2011
		Other Expense:  (Loss)
	Foreign Currency	gain on foreign currency
	Exchange Contracts	exchange rate			$	74	$	(69)
					$	74	$	(69)

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Fair Value Measurements - Carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company's long-term debt, including current maturities (Details 1) (Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2), USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Carrying Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	$ 3,518	$ 3,481
Long-term debt - convertible debentures		1,450
Liabilities, fair value disclosure	3,518	4,931
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, including current portion	3,455	3,391
Long-term debt - convertible debentures		1,436
Liabilities, fair value disclosure	$ 3,455	$ 4,827

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Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Expense (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Current, federal income tax expense									$ 364
Current, state income tax expense									11	8	7
Current, foreign income tax expense									133	21
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total									508	29	7
Deferred, federal income tax expense									389
Deferred, state income tax expense
Deferred, foreign income tax expense									127	19	9
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total									120	(9)	9
Federal Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total									753
State Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total									11	8	7
Foreign Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total									260	40	9
Total Income Tax Expense	$ (378)	$ 516	$ 517	$ 369	$ (150)	$ 60	$ 91	$ 47	$ 1,024	$ 48	$ 16

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Segment Information (Detail Textuals 1)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Percentage of employees in an in-house collective bargaining agreement	27.00%
HITOX
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	33.00%	43.00%	39.00%
U.S. operation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues from sales by product, percentage	48.00%	49.00%	52.00%

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Debt and Notes Payable (Detail Textuals 1) (Six-percent Convertible Subordinated Debentures, USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 03, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012 Investor Director
Six-percent Convertible Subordinated Debentures
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		6.00%
Proceeds from sale of debentures		$ 1,500,000
Total accredited investors		9
Accredited investors - directors		4
Proportion of remaining investor	another of whom is a greater than 5% shareholder.	another of whom is a greater than 5% shareholder.
Issue of common stock (in shares)	547,172

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Debt and Notes Payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt and Notes Payable

2. Debt and Notes Payable

Long-term Debt – Financial Institutions

Following is a summary of our long-term debt to financial institutions:

(In thousands)		December 31,
		2012		2011
Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% at December 31, 2012, due January 1, 2016, secured by real estate, leasehold improvements, property, plant and equipment, inventory and accounts receivable of our U.S. operation.	$	1,309	$	1,680
Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% at December 31, 2012, due April 1, 2013, secured by a Caterpillar front-end loader.		-		35
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% at December 31, 2012, due July 1, 2029, secured by TPT's land and office building purchased July 2004.  (€275)		363		413
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% at December 31, 2012, due January 31, 2030, secured by TPT's land and building purchased January 2005.  (€299)		395		412
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% at December 31, 2012, due July 31, 2015, secured by TPT's assets.  (€108)		143		205
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% at December 31, 2012, due July 5, 2014, secured by TPT's assets.  (€334)		442		736
Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% at December 31, 2012, due March 1, 2015, secured by TMM's property, plant and eqiupment. (RM 2,647)		866		-
Total		3,518		3,481
Less current maturities		1,202		813
Total long-term debt and notes payable - financial institutions	$	2,316	$	2,668

United States Operation

U.S. Credit Agreement and Term Loan

On December 31, 2010, the Company entered into a new U.S. Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”) with American Bank, N.A. (the “Lender”). The Agreement includes various customary covenants, limitations and events of default.  Under the Agreement, the Company must maintain a ratio of cash flow to debt service of at least 1.25 to 1.0 measured on a rolling four quarter basis.  At December 31, 2012, the ratio of cash flow to debt service was 5.70 to 1.0.

The Agreement also includes certain additional affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on incurring additional indebtedness, becoming a guarantor or surety, making loans or advances to other parties, except trade credit extended in the normal course of business, or changing the President or Board of Directors of the Company without the Lender’s written consent.

Borrowing under the Agreement may be used to support working capital requirements and for general corporate purposes.

Six-percent Convertible Subordinated Debentures 

As reported in the Company’s Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on May 6, 2009 and August 10, 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of its six-percent (6%) convertible subordinated debentures with detachable warrants (the “Debentures”) for the purpose of refinancing, in whole or in part, its debt to the bank and for general corporate purposes.  The Company received $1,500,000 from the sale of Debentures, due May 4, 2016, from nine accredited investors, four of whom are directors of the Company and another of whom is a greater than 5% shareholder.

On May 3, 2012, the five remaining holders, four of whom are directors of the Company and another whom is a greater than 5% shareholder, of our Debentures converted their Debentures, and the Company issued 547,172 shares of common stock upon conversion of such Debentures.

Liquidity

Management believes that it has adequate liquidity for fiscal year 2013 and expects to maintain compliance with all financial covenants throughout 2013.

The following is a summary of the future maturities of long-term debt to financial institutions as of December 31, 2012: 

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
	2013	$	1,202
	2014	1,055
	2015	615
	2016	88
	2017	50
	Thereafter	508
	Total	$	3,518

Short-term Debt

U.S. Operations

On December 31, 2010, the Company entered into a U.S. credit agreement (the “Agreement”) with American Bank, N.A. (the “Lender”) which established a $1,000,000 line of credit (the “Line”).  On March 1, 2012, the Company entered into the first amendment to the Agreement with the Lender which increased the Line from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and extended the maturity date from July 1, 2012 to October 15, 2013.  Under the terms of the Agreement, the amount the Company is entitled to borrow under the Line is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on the loan value of the collateral pledged to the Lender to secure the indebtedness owing to the Lender by the Company.  Amounts advanced under the line of credit bear interest at a variable rate equal to one percent per annum point above the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate as such prime rate changes from time to time, with a minimum floor rate of 5.50%.  At December 31, 2012, the Company was not utilizing the Line.

European Operations

On March 20, 2007, our subsidiary, TPT, entered into a short-term credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Rabobank for a line of credit of €1,100,000. The Credit Facility was renewed on January 1, 2010 and has no stated maturity date. The Credit Facility, which has a variable interest rate of bank prime plus 2.8% (currently at 3.411%), is secured by TPT’s accounts receivable and inventory. At December 31, 2012, TPT had utilized €755,000 ($997,000) of its short-term credit facility.

TPT’s loan agreements covering both the Credit Facility and the term loans include subjective acceleration clauses that allow Rabobank to accelerate payment if, in the judgment of the bank, there are adverse changes in our business. We believe that such subjective acceleration clauses are customary in the Netherlands for such borrowings.  However, if demand is made by Rabobank, we may be unable to refinance the demanded indebtedness, in which case the bank could foreclose on the assets of TPT.

Asian Operations

On May 21, 2012, our subsidiary, TMM, amended its banking facility with HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad (“HSBC”) to extend the maturity date from April 30, 2012 to April 30, 2013. The HSBC facility includes the following in Malaysian Ringgits (“RM”):  (1) overdraft of RM 500,000; (2) an import/export line (“ECR”) of RM 6,460,000; (3) a foreign exchange contract limit of RM 5,000,000 ($163,000, $2,112,000 and $1,635,000, respectively); and a term loan of RM 3,500,000 noted above.

On November 6, 2012, TMM amended its banking facility with RHB Bank Berhad (“RHB”) to extend the maturity date to February 27, 2013.  The Company is currently negotiating the renewal of this banking facility with RHB. The RHB facility includes the following:  (1) an overdraft line of credit up to RM 1,000,000; (2) an ECR of RM 9,300,000; (3) a bank guarantee of RM 1,200,000; and (4) a foreign exchange contract limit of RM 25,000,000 ($327,000, $3,042000, $392,000 and $8,175,000, respectively). At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was RM 300,000 ($99,000) at a current interest rate of 4.81% and RM 3,100,000 ($1,013,000) was outstanding on the foreign exchange contract at a current interest rate of 2.98%.

The banking facilities with both HSBC and RHB bear an interest rate on the overdraft facilities at 1.25% over bank prime and the ECR facilities bear interest at 1.0% above the funding rate stipulated by the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad.  The ECR, a government supported financing arrangement specifically for exporters, is used by TMM for short-term financing of up to 180 days against customers’ and inter-company shipments.  At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the ECR facilities was RM 1,205,000 ($394,000) at a current interest rate of 5.0%.

The borrowings under both the HSBC and the RHB short term credit facilities are subject to certain subjective acceleration covenants based on the judgment of the banks and a demand provision that provide that the banks may demand repayment at any time.  We believe such a demand provision is customary in Malaysia for such facilities.  The loan agreements are secured by TMM’s property, plant and equipment.  However, if demand is made by HSBC or RHB, we may be unable to refinance the demanded indebtedness, in which case, the lenders could foreclose on the assets of TMM.  The credit facilities prohibit TMM from paying dividends and the HSBC facility further prohibits loans to related parties without the prior consent of HSBC. 

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Segment Information (Detail Textuals 2)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011 Sales Revenue	Dec. 31, 2010 Sales Revenue	Dec. 31, 2012 United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of foreign revenue			33.00%
Concentration risk, benchmark description	10% or more	10% or more

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Debt and Notes Payable - Summary of long-term debt to financial institutions (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% due January 1, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% due January 1, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% due April 1, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% due April 1, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% due July 1, 2029 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% due July 1, 2029 TOR Processing and Trade EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% due July 1, 2029 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% due January 31, 2030 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% due January 31, 2030 TOR Processing and Trade EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% due January 31, 2030 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% due July 31, 2015 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% due July 31, 2015 TOR Processing and Trade EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% due July 31, 2015 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% due July 5, 2014 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% due July 5, 2014 TOR Processing and Trade EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% due July 5, 2014 TOR Processing and Trade USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% due March 1, 2015 TOR Minerals Malaysia USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% due March 1, 2015 TOR Minerals Malaysia EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% due March 1, 2015 TOR Minerals Malaysia MYR	Dec. 31, 2011 Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% due March 1, 2015 TOR Minerals Malaysia USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 3,518,000	$ 3,481,000	$ 1,309,000	$ 1,680,000		$ 35,000	$ 363,000	€ 275,000	$ 413,000	$ 395,000	€ 299,000	$ 412,000	$ 143,000	€ 108,000	$ 205,000	$ 442,000	€ 334,000	$ 736,000	$ 866,000	€ 2,647,000	2,647,000
Less current maturities	1,202,000	813,000
Total long-term debt and notes payable - financial institutions	$ 2,316,000	$ 2,668,000

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Capital Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Leases, Capital [Abstract]

Schedule of minimum future lease payments until maturity

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
	2013	$	35
	2014	12
	Total minimum lease payments	47
	Less:  Amount representing executory costs	-
	Net minimum lease payments	47
	Less:  Amount representing interest	(2)
	Present value of net minimum lease payments	45
	Less:  Current maturities of capital lease obligations	(33)
	Long-term capital lease obligations	$	12

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of assets and liabilities measured and recognized at fair value on a recurring basis, classified as level of fair value hierarchy

		December 31, 2012
				Quoted Prices in Active		Significant Other			Significant
	Balance at			Markets for Identical Items		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2012			(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)
Liability for foreign currency
derivative financial instruments
(including forward contracts)		$	1	$	-	$	1		$	-
		December 31, 2011
				Quoted Prices in Active		Significant Other			Significant
	Balance at			Markets for Identical Items		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2011			(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)
Asset for foreign currency
derivative financial instruments
(including forward contracts)		$	16	$	-	$	16		$	-

Schedule of carrying and estimated fair values of the company's long-term debt, including current maturities

		December 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
		Carrying		Fair		Carrying		Fair
(In thousands)		Value		Value		Value		Value
	Long-term debt, including current portion	$	3,518	$	3,455	$	3,481	$	3,391
	Long-term debt – convertible debentures	-		-		1,450		1,436
		$	3,518	$	3,455	$	4,931	$	4,827

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Inventories - Summary of inventories (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Raw materials	$ 14,002	$ 13,170
Work in progress	2,848	1,709
Finished goods	5,238	3,254
Supplies	868	804
Total Inventories	22,956	18,937
Inventory reserve	(61)	(264)
Net Inventories	$ 22,895	$ 18,673

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Debt and Notes Payable (Parentheticals) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% due January 1, 2016	Dec. 31, 2010 Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% due January 1, 2016	Dec. 31, 2012 Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% due April 1, 2013	Mar. 31, 2008 Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% due April 1, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% due July 1, 2029 TOR Processing and Trade	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% due January 31, 2030 TOR Processing and Trade	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% due July 31, 2015 TOR Processing and Trade	Dec. 31, 2012 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% due July 5, 2014 TOR Processing and Trade	Jul. 05, 2011 Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% due July 5, 2014 TOR Processing and Trade	Dec. 31, 2012 Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% due March 1, 2015 TOR Minerals Malaysia
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.65%	6.65%	5.24%	5.24%	7.80%	4.60%	4.05%	4.25%	4.25%	5.20%

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Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of inventory

(In thousands)	December 31,
		2012		2011
Raw materials	$	14,002	$	13,170
Work in progress		2,848		1,709
Finished goods		5,238		3,254
Supplies		868		804
Total Inventories		22,956		18,937
Inventory reserve		(61)		(264)
Net Inventories	$	22,895	$	18,673

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of major classifications and expected lives of property, plant and equipment

(In thousands)		December 31,
	Expected Life	2012		2011
Land and office buildings	39 years	$	3,354	$	3,282
Production facilities	10 - 20 years	8,552		8,185
Machinery and equipment	3 - 15 years	32,869		27,672
Furniture and fixtures	3 - 20 years	1,515		1,274
Total		46,290		40,413
Less accumulated depreciation		(26,508)		(23,698)
Property, plant and equipment, net		19,782		16,715
Construction in progress		3,151		3,423
		$	22,933	$	20,138

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Business Description

TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company"), a Delaware Corporation, is engaged in a single industry, the manufacture and sale of mineral products for use as pigments and extenders, primarily in the manufacture of paints, industrial coatings plastics, catalysts and solid surface applications.  The Company's global headquarters and U.S. manufacturing plant are located in Corpus Christi, Texas (“TOR U.S.” or “U.S. Operation”).  The Asian Operation, TOR Minerals Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd. (“TMM”), is located in Ipoh, Malaysia, and the European Operation, TOR Processing and Trade, BV (“TPT”), is located in Hattem, The Netherlands.

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The consolidated financial statements include accounts of TOR Minerals International, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TMM and TPT.  All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in the consolidation process.

TMM measures and records its transactions in terms of the local Malaysian currency, the Ringgit, which is also the functional currency.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating TMM's financial statements from Ringgits to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments (which are included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of shareholders’ equity) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $2,988,000 and $2,367,000, respectively.

TPT’s functional currency is the Euro.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating TPT’s financial statements from Euros to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $1,721,000 and $1,596,000, respectively.

In preparing consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of consolidated assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:  The Company considers all highly liquid investments readily convertible to known cash amounts and with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable:  The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition and, generally, requires no collateral from its customers.  The allowance for non-collection of accounts receivable is based upon the expected collectability of all accounts receivable including review of agings and current economic conditions.  Accounts are written off when all reasonable internal and external collection efforts have been performed.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for doubtful accounts of approximately $148,000 and $87,000, respectively.  The increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts was primarily related to the global economic conditions and its effects on the collectability of customer balances.

Foreign Currency:  Results of operations for the Company’s foreign operations, TMM and TPT, are translated from the designated functional currency to the U.S. Dollar using average exchange rates during the period, while assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the reporting date.  Resulting gains or losses from translating foreign currency financial statements are reported as other comprehensive income (loss), net of income tax.  The effect of changes in exchange rates between the designated functional currency and the currency in which a transaction is denominated are recorded as foreign currency transaction gains (losses) in earnings.

Inventories:  Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market with cost being determined principally by use of the average-cost method.  The Company writes down inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for obsolescence and unmarketable inventory of approximately $61,000 and $264,000, respectively.

Overhead is charged to inventory based on normal capacity and we expense abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight and handling costs in the period incurred.  For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded approximately $606,000 and $331,000, respectively, related to idle facility expense primarily at the Malaysian operations.

Property, Plant and Equipment:  Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.  Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets which range from 3 to 39 years.  Maintenance and repair costs are charged to operations as incurred and major improvements extending asset lives are capitalized.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets:  The impairment of tangible and intangible assets is assessed when changes in circumstances (such as, but not limited to, a decrease in market value of an asset, current and historical operating losses or a change in business strategy) indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable.  This assessment is based on management’s estimates of future undiscounted cash flows, salvage values or net sales proceeds.  These estimates take into account management’s expectations and judgments regarding future business and economic conditions, future market values and disposal costs.  Actual results and events could differ significantly from management’s estimates.  Based upon our most recent analysis, we believe that no impairment exists at December 31, 2012 and 2011 or 2010.  There can be no assurance that future impairment tests will not result in a charge to net earnings.

Revenue Recognition:  The Company recognizes revenue when each of the following four criteria are met:  1) a contract or sales arrangement exists; 2) title and risk of loss transfers to the customer upon shipment for FOB shipping point sales and when the Company receives confirmation of receipt and acceptance by the customer for FOB destination sales; 3) the price of the products is fixed or determinable; 4) collectability is reasonably assured.

Shipping and Handling:  The Company records shipping and handling costs, associated with the outbound freight on products shipped to customers, as a component of cost of goods sold.

Earnings Per Share:  Basic earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding and exclude any dilutive effects of options, warrants, debentures and/or convertible preferred stock.  Diluted earnings per share reflect the effect of all dilutive items.

Income Taxes:  The Company records income taxes using the liability method.  Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

When accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, we evaluate all tax years still subject to potential audit under the applicable state, federal and foreign income tax laws.  We are subject to taxation in the United States, Malaysia and The Netherlands.  Our federal income tax returns in the United States are subject to examination for the tax years ended December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2012.  Our state returns, which are filed in Texas and Ohio, are subject to examination for the tax years ended December 31, 2008 through December 31, 2012.  Our tax returns in various non-U.S. jurisdictions are subject to examination for various tax years ended December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2012.

As of January 1, 2012, we did not have any unrecognized tax benefits and there was no change during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.  In addition, we did not recognize any interest and penalties in our consolidated financial statements during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.  If any interest or penalties related to any income tax liabilities are imposed in future reporting periods, we expect to record both of these items as components of income tax expense.

Derivatives and Hedging Activities:  The Company records the fair value of all outstanding derivative instruments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in other current assets and current liabilities.  Derivatives are held as part of a formally documented risk management (hedging) program.  All derivatives are straightforward and are held for purposes other than trading.  The Company measures hedge effectiveness by formally assessing, at least quarterly, the historical and probable future high correlation of changes in the fair value or expected future cash flows of the hedged item.  The ineffective portions, if any, are recorded in current earnings in the current period.  If the hedging relationship ceases to be highly effective or if it becomes probable that an expected transaction will no longer occur, gains or losses on the derivative are recorded in current earnings.  Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded in current earnings along with the change in fair value of the underlying hedged item if the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge or in other comprehensive income (loss) if the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge.  If no hedging relationship is designated, the derivative is marked to market through current earnings.  The Company has utilized natural gas forward contracts to hedge a portion of its U.S. Operation’s natural gas needs and has utilized foreign currency forward contracts at both the U.S. and Asian Operations to hedge a portion of its foreign currency risk.  (See Note 14, Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments).

Share Based Compensation:  The Company calculates share based compensation using the Black-Scholes-Merton (“Black-Scholes”) option-pricing model, which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility.  For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we recorded $90,000, $58,000 and $91,000, respectively, in share-based employee compensation.  This compensation cost is included in the general and administrative expenses and cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

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Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of company's manufacturing operations by geographic area

(In thousands)		United States (Corpus Christi)		Netherlands (TP&T)		Malaysia (TMM)		Inter-Company Eliminations		Consolidated
As of and for the years ended:
December 31, 2012
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	33,263	$	7,578	$	15,812	$	-	$	56,653
Intercompany sales		105		6,179		9,064		(15,348)		-
Total Net Sales	$	33,368	$	13,757	$	24,876	$	(15,348)	$	56,653
Share based compensation	$	90	$		$		$	-	$	90
Depreciation	$	751	$	871	$	848	$	-	$	2,470
Interest expense	$	170	$	126	$	175	$	-	$	471
Income tax expense	$	753	$	133	$	204	$	(66)	$	1,024
Location profit	$	2,076	$	445	$	2,738	$	(231)	$	5,028
Capital expenditures	$	1,928	$	1,581	$	1,372	$	-	$	4,881
Location long-lived assets	$	6,051	$	8,653	$	8,229	$	-	$	22,933
Location assets	$	20,762	$	10,652	$	23,032	$	-	$	54,445
December 31, 2011
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	24,560	$	10,347	$	6,114	$	-	$	41,021
Intercompany sales		463		3,385		8,487		(12,335)		-
Total Net Sales	$	25,023	$	13,732	$	14,601	$	(12,335)	$	41,021
Share based compensation	$	58	$		$		$	-	$	58
Depreciation	$	740	$	571	$	767	$	-	$	2,078
Interest expense	$	280	$	144	$	47	$	-	$	471
Income tax expense	$	8	$	24	$	21	$	(5)	$	48
Location profit	$	1,910	$	1,064	$	882	$	(20)	$	3,836
Capital expenditures	$	591	$	2,445	$	499	$	-	$	3,535
Location long-lived assets	$	4,875	$	7,819	$	7,444	$	-	$	20,138
Location assets	$	17,050	$	10,026	$	20,891	$	-	$	47,967
December 31, 2010
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	19,580	$	8,351	$	3,085	$	-	$	31,016
Intercompany sales		98		2,424		5,628		(8,150)		-
Total Net Sales	$	19,678	$	10,775	$	8,713	$	(8,150)	$	31,016
Share based compensation	$	91	$		$		$	-	$	91
Depreciation	$	685	$	511	$	707	$	-	$	1,903
Interest expense	$	247	$	177	$	15	$	-	$	439
Income tax expense	$	7	$	-	$	9	$	-	$	16
Location profit (loss)	$	1,222	$	1,032	$	(55)	$	89	$	2,288
Capital expenditures	$	800	$	827	$	18	$	-	$	1,645
Location long-lived assets	$	5,024	$	6,087	$	7,841	$	-	$	18,952
Location assets	$	13,600	$	8,096	$	15,475	$	-	$	37,171

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Significant Customers (Detail Textuals) (Customer Risk, Sales Revenue)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
BASF Corporation
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue	17.00%	14.00%	13.00%
Tioxide Europe Ltd Corporation
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue	16.00%

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Sales by Product (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Sales By Product [Abstract]

Schedule of revenues from sales by product

	Product		2012			2011			2010
	HITOX	$	18,453	33%	$	17,538	43%	$	12,080	39%
	ALUPREM	15,533		28%	14,368		35%	11,608		37%
	BARTEX	6,076		11%	4,092		10%	3,761		12%
	HALTEX / OPTILOAD	3,662		7%	3,093		7%	2,634		9%
	TIOPREM	1,799		2%	1,460		4%	515		2%
	SR	10,410		18%	-		0%	-		0%
	OTHER	720		1%	470		1%	418		1%
Total		$	56,653	100%	$	41,021	100%	$	31,016	100%

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Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Dividend (Detail Textuals) (Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock, USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock
Schedule Of Convertible Preferred Stock Dividend [Line Items]
Dividends declared on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock	$ 375	$ 16,000	$ 60,000

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Stock Options - Information regarding stock option activity (Details 1) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Share Based Compensation, Shares Authorized Under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Number Of Outstanding Options [Roll Forward]
Balances	177,641	208,643	224,782
Additional options authorized	250,000
Granted
Exercised	(15,095)	(31,002)	(14,529)
Forfeited or expired			(1,600)
Balances	412,546	177,641	208,643
Share Based Compensation, Shares Authorized Under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Outstanding Shares [Roll Forward]
Balances	167,983	175,485	174,220
Granted	21,000	23,500	23,404
Exercised	(15,095)	(31,002)	(14,539)
Forfeited or expired			(7,600)
Balances	173,888	167,983	175,485
Share Based Compensation, Shares Authorized Under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Weighted Average Exercise Price [Roll Forward]
Balances	$ 12.53	$ 11.39	$ 11.20
Granted	$ 11.03	$ 13.46	$ 7.52
Exercised	$ 8.83	$ 6.65	$ 3.17
Forfeited or expired			$ 10.31
Balances	$ 13.39	$ 12.53	$ 11.39
Share Based Compensation, Shares Authorized Under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit [Roll Forward]
Balances	$ 1.75	$ 1.75	$ 4.60
Granted	$ 16.77	$ 12.96	$ 7.50
Exercised	$ 2.90	$ 1.75	$ 2.70
Forfeited or expired			$ 2.90
Balances	$ 2.70	$ 1.75	$ 1.75
Share Based Compensation, Shares Authorized Under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit [Roll Forward]
Balances	$ 30.55	$ 30.55	$ 30.55
Granted	$ 1,822.00	$ 16.33	$ 7.63
Exercised	$ 11.05	$ 13.80	$ 7.50
Forfeited or expired			$ 11.25
Balances	$ 30.55	$ 30.55	$ 30.55

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Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Statement [Abstract]
NET SALES	$ 9,823	$ 19,914	$ 14,108	$ 12,808	$ 9,546	$ 11,401	$ 10,489	$ 9,585	$ 56,653	$ 41,021	$ 31,016
Cost of sales	8,546	16,068	10,441	9,618	7,024	9,026	8,183	7,494	44,673	31,727	24,258
GROSS MARGIN	1,277	3,846	3,667	3,190	2,522	2,375	2,306	2,091	11,980	9,294	6,758
Technical services and research and development	111	90	101	82	81	74	66	66	384	287	254
Selling, general and administrative expenses	1,204	1,242	1,359	1,224	1,317	1,098	1,065	1,159	5,029	4,639	3,701
Gain on disposal of assets		(6)			(1)				(6)	(1)
OPERATING INCOME	(38)	2,520	2,207	1,884	1,125	1,203	1,175	866	6,573	4,369	2,803
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense	(74)	(143)	(112)	(142)	(135)	(139)	(101)	(96)	(471)	(471)	(439)
Loss on foreign currency exchange rate	(29)	(24)	(20)	23	(29)	63	(9)	(48)	(50)	(23)	(60)
Other, net	(1)		1		2		7			9
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX	(142)	2,353	2,076	1,765	963	1,127	1,072	722	6,052	3,884	2,304
Income tax expense	(378)	516	517	369	(150)	60	91	47	1,024	48	16
NET INCOME	236	1,837	1,559	1,396	1,113	1,067	981	675	5,028	3,836	2,288
Less: Preferred Stock Dividends					1			15		16	60
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	236	1,837	1,559	1,396	1,112	1,067	981	660	5,028	3,820	2,228
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense				22	21	22	22	22	22	87	90
Plus: Preferred Stock Dividends					1			15		16
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$ 236	$ 1,837	$ 1,559	$ 1,418	$ 1,134	$ 1,089	$ 1,003	$ 697	$ 5,050	$ 3,923	$ 2,318
Income per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.08	$ 0.62	$ 0.56	$ 0.58	$ 0.51	$ 0.50	$ 0.47	$ 0.34	$ 1.81	$ 1.84	$ 1.17
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.53	$ 0.45	$ 0.41	$ 0.35	$ 0.33	$ 0.30	$ 0.22	$ 1.49	$ 1.21	$ 0.83
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	2,980	2,968	2,769	2,402	2,160	2,122	2,091	1,941	2,781	2,079	1,904
Diluted (in shares)	3,424	3,441	3,462	3,439	3,239	3,264	3,293	3,149	3,394	3,235	2,785

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Debt and Notes Payable - Summary of maturities of long-term debt to financial institutions (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
2013	$ 1,202
2014	1,055
2015	615
2016	88
2017	50
Thereafter	508
Total	$ 3,518	$ 3,481

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2009	$ 2	$ 2,363	$ 25,214	$ (7,807)	$ 3,443	$ 23,215
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2009	200	1,891
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Issuance of Common Stock		36	39			75
Issuance of Common Stock (in shares)		28
Exercise of stock options		17	28			45
Exercise of stock options (in shares)		15
Exercise of warrants			(9)			(9)
Share based compensation			91			91
Dividends declared - Preferred				(60)		(60)
Net Income (Loss)				2,288		2,288
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)					1,233	1,233
Balance at Dec. 31, 2010	2	2,416	25,363	(5,579)	4,676	26,878
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2010	200	1,934
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Conversion of preferred stock to common stock	(2)	138	(136)
Conversion of preferred stock to common stock (in shares)	(200)	111
Conversion of debentures to common stock		12	13			25
Conversion of debentures to common stock (in shares)		9
Exercise of stock options		39	168			207
Exercise of stock options (in shares)		31
Exercise of warrants		394	2,756			3,150
Exercise of warrants (in shares)		315
Share based compensation			58			58
Dividends declared - Preferred				(16)		(16)
Net Income (Loss)				3,836		3,836
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)					(713)	(713)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011		2,999	28,222	(1,759)	3,963	33,425
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2011		2,400
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Conversion of debentures to common stock		691	565			1,256
Conversion of debentures to common stock (in shares)		553
Exercise of stock options		19	114			133
Exercise of stock options (in shares)		15
Exercise of warrants		24	26			50
Exercise of warrants (in shares)		19
Share based compensation			90			90
Net Income (Loss)				5,028		5,028
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)					746	746
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012		$ 3,733	$ 29,017	$ 3,269	$ 4,709	$ 40,728
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012		2,987

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Segment Information - Company's manufacturing operations by geographic area (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales	$ 9,823	$ 19,914	$ 14,108	$ 12,808	$ 9,546	$ 11,401	$ 10,489	$ 9,585	$ 56,653	$ 41,021	$ 31,016
Share-based compensation									90	58	91
Depreciation									2,470	2,078	1,903
Interest expense	74	143	112	142	135	139	101	96	471	471	439
Income tax expense	(378)	516	517	369	(150)	60	91	47	1,024	48	16
Location profit	236	1,837	1,559	1,396	1,113	1,067	981	675	5,028	3,836	2,288
Capital expenditures									4,881	3,535	1,645
Location long-lived assets	22,933				20,138				22,933	20,138	18,952
Location assets	54,446				47,967				54,446	47,967	37,171
Customer sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									56,653	41,021	31,016
Intercompany sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales
United States (Corpus Christi)
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									33,368	25,023	19,678
Share-based compensation									90	58	91
Depreciation									751	740	685
Interest expense									170	280	247
Income tax expense									753	8	7
Location profit									2,076	1,910	1,222
Capital expenditures									1,928	591	800
Location long-lived assets	6,051				4,875				6,051	4,875	5,024
Location assets	20,762				17,050				20,762	17,050	13,600
United States (Corpus Christi) | Customer sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									33,263	24,560	19,580
United States (Corpus Christi) | Intercompany sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									105	463	98
Netherlands (TP&T)
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									13,757	13,732	10,775
Share-based compensation
Depreciation									871	571	511
Interest expense									126	144	177
Income tax expense									133	24
Location profit									445	1,064	1,032
Capital expenditures									1,581	2,445	827
Location long-lived assets	8,653				7,819				8,653	7,819	6,087
Location assets	10,652				10,026				10,652	10,026	8,096
Netherlands (TP&T) | Customer sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									7,578	10,347	8,351
Netherlands (TP&T) | Intercompany sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									6,179	3,385	2,424
Malaysia (TMM)
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									24,876	14,601	8,713
Share-based compensation
Depreciation									848	767	707
Interest expense									175	47	15
Income tax expense									204	21	9
Location profit									2,738	882	(55)
Capital expenditures									1,372	499	18
Location long-lived assets	8,229				7,444				8,229	7,444	7,841
Location assets	23,032				20,891				23,032	20,891	15,475
Malaysia (TMM) | Customer sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									15,812	6,114	3,085
Malaysia (TMM) | Intercompany sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									9,064	8,487	5,628
Inter-Company Eliminations
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									(15,348)	(12,335)	(8,150)
Share-based compensation
Depreciation
Interest expense
Income tax expense									(66)	(5)
Location profit									(231)	(20)	89
Capital expenditures
Location long-lived assets
Location assets
Inter-Company Eliminations | Customer sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales
Inter-Company Eliminations | Intercompany sales
Net Sales:
Total Net Sales									$ (15,348)	$ (12,335)	$ (8,150)

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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of components of pretax income (loss)

Components of Pretax Income (Loss)		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011		2010
	Domestic	$	2,829	$	1,918	$	1,229
	Foreign	3,223		1,966		1,075
	Pretax income (loss)	$	6,052	$	3,884	$	2,304

Schedule of components of income tax expense

								Components of Income Tax Expense
								Year Ended December 31,
				2012						2011						2010
(In thousands)		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total
	Federal	$	364	$	389	$	753	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	State	11		-		11		8		-		8		7		-		7
	Foreign	133		127		260		21		19		40		-		9		9
Total Income
Tax Expense		$	508	$	516	$	1,024	$	29	$	19	$	48	$	7	$	9	$	16

Schedule of effective tax rate reconciliation

Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation			Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)			2012		2011		2010
	Expense computed at statutory rate		$	2,058	$	1,321	$	783
	Change in valuation allowance - Domestic		(259)		(684)		(451)
	Change in valuation allowance - Foreign		-		(200)		(267)
	Effect of items deductible for book not tax, net
		Option compensation	30		20		31
		Other	14		19		(42)
	Effect of foreign tax credit		(547)		(190)
	Effect of foreign tax rate differential		(279)		(243)		(43)
	State income taxes, net of Federal benefit		7		5		5
			$	1,024	$	48	$	16

Schedule of significant components of deferred taxes

Significant Components of Deferred Taxes				Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)				2012		2011
	Deferred Tax Assets:
		Net operating loss carryforwards - Domestic		$	-	$	591
		Net operating loss carryforwards - Foreign		733		915
		PP&E - Foreign		10		10
		Intercompany profit		83		17
		Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards		-		65
		Domestic reserves		16		17
		Unrealized foreign currency losses - Domestic		62		19
		Other deferred assets		35		20
				939		1,654
		Valuation allowance		-		(259)
	Total deferred tax assets			$	939	$	1,395
	Deferred Tax Liabilities:
		PP&E - Domestic		654		628
		PP&E - Foreign		1,442		1,405
		Unrealized gain on derivatives		20		22
		Other		3		5
			Total deferred tax liabilities	2,119		2,060
	Net deferred tax liability			$	(1,180)	$	(665)

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Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share (Detail Textuals)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Stock options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	77,820	24,320	151,985
Common Stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)			111,111
Convertible Preferred Stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)			200,000

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Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

15. Commitments and Contingencies

Land Lease

The Company operates a plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.  The facility is located in the Rincon Industrial Park on approximately 15 acres of land, with 13 acres leased from the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (the "Port") and approximately two acres owned by the Company.  The lease payment is subject to an adjustment every 5 years for what the Port calls the "equalization valuation".  This is used as a means of equalizing rentals on various Port lands and is determined solely at the discretion of the Port.  The Company and the Port executed an amended lease agreement on July 11, 2000, which extended the expiration date of the lease to June 30, 2027.

Minimum future rental payments under this and other immaterial leases as of December 31, 2012 for the next five years ending December 31 and in total thereafter are as follows:

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
	2013	$	104
	2014	103
	2015	95
	2016	95
	2017	95
	Thereafter	908
	Total minimum lease payments	$	1,400

Rent expense under these leases was approximately $104,000, $63,000 and $276,000 for the years ended 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Contingencies

There are claims arising in the normal course of business that are pending against the Company.  While it is not feasible to predict or determine the outcome of any case, it is the opinion of management that the ultimate dispositions will have no material effect on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

The Company believes that it is in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the discharge of substances into the environment, and it does not expect that any material expenditure for environmental control facilities will be necessary in order to continue such compliance.

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Stock Options (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs, Share-Based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of weighted average fair value valuation assumptions for options granted

	Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2012			2011		2010
Risk-free interest rate		1.17	%	2.78	%	1.20	%
Expected dividend yield	0.00		%	0.00	%	0.00	%
Expected volatility		0.68		0.68		0.79
Expected term (in years)		7.00		5.00		3.00

Schedule of information regarding stock option activity

				Options
					Weighted Avg			Range of
		Total Reserved		Outstanding	Exercise Price			Exercise Prices
Balances at
December 31, 2009			224,782	174,220		$	11.20	$	4.60	-	$	30.55
	Granted			23,404		$	7.52	$	7.50	-	$	7.63
	Exercised		(14,529)	(14,539)		$	3.17	$	2.7		$	7.5
	Forfeited
	or expired		(1,600)	(7,600)		$	10.31	$	2.90	-	$	11.25
Balances at
December 31, 2010			208,643	175,485		$	11.39	$	1.75	-	$	30.55
	Granted			23,500		$	13.46	$	12.96	-	$	16.33
	Exercised		(31,002)	(31,002)		$	6.65	$	1.75	-	$	13.80
Balances at
December 31, 2011			177,641	167,983		$	12.53	$	1.75	-	$	30.55
	Additional options
	authorized		250,000
	Granted			21,000		$	11.03	$	16.77	-	$	1,822.00
	Exercised		(15,095)	(15,095)		$	8.83	$	2.90	-	$	11.05
Balances at
December 31, 2012			412,546	173,888		$	13.39	$	2.70	-	$	30.55

Schedule of exercise prices on options outstanding

				Options Outstanding
2012				2011		2010	Range of Exercise Prices
		17,158			22,861	46,245	$   1.75 - $   9.99
	111,410				120,802	108,180	$ 10.00 - $ 14.99
		24,620			3,620	120	$ 15.00 - $ 19.99
		12,800			12,800	12,800	$ 20.00 - $ 24.99
			2,500		2,500	2,740	$ 25.00 - $ 29.99
			5,400		5,400	5,400	$ 30.00 - $ 30.55
	173,888				167,983	175,485

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Foreign Customer Sales

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Foreign Customer Sales [Abstract]

Foreign Customer Sales

17. Foreign Customer Sales

Revenues from sales to customers located outside the U.S. for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011			2010
Canada, Mexico & South/Central America		$	5,759		$	4,187		$	3,401
Pacific Rim		7,073		6,321			3,177
Europe, Africa & Middle East		16,628		10,272			8,456
	Total Sales	$	29,460		$	20,780		$	15,034

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the United Kingdom represented approximately 33% of our total foreign sales.  For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, no individual country accounted for 10% or more of our foreign sales.

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Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Schedule Of Income Tax [Line Items]
Expense computed at statutory rate	$ 2,058	$ 1,321	$ 783
Effect of items deductible for book not tax, net
Option compensation	30	20	31
Other	14	19	(42)
Effect of foreign tax credit	(547)	(190)
Effect of foreign tax rate differential	(279)	(243)	(43)
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit	7	5	5
Income tax expense (benefit), continuing operations, total	1,024	48	16
Domestic
Schedule Of Income Tax [Line Items]
Change in valuation allowance	(259)	(684)	(451)
Foreign
Schedule Of Income Tax [Line Items]
Change in valuation allowance		$ (200)	$ (267)

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net Income (Loss)	$ 5,028	$ 3,836	$ 2,288
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation	2,470	2,078	1,903
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets	(6)	(1)
Share-based compensation	90	58	91
Warrant interest expense	22	67	70
Deferred income taxes	120	(9)	9
Provision for bad debts	69		23
Changes in working capital:
Trade accounts receivables	936	(1,081)	(545)
Inventories	(3,777)	(7,845)	(1,449)
Other current assets	(598)	(115)	(179)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1,385	1,094	1,457
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	5,739	(1,918)	3,668
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to property, plant and equipment	(4,881)	(3,535)	(1,645)
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment	7	2	18
Net cash used in investing activities	(4,874)	(3,533)	(1,627)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net proceeds from (payments on) lines of credit	(869)	2,087	(2,449)
Net proceeds from (payments on) export credit refinancing facility	(906)	997	264
Proceeds from capital lease		11	19
Payments on capital lease	(18)	(11)	(137)
Proceeds from long-term bank debt	866	972	2,000
Payments on long-term bank debt	(862)	(790)	(470)
Loan origination payments			33
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock, and exercise of common stock options	198	3,356	96
Preferred stock dividends paid		(31)	(60)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(1,591)	6,591	(704)
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents	144	(318)	220
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	(582)	822	1,557
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	3,381	2,559	1,002
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	2,799	3,381	2,559
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Interest paid	429	471	439
Income taxes paid	742	7	7
Non-cash financing activities
Conversion of debenture	$ 1,450	$ 25	$ 25

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Statement Of Income and Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
NET INCOME	$ 5,028	$ 3,836	$ 2,288
Currency translation adjustment, net of tax:
Net foreign currency translation adjustment gains (losses)	746	(713)	1,233
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	746	(713)	1,233
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$ 5,774	$ 3,123	$ 3,521

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Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Per Common Share

Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

10. Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

(in thousands, except per share amounts)		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Numerator:
Net Income (Loss)	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288
Preferred stock dividends		-		(16)		(60)
Numerator for basic earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders		5,028		3,820		2,228
Effect of dilutive securities:		22		103		90
Numerator for diluted earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders after assumed conversions	$	5,050	$	3,923	$	2,318
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted-average shares		2,781		2,079		1,904
Effect of dilutive securities
Employee stock options		30		35		13
Warrants		447		533		302
6% Convertible Debentures		136		551		566
Preferred stock		-		37		-
Dilutive potential common shares		613		1,119		881
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted-average shares and assumed conversions		3,394		3,235		2,785
Basic earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$	1.81	$	1.84	$	1.17
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$	1.49	$	1.21	$	0.83

Excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share were a total of 111,111 common shares issuable upon conversion of the 200,000 convertible preferred shares for the year ended December 31, 2010.  The convertible preferred shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share as the conversion price was greater than the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would be antidilutive.  For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, there were no convertible preferred shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as all were converted to common stock during 2011.

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, there were no convertible debentures excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, there were no warrants excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, stock options excluded from diluted earnings per share were 77,820, 24,320 and 151,985, respectively.  The options were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would be antidilutive.

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Document and Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 25, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000842295
Trading Symbol	torm
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Well-Known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		2,986,845
Entity Public Float			$ 22,065,000
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY

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Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

11. Income Taxes

The Company provides for deferred taxes on temporary differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets using the enacted tax rates that are expected to apply to taxable income when the temporary differences are expected to reverse.

Our U.S. operation had deferred tax assets related to federal net operating loss ("NOL") carryforward of $591,000 at December 31, 2011 and maintained a valuation allowance of approximately 43% due to uncertainties as to the Company’s ability to utilize this deferred tax asset.

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had  NOL carryforwards of approximately $1,738,000, and $3,680,000, respectively.  The U.S. NOL carryforward was fully utilized during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.

TPT, our European operation, had NOL carryforwards at December 31, 2010 of approximately $867,000 which was fully utilized during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2011.

Our Asian operation, TMM, had NOL carryforwards of approximately $2,934,000, $3,661,000 and $4,530,000, at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Because these foreign NOL carryforwards have an indefinite carry forward period, we have determined that it is not necessary to provide a valuation allowance.

The undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are considered to be indefinitely reinvested.  Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state income taxes or foreign withholding taxes has been provided on approximately $6,000,000 of such cumulative undistributed earnings.  Determination of the potential amount of unrecognized deferred U.S. income tax liability and foreign withholding taxes is not practicable because of the complexities associated with its hypothetical calculation.

Components of Pretax Income (Loss)		Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011		2010
	Domestic	$	2,829	$	1,918	$	1,229
	Foreign	3,223		1,966		1,075
	Pretax income (loss)	$	6,052	$	3,884	$	2,304

								Components of Income Tax Expense
								Year Ended December 31,
				2012						2011						2010
(In thousands)		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total		Current		Deferred		Total
	Federal	$	364	$	389	$	753	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	State	11		-		11		8		-		8		7		-		7
	Foreign	133		127		260		21		19		40		-		9		9
Total Income
Tax Expense		$	508	$	516	$	1,024	$	29	$	19	$	48	$	7	$	9	$	16

The following table accounts for the difference between the actual tax provision and the amounts obtained by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 34% to income before taxes.

Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation				Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)				2012		2011		2010
	Expense computed at statutory rate			$	2,058	$	1,321	$	783
	Change in valuation allowance - Domestic			(259)		(684)		(451)
	Change in valuation allowance - Foreign			-		(200)		(267)
	Effect of items deductible for book not tax, net
		Option compensation		30		20		31
		Other		14		19		(42)
	Effect of foreign tax credit			(547)		(190)
	Effect of foreign tax rate differential			(279)		(243)		(43)
	State income taxes, net of Federal benefit			7		5		5
				$	1,024	$	48	$	16
Significant Components of Deferred Taxes						Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)						2012		2011
	Deferred Tax Assets:
		Net operating loss carryforwards - Domestic				$	-	$	591
		Net operating loss carryforwards - Foreign				733		915
		PP&E - Foreign				10		10
		Intercompany profit				83		17
		Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards				-		65
		Domestic reserves				16		17
		Unrealized foreign currency losses - Domestic				62		19
		Other deferred assets				35		20
						939		1,654
		Valuation allowance				-		(259)
	Total deferred tax assets					$	939	$	1,395
	Deferred Tax Liabilities:
		PP&E - Domestic				654		628
		PP&E - Foreign				1,442		1,405
		Unrealized gain on derivatives				20		22
		Other				3		5
			Total deferred tax liabilities			2,119		2,060
	Net deferred tax liability					$	(1,180)	$	(665)

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Commitments and Contingencies - Minimum future rental payments under this and other immaterial leases (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
2013	$ 104
2014	103
2015	95
2016	95
2017	95
Thereafter	908
Total minimum lease payments	$ 1,400

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,799	$ 3,381
Trade accounts receivable, net	3,972	4,921
Inventories, net	22,895	18,673
Other current assets	1,822	832
Total current assets	31,488	27,807
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net	22,933	20,138
OTHER ASSETS	25	22
Total Assets	54,446	47,967
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	4,608	3,222
Accrued expenses	1,864	1,754
Notes payable under lines of credit	2,109	2,886
Export credit refinancing facility	394	1,254
Current deferred tax liability	173	46
Current maturities - capital leases	33	28
Current maturities of long-term debt - financial institutions	1,202	813
Current maturities - convertible debentures		91
Total current liabilities	10,383	10,094
LONG-TERM DEBT
Capital leases	12	34
Long-term debt - financial institutions, net	2,316	2,668
Long-term debt - convertible debentures, net		1,127
Deferred tax liability	1,007	619
Total liabilities	13,718	14,542
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock $1.25 par value: authorized, 6,000 shares; 2,987 and 2,400 shares issued and outstanding at 12/31/2012 and 12/31/2011, respectively	3,733	2,999
Additional paid-in capital	29,017	28,222
Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)	3,269	(1,759)
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Other Comprehensive Income	4,709	3,963
Total shareholders' equity	40,728	33,425
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$ 54,446	$ 47,967

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Capital Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Leases, Capital [Abstract]

Capital Leases

5. Capital Leases

On March 13, 2008, the Company entered into a financial lease agreement with Toyota Financial Services for a forklift.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of $26,527, is included in the consolidated balance sheets as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately $20,000.  The capital lease, scheduled to mature in February 2013, was paid off in September 2012.

On August 1, 2010, the Company entered into a financial lease agreement with Dell Financial Services for new computer servers.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of $19,093, is included in the consolidated balance sheets as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately $19,000.  The capital lease is in the amount of $20,698 including interest of $1,605 (implicit interest rate 5.3%).  The lease term is 36 months with equal monthly installments of $575.  The net present value of the lease at December 31, 2012 was $4,000.

On September 4, 2011, TPT entered into a financial lease agreement with Diependael Leasing, BV for equipment related to the production of ALUPREM.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of €38,360 ($50,654), is included in the consolidated balance sheets as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately €16,000 ($21,128).  The capital lease is in the amount of €41,256 ($54,480) including interest of €2,896 ($3,824) implicit interest rate 4.786%).  The lease term is 36 months with equal monthly installments of €1,146 ($,513).  The net present value of the lease at December 31, 2012 was €21,988 ($29,000).

On February 5, 2012, TPT entered into a financial lease agreement with Sympatec GmbH for lab equipment.  The cost of the equipment under the capital lease, in the amount of €52,128 ($68,835), is included in the consolidated balance sheet as property, plant and equipment.  Accumulated amortization of the leased equipment at December 31, 2012 was approximately €6,000 ($7,923).  The capital lease is in the amount of €56,988 ($75,253) including interest of €4,860 ($6,418) (implicit interest rate 16.785%).  The lease term is 12 months with equal monthly installments of €4,749 ($6,271).  The net present value of the lease at December 31, 2012 was €9,302 ($12,000).

The following table sets forth the minimum future lease payments under these leases as of December 31, 2012 until maturity:

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
	2013	$	35
	2014	12
	Total minimum lease payments	47
	Less:  Amount representing executory costs	-
	Net minimum lease payments	47
	Less:  Amount representing interest	(2)
	Present value of net minimum lease payments	45
	Less:  Current maturities of capital lease obligations	(33)
	Long-term capital lease obligations	$	12

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Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Dividend

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Convertible Preferred Stock Dividend [Abstract]

Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Dividend

4. Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Dividend

On December 6, 2011, we declared a dividend, in the amount of $375, for the quarterly period ending December 31, 2011, payable on January 1, 2012, to the holders of record of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as of the close of business on December 6, 2011.  Dividends declared on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock totaled $16,000 and $60,000, respectively, in 2011 and 2010.  At December 31, 2011, all holders of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock had converted their preferred stock to shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

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Significant Customers

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]

Significant Customers

16. Significant Customers

For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the BASF Corporation accounted for approximately 17%, 14% and 13%, respectively, of our total consolidated sales revenue and the Tioxide Europe Ltd. Corporation represented approximately 16% of our total 2012 consolidated sales.

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Stock Options

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs, Share-Based Payments [Abstract]

Stock Options

12. Stock Options

On February 21, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved the adoption of the 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) for TOR Minerals International, Inc.  The Plan provides for the award of a variety of incentive compensation arrangements, including restricted stock awards, performance units or other non-option awards, to such employees and directors as may be determined by a Committee of the Board.  At the Annual Shareholders’ meeting on May 11, 2012, the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be sold or issued under the Plan was increased to 500,000 shares subject to certain adjustments upon recapitalization, stock splits and combinations, merger, stock dividend and similar events; in addition the plan was extended to May 23, 2022.  At December 31, 2012, there were 173,888 options outstanding, 87,454 exercised and 238,658 available for future issuance under the Plan.

For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded $90,000, $58,000 and $91,000, respectively, in stock-based employee compensation.  This compensation cost is included in the general and administrative expenses and cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The Company granted options to purchase 21,000, 23,500 and 23,404 shares of common stock during the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The weighted average fair value per option at the date of grant for options granted in the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $11.03, $8.98 and $3.89, respectively, as valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

	Twelve Months Ended December 31,
	2012			2011		2010
Risk-free interest rate		1.17	%	2.78	%	1.20	%
Expected dividend yield	0.00		%	0.00	%	0.00	%
Expected volatility		0.68		0.68		0.79
Expected term (in years)		7.00		5.00		3.00

The risk free interest rate is based on the Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as quoted by the Federal Reserve at the time of the grant for a term equivalent to the expected term of the grant.  The estimated volatility is based on the historical volatility of our stock and other factors.  The expected term of options represents the period of time the options are expected to be outstanding from grant date.

The following table summarizes certain information regarding stock option activity:

				Options
					Weighted Avg			Range of
		Total Reserved		Outstanding	Exercise Price			Exercise Prices
Balances at
December 31, 2009			224,782	174,220		$	11.20	$	4.60	-	$	30.55
	Granted			23,404		$	7.52	$	7.50	-	$	7.63
	Exercised		(14,529)	(14,539)		$	3.17	$	2.7		$	7.5
	Forfeited
	or expired		(1,600)	(7,600)		$	10.31	$	2.90	-	$	11.25
Balances at
December 31, 2010			208,643	175,485		$	11.39	$	1.75	-	$	30.55
	Granted			23,500		$	13.46	$	12.96	-	$	16.33
	Exercised		(31,002)	(31,002)		$	6.65	$	1.75	-	$	13.80
Balances at
December 31, 2011			177,641	167,983		$	12.53	$	1.75	-	$	30.55
	Additional options
	authorized		250,000
	Granted			21,000		$	11.03	$	16.77	-	$	1,822.00
	Exercised		(15,095)	(15,095)		$	8.83	$	2.90	-	$	11.05
Balances at
December 31, 2012			412,546	173,888		$	13.39	$	2.70	-	$	30.55

The number of shares of common stock underlying options exercisable at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was 143,388, 147,983and 175,485, respectively.  The weighted-average remaining contractual life of those options is 4.4 years.  Exercise prices on options outstanding at December 31, 2012, ranged from $1.75 to $30.55 per share as noted in the following table.

				Options Outstanding
2012				2011		2010	Range of Exercise Prices
		17,158			22,861	46,245	$   1.75 - $   9.99
	111,410				120,802	108,180	$ 10.00 - $ 14.99
		24,620			3,620	120	$ 15.00 - $ 19.99
		12,800			12,800	12,800	$ 20.00 - $ 24.99
			2,500		2,500	2,740	$ 25.00 - $ 29.99
			5,400		5,400	5,400	$ 30.00 - $ 30.55
	173,888				167,983	175,485

As of December 31, 2012, there was approximately $294,000 of compensation expense related to non-vested awards.  This expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.64 years.

As most options issued under the Plan are Incentive Stock Options, the Company does not receive any excess tax benefits relating to the compensation expense recognized on vested options.

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Foreign Customer Sales - Revenues from sales to customers located outside the U.S. (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total Sales	$ 29,460	$ 20,780	$ 15,034
Canada, Mexico & South/Central America
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total Sales	5,759	4,187	3,401
Pacific Rim
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total Sales	7,073	6,321	3,177
Europe, Africa & Middle East
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Total Sales	$ 16,628	$ 10,272	$ 8,456

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Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

8. Segment Information

The Company and its subsidiaries operate in the business of pigment manufacturing and related products in three geographic segments.  All United States manufacturing is done at the facility located in Corpus Christi, Texas.  Foreign manufacturing is done by the Company’s wholly-owned foreign operations, TMM, located in Malaysia and TPT, located in The Netherlands.

Product sales of inventory between the U.S., Asian and European operations are based on inter-company pricing, which includes an inter-company profit margin.  In the geographic information, the location profit (loss) from all locations is reflective of these inter-company prices, as is inventory at the Corpus Christi location prior to elimination adjustments.  Such presentation is consistent with the internal reporting reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker.  The elimination entries include an adjustment to the cost of sales resulting from the adjustment to ending inventory to eliminate inter-company profit, and the reversal of a similar adjustment from a prior period.  To the extent there are net increases/declines period over period in Corpus Christi inventories that include an inter-company component, the net effect of these adjustments can decrease/increase location profit.

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the U.S. operation received approximately 29% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  The European operation received approximately 10% of its total third party sales revenue from one customer, and the Asian operation received approximately 57% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  Two customers, BASF Corporation and Tioxide Europe Ltd., represented approximately 17% and 16%, respectively, of the 2012 total consolidated sales. 

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, the U.S. operation received approximately 23% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  The European operation received approximately 30% of its total third party sales revenue from two customers (11% and 11%); and, the Asian operation received approximately 21% of its total third party sales revenue from a single customer.  One customer, BASF Corporation, represented 14% of the 2011 total consolidated sales.

Sales from the subsidiary to the parent company are based upon profit margins which represent competitive pricing of similar products.  Intercompany sales consisted of SR, HITOX, ALUPREM and TIOPREM.

The Company's principal product, HITOX, accounted for approximately 33%, 43% and 39% of net consolidated sales in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company sells its products to customers located in more than 60 countries.  Sales to external customers are attributed to geographic area based on country of distribution.  Sales to customers located in the U.S. represented approximately 48%, 49% and 52% for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the United Kingdom represented approximately 16.8% of our total foreign sales.  For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, no individual country accounted for 10% or more of our foreign sales.

Approximately 27% of the Company's employees are represented by an in-house collective bargaining agreement.

A summary of the Company’s manufacturing operations by geographic area is presented below:

(In thousands)		United States (Corpus Christi)		Netherlands (TP&T)		Malaysia (TMM)		Inter-Company Eliminations		Consolidated
As of and for the years ended:
December 31, 2012
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	33,263	$	7,578	$	15,812	$	-	$	56,653
Intercompany sales		105		6,179		9,064		(15,348)		-
Total Net Sales	$	33,368	$	13,757	$	24,876	$	(15,348)	$	56,653
Share based compensation	$	90	$		$		$	-	$	90
Depreciation	$	751	$	871	$	848	$	-	$	2,470
Interest expense	$	170	$	126	$	175	$	-	$	471
Income tax expense	$	753	$	133	$	204	$	(66)	$	1,024
Location profit	$	2,076	$	445	$	2,738	$	(231)	$	5,028
Capital expenditures	$	1,928	$	1,581	$	1,372	$	-	$	4,881
Location long-lived assets	$	6,051	$	8,653	$	8,229	$	-	$	22,933
Location assets	$	20,762	$	10,652	$	23,032	$	-	$	54,445
December 31, 2011
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	24,560	$	10,347	$	6,114	$	-	$	41,021
Intercompany sales		463		3,385		8,487		(12,335)		-
Total Net Sales	$	25,023	$	13,732	$	14,601	$	(12,335)	$	41,021
Share based compensation	$	58	$		$		$	-	$	58
Depreciation	$	740	$	571	$	767	$	-	$	2,078
Interest expense	$	280	$	144	$	47	$	-	$	471
Income tax expense	$	8	$	24	$	21	$	(5)	$	48
Location profit	$	1,910	$	1,064	$	882	$	(20)	$	3,836
Capital expenditures	$	591	$	2,445	$	499	$	-	$	3,535
Location long-lived assets	$	4,875	$	7,819	$	7,444	$	-	$	20,138
Location assets	$	17,050	$	10,026	$	20,891	$	-	$	47,967
December 31, 2010
Net Sales:
Customer sales	$	19,580	$	8,351	$	3,085	$	-	$	31,016
Intercompany sales		98		2,424		5,628		(8,150)		-
Total Net Sales	$	19,678	$	10,775	$	8,713	$	(8,150)	$	31,016
Share based compensation	$	91	$		$		$	-	$	91
Depreciation	$	685	$	511	$	707	$	-	$	1,903
Interest expense	$	247	$	177	$	15	$	-	$	439
Income tax expense	$	7	$	-	$	9	$	-	$	16
Location profit (loss)	$	1,222	$	1,032	$	(55)	$	89	$	2,288
Capital expenditures	$	800	$	827	$	18	$	-	$	1,645
Location long-lived assets	$	5,024	$	6,087	$	7,841	$	-	$	18,952
Location assets	$	13,600	$	8,096	$	15,475	$	-	$	37,171

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Segment Information (Detail Textuals)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of geographic segments	3
Sales Revenue | BASF Corporation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue	17.00%	14.00%
Sales Revenue | Tioxide Europe Ltd
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue	16.00%
U.S. operation | Sales Revenue | Customer one
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue	29.00%	23.00%
European operation | Sales Revenue
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue		30.00%
European operation | Sales Revenue | Customer one
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue	10.00%	11.00%
European operation | Sales Revenue | Customer two
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue		11.00%
Asian Operation | Sales Revenue | Customer one
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total consolidated sales revenue	57.00%	21.00%

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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

6. Inventories

A summary of inventories follows:

(In thousands)	December 31,
		2012		2011
Raw materials	$	14,002	$	13,170
Work in progress		2,848		1,709
Finished goods		5,238		3,254
Supplies		868		804
Total Inventories		22,956		18,937
Inventory reserve		(61)		(264)
Net Inventories	$	22,895	$	18,673

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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

7. Property, Plant and Equipment

Major classifications and expected lives of property, plant and equipment are summarized below:

(In thousands)		December 31,
	Expected Life	2012		2011
Land and office buildings	39 years	$	3,354	$	3,282
Production facilities	10 - 20 years	8,552		8,185
Machinery and equipment	3 - 15 years	32,869		27,672
Furniture and fixtures	3 - 20 years	1,515		1,274
Total		46,290		40,413
Less accumulated depreciation		(26,508)		(23,698)
Property, plant and equipment, net		19,782		16,715
Construction in progress		3,151		3,423
		$	22,933	$	20,138

The amounts of depreciation expense calculated on the Company’s property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $2,470,000, $2,078,000 and $1,903,000, respectively.

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Quarterly Data (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Data (Unaudited)

9. Quarterly Data (Unaudited)

TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
		2012
(In thousands, except per share amounts)		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr		Total
NET SALES	$	12,808	$	14,108	$	19,914	$	9,823	$	56,653
Cost of sales		9,618		10,441		16,068		8,546		44,673
GROSS MARGIN		3,190		3,667		3,846		1,277		11,980
Technical services and research and development		82		101		90		111		384
Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,224		1,359		1,242		1,204		5,029
Gain on disposal of assets		-		-		(6)		-		(6)
OPERATING INCOME		1,884		2,207		2,520		(38)		6,573
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense		(142)		(112)		(143)		(74)		(471)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange rate		23		(20)		(24)		(29)		(50)
Other, net		-		1		-		(1)		-
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		1,765		2,076		2,353		(142)		6,052
Income tax expense (benefit)		369		517		516		(378)		1,024
NET INCOME	$	1,396	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,028
Less: Preferred Stock Dividends		-		-		-		-		-
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,396	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,028
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		-		-		-		22
Plus: Preferred Stock Dividends		-		-		-		-		-
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	1,418	$	1,559	$	1,837	$	236	$	5,050
Income per common share:
Basic	$	0.58	$	0.56	$	0.62	$	0.08	$	1.81
Diluted	$	0.41	$	0.45	$	0.53	$	0.07	$	1.49
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		2,402		2,769		2,968		2,980		2,781
Diluted		3,439		3,462		3,441		3,424		3,394
		2011
(In thousands, except per share amounts)		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr		Total
NET SALES	$	9,585	$	10,489	$	11,401	$	9,546	$	41,021
Cost of sales		7,494		8,183		9,026		7,024		31,727
GROSS MARGIN		2,091		2,306		2,375		2,522		9,294
Technical services and research and development		66		66		74		81		287
Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,159		1,065		1,098		1,317		4,639
Gain on disposal of assets		-		-		-		(1)		(1)
OPERATING INCOME		866		1,175		1,203		1,125		4,369
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense		(96)		(101)		(139)		(135)		(471)
(Loss) gain on foreign currency exchange rate		(48)		(9)		63		(29)		(23)
Other, net		-		7		-		2		9
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX		722		1,072		1,127		963		3,884
Income tax expense (benefit)		47		91		60		(150)		48
NET INCOME	$	675	$	981	$	1,067	$	1,113	$	3,836
Less: Preferred Stock Dividends		15		-		-		1		16
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	660	$	981	$	1,067	$	1,112	$	3,820
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense		22		22		22		21		87
Plus: Preferred Stock Dividends		15		-		-		1		16
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$	697	$	1,003	$	1,089	$	1,134	$	3,923
Income per common share:
Basic	$	0.34	$	0.47	$	0.50	$	0.51	$	1.84
Diluted	$	0.22	$	0.30	$	0.33	$	0.35	$	1.21
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		1,941		2,091		2,122		2,160		2,079
Diluted		3,149		3,293		3,264		3,239		3,235

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Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Numerator:
Net Income (Loss)	$ 236	$ 1,837	$ 1,559	$ 1,396	$ 1,113	$ 1,067	$ 981	$ 675	$ 5,028	$ 3,836	$ 2,288
Preferred stock dividends					(1)			(15)		(16)	(60)
Numerator for basic earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders	236	1,837	1,559	1,396	1,112	1,067	981	660	5,028	3,820	2,228
Effect of dilutive securities:									22	103	90
Numerator for diluted earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders after assumed conversions	$ 236	$ 1,837	$ 1,559	$ 1,418	$ 1,134	$ 1,089	$ 1,003	$ 697	$ 5,050	$ 3,923	$ 2,318
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted-average shares	2,980	2,968	2,769	2,402	2,160	2,122	2,091	1,941	2,781	2,079	1,904
Effect of dilutive securities
Employee stock options									30	35	13
Warrants									447	533	302
6% Convertible Debentures									136	551	566
Preferred Stock										37
Dilutive potential common shares									613	1,119	881
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted-average shares and assumed conversions	3,424	3,441	3,462	3,439	3,239	3,264	3,293	3,149	3,394	3,235	2,785
Basic earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$ 0.08	$ 0.62	$ 0.56	$ 0.58	$ 0.51	$ 0.50	$ 0.47	$ 0.34	$ 1.81	$ 1.84	$ 1.17
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$ 0.07	$ 0.53	$ 0.45	$ 0.41	$ 0.35	$ 0.33	$ 0.30	$ 0.22	$ 1.49	$ 1.21	$ 0.83

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Foreign Customer Sales (Detail Textuals)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011 Sales Revenue	Dec. 31, 2010 Sales Revenue	Dec. 31, 2012 United Kingdom
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Percentage of foreign revenue			33.00%
Concentration risk, benchmark description	10% or more	10% or more

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Income Taxes - Components of Pretax Income (Loss) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Domestic									$ 2,829	$ 1,918	$ 1,229
Foreign									3,223	1,966	1,075
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX	$ (142)	$ 2,353	$ 2,076	$ 1,765	$ 963	$ 1,127	$ 1,072	$ 722	$ 6,052	$ 3,884	$ 2,304

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Quarterly Data (Unaudited) - Consolidated Statements of Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
NET SALES	$ 9,823	$ 19,914	$ 14,108	$ 12,808	$ 9,546	$ 11,401	$ 10,489	$ 9,585	$ 56,653	$ 41,021	$ 31,016
Cost of sales	8,546	16,068	10,441	9,618	7,024	9,026	8,183	7,494	44,673	31,727	24,258
GROSS MARGIN	1,277	3,846	3,667	3,190	2,522	2,375	2,306	2,091	11,980	9,294	6,758
Technical services and research and development	111	90	101	82	81	74	66	66	384	287	254
Selling, general and administrative expenses	1,204	1,242	1,359	1,224	1,317	1,098	1,065	1,159	5,029	4,639	3,701
Gain on disposal of assets		(6)			(1)				(6)	(1)
OPERATING INCOME	(38)	2,520	2,207	1,884	1,125	1,203	1,175	866	6,573	4,369	2,803
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest expense	(74)	(143)	(112)	(142)	(135)	(139)	(101)	(96)	(471)	(471)	(439)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange rate	(29)	(24)	(20)	23	(29)	63	(9)	(48)	(50)	(23)	(60)
Other, net	(1)		1		2		7			9
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX	(142)	2,353	2,076	1,765	963	1,127	1,072	722	6,052	3,884	2,304
Income tax expense	(378)	516	517	369	(150)	60	91	47	1,024	48	16
Net Income (Loss)	236	1,837	1,559	1,396	1,113	1,067	981	675	5,028	3,836	2,288
Less: Preferred Stock Dividends					1			15		16	60
Basic Income Available to Common Shareholders	236	1,837	1,559	1,396	1,112	1,067	981	660	5,028	3,820	2,228
Plus: 6% Convertible Debenture Interest Expense				22	21	22	22	22	22	87	90
Plus: Preferred Stock Dividends					1			15		16
Diluted Income Available to Common Shareholders	$ 236	$ 1,837	$ 1,559	$ 1,418	$ 1,134	$ 1,089	$ 1,003	$ 697	$ 5,050	$ 3,923	$ 2,318
Income per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.08	$ 0.62	$ 0.56	$ 0.58	$ 0.51	$ 0.50	$ 0.47	$ 0.34	$ 1.81	$ 1.84	$ 1.17
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.53	$ 0.45	$ 0.41	$ 0.35	$ 0.33	$ 0.30	$ 0.22	$ 1.49	$ 1.21	$ 0.83
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	2,980	2,968	2,769	2,402	2,160	2,122	2,091	1,941	2,781	2,079	1,904
Diluted (in shares)	3,424	3,441	3,462	3,439	3,239	3,264	3,293	3,149	3,394	3,235	2,785

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Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Per Common Share

Schedule of computation of basic and diluted earnings per share

(in thousands, except per share amounts)		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Numerator:
Net Income (Loss)	$	5,028	$	3,836	$	2,288
Preferred stock dividends		-		(16)		(60)
Numerator for basic earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders		5,028		3,820		2,228
Effect of dilutive securities:		22		103		90
Numerator for diluted earnings per share - income (loss) available to common shareholders after assumed conversions	$	5,050	$	3,923	$	2,318
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted-average shares		2,781		2,079		1,904
Effect of dilutive securities
Employee stock options		30		35		13
Warrants		447		533		302
6% Convertible Debentures		136		551		566
Preferred stock		-		37		-
Dilutive potential common shares		613		1,119		881
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted-average shares and assumed conversions		3,394		3,235		2,785
Basic earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$	1.81	$	1.84	$	1.17
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net Income (Loss)	$	1.49	$	1.21	$	0.83

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Fair Value Measurements - Company's financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured and recognized at fair value on a recurring basis, classified under the appropriate level of fair value hierarchy (Details) (Fair value measurements, recurring, Derivative financial instruments, liabilities, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)	$ 1
Asset for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)		16
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)
Asset for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)	1
Asset for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)		16
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Liability for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)
Asset for foreign currency derivative financial instruments (including forward contracts)

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Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments

14. Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments

The Company has exposure to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations, including financial, market, political and economic risks.  The following discussion provides information regarding our exposure to the risks of changing foreign currency exchange rates.  The Company has not entered into these contracts for trading or speculative purposes in the past, nor do we currently anticipate entering into such contracts for trading or speculative purposes in the future.  The foreign exchange contracts are used to mitigate uncertainty and volatility, and to cover underlying exposures.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

We manage the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily at our Malaysian operation, through the use of foreign currency contracts.  Foreign exchange contracts are used to protect the Company from the risk that the eventual cash flows resulting from transactions in foreign currencies, including sales and purchases transacted in a currency other than the functional currency, will be adversely affected by changes in exchange rates.  We report the fair value of the derivatives on our consolidated balance sheet and changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings in the period of the change.

The following table summarizes the gross fair market value of all derivative instruments, which are not designated as hedging instruments and their location in our Consolidated Balance Sheet:

(In thousands)
Asset Derivatives
			December 31,		December 31,
	Derivative Instrument	Location	2012		2011
	Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts	Other Current Assets	$	-	$	16
			$	-	$	16
		Liability Derivatives
			December 31,		December 31,
Derivative Instrument		Location	2012		2011
	Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts	Accrued Expenses	$	1	$	-
			$	1	$	-

The following table summarizes the impact of the Company’s derivatives on the consolidated financial statements of income for the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011:

(In thousands)			Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Operations
		Location of Gain		Twelve Months Ended
Derivative		(Loss) on Derivative		December 31,
Instrument		Instrument			2012		2011
		Other Expense:  (Loss)
	Foreign Currency	gain on foreign currency
	Exchange Contracts	exchange rate			$	74	$	(69)
					$	74	$	(69)

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Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Business Description

Business Description

TOR Minerals International, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company"), a Delaware Corporation, is engaged in a single industry, the manufacture and sale of mineral products for use as pigments and extenders, primarily in the manufacture of paints, industrial coatings plastics, catalysts and solid surface applications.  The Company's global headquarters and U.S. manufacturing plant are located in Corpus Christi, Texas (“TOR U.S.” or “U.S. Operation”).  The Asian Operation, TOR Minerals Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd. (“TMM”), is located in Ipoh, Malaysia, and the European Operation, TOR Processing and Trade, BV (“TPT”), is located in Hattem, The Netherlands.

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The consolidated financial statements include accounts of TOR Minerals International, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, TMM and TPT.  All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in the consolidation process.

TMM measures and records its transactions in terms of the local Malaysian currency, the Ringgit, which is also the functional currency.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating TMM's financial statements from Ringgits to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments (which are included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of shareholders’ equity) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $2,988,000 and $2,367,000, respectively.

TPT’s functional currency is the Euro.  As a result, gains and losses resulting from translating TPT's financial statements from Euros to U.S. Dollars are recorded as cumulative translation adjustments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the cumulative translation adjustment included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets totaled $1,721,000 and $1,596,000, respectively.

In preparing consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of consolidated assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents:  The Company considers all highly liquid investments readily convertible to known cash amounts and with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable:  The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition and, generally, requires no collateral from its customers.  The allowance for non-collection of accounts receivable is based upon the expected collectability of all accounts receivable including review of agings and current economic conditions.  Accounts are written off when all reasonable internal and external collection efforts have been performed.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for doubtful accounts of approximately $148,000 and $87,000, respectively.  The increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts was primarily related to the global economic conditions and its effects on the collectability of customer balances.

Foreign Currency

Foreign Currency:  Results of operations for the Company’s foreign operations, TMM and TPT, are translated from the designated functional currency to the U.S. Dollar using average exchange rates during the period, while assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the reporting date.  Resulting gains or losses from translating foreign currency financial statements are reported as other comprehensive income (loss), net of income tax.  The effect of changes in exchange rates between the designated functional currency and the currency in which a transaction is denominated are recorded as foreign currency transaction gains (losses) in earnings.

Inventories

Inventories:  Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market with cost being determined principally by use of the average-cost method.  The Company writes down inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we maintained a reserve for obsolescence and unmarketable inventory of approximately $61,000 and $264,000, respectively.

Overhead is charged to inventory based on normal capacity and we expense abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight and handling costs in the period incurred.  For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded approximately $606,000 and $331,000, respectively, related to idle facility expense primarily at the Malaysian operations.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment:  Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.  Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets which range from 3 to 39 years.  Maintenance and repair costs are charged to operations as incurred and major improvements extending asset lives are capitalized.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets:  The impairment of tangible and intangible assets is assessed when changes in circumstances (such as, but not limited to, a decrease in market value of an asset, current and historical operating losses or a change in business strategy) indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable.  This assessment is based on management’s estimates of future undiscounted cash flows, salvage values or net sales proceeds.  These estimates take into account management’s expectations and judgments regarding future business and economic conditions, future market values and disposal costs.  Actual results and events could differ significantly from management’s estimates.  Based upon our most recent analysis, we believe that no impairment exists at December 31, 2012 and 2011 or 2010.  There can be no assurance that future impairment tests will not result in a charge to net earnings.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition:  The Company recognizes revenue when each of the following four criteria are met:  1) a contract or sales arrangement exists; 2) title and risk of loss transfers to the customer upon shipment for FOB shipping point sales and when the Company receives confirmation of receipt and acceptance by the customer for FOB destination sales; 3) the price of the products is fixed or determinable; 4) collectability is reasonably assured.

Shipping and Handling

Shipping and Handling:  The Company records shipping and handling costs, associated with the outbound freight on products shipped to customers, as a component of cost of goods sold.

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share:  Basic earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding and exclude any dilutive effects of options, warrants, debentures and/or convertible preferred stock.  Diluted earnings per share reflect the effect of all dilutive items.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes:  The Company records income taxes using the liability method.  Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

When accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, we evaluate all tax years still subject to potential audit under the applicable state, federal and foreign income tax laws.  We are subject to taxation in the United States, Malaysia and The Netherlands.  Our federal income tax returns in the United States are subject to examination for the tax years ended December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2012.  Our state returns, which are filed in Texas and Ohio, are subject to examination for the tax years ended December 31, 2008 through December 31, 2012.  Our tax returns in various non-U.S. jurisdictions are subject to examination for various tax years ended December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2012.

As of January 1, 2012, we did not have any unrecognized tax benefits and there was no change during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.  In addition, we did not recognize any interest and penalties in our consolidated financial statements during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2012.  If any interest or penalties related to any income tax liabilities are imposed in future reporting periods, we expect to record both of these items as components of income tax expense.

Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Derivatives and Hedging Activities:  The Company records the fair value of all outstanding derivative instruments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in other current assets and current liabilities.  Derivatives are held as part of a formally documented risk management (hedging) program.  All derivatives are straightforward and are held for purposes other than trading.  The Company measures hedge effectiveness by formally assessing, at least quarterly, the historical and probable future high correlation of changes in the fair value or expected future cash flows of the hedged item.  The ineffective portions, if any, are recorded in current earnings in the current period.  If the hedging relationship ceases to be highly effective or if it becomes probable that an expected transaction will no longer occur, gains or losses on the derivative are recorded in current earnings.  Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded in current earnings along with the change in fair value of the underlying hedged item if the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge or in other comprehensive income (loss) if the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge.  If no hedging relationship is designated, the derivative is marked to market through current earnings.  The Company has utilized natural gas forward contracts to hedge a portion of its U.S. Operation’s natural gas needs and has utilized foreign currency forward contracts at both the U.S. and Asian Operations to hedge a portion of its foreign currency risk.  (See Note 14, Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments).

Share Based Compensation

Share Based Compensation:  The Company calculates share based compensation using the Black-Scholes-Merton (“Black-Scholes”) option-pricing model, which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility.  For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, we recorded $90,000, $58,000 and $91,000, respectively, in share-based employee compensation.  This compensation cost is included in the general and administrative expenses and cost of sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

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Debt and Notes Payable (Detail Textuals 3)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 MYR	Dec. 31, 2012 Line of credit TOR Processing and Trade Rabobank USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Line of credit TOR Processing and Trade Rabobank EUR (€)	Mar. 20, 2007 Line of credit TOR Processing and Trade Rabobank EUR (€)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum credit facility					€ 1,100,000
Variable interest prime rate of bank					2.80%
Current interest rate			3.411%	3.411%
Outstanding balance	$ 1,013,000	3,100,000	$ 997,000	€ 755,000

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Detail Textuals) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cumulative translation adjustment	$ 4,709,000	$ 3,963,000
TOR Minerals Malaysia
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cumulative translation adjustment	2,988,000	2,367,000
TOR Processing and Trade
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cumulative translation adjustment	$ 1,721,000	$ 1,596,000

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 1.25	$ 1.25
Common stock, shares authorized	6,000	6,000
Common stock, shares issued	2,987	2,400
Common stock, shares outstanding	2,987	2,400

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Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

3. Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured and recognized at fair value on a recurring basis, classified under the appropriate level of fair value hierarchy, as of December 31, 2012 and 2011. The Company did not hold any non-financial assets and/or non-financial liabilities subject to fair value measurements at December 31, 2012 or 2011.

		December 31, 2012
				Quoted Prices in Active		Significant Other			Significant
	Balance at			Markets for Identical Items		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2012			(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)
Liability for foreign currency
derivative financial instruments
(including forward contracts)		$	1	$	-	$	1		$	-
		December 31, 2011
				Quoted Prices in Active		Significant Other			Significant
	Balance at			Markets for Identical Items		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2011			(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)
Asset for foreign currency
derivative financial instruments
(including forward contracts)		$	16	$	-	$	16		$	-

Our foreign currency derivative financial instruments mitigate foreign exchange risks and include forward contracts.

The fair value of the Company’s debt is based on estimates using standard pricing models, using Level 2 inputs, that take into account the present value of future cash flows as of the balance sheet date.  The computation of the fair value of these instruments is generally performed by the Company.  The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s long-term debt, including current maturities, are summarized below:

		December 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
		Carrying		Fair		Carrying		Fair
(In thousands)		Value		Value		Value		Value
	Long-term debt, including current portion	$	3,518	$	3,455	$	3,481	$	3,391
	Long-term debt – convertible debentures	-		-		1,450		1,436
		$	3,518	$	3,455	$	4,931	$	4,827

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, payables and accrued liabilities, accrued income taxes and short-term borrowings approximate fair values due to the short term nature of these instruments, accordingly, these items have been excluded from the above table.

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail Textuals) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Depreciation	$ 2,470	$ 2,078	$ 1,903

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Commitments and Contingencies - (Detail Textuals 1) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Rent expense	$ 104,000	$ 63,000	$ 276,000

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Income Taxes - Significant Components of Deferred Taxes (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Deferred Tax Assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards - Domestic		$ 591
Net operating loss carryforwards - Foreign	733	915
Intercompany profit	83	17
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards		65
Domestic reserves	16	17
Other deferred assets	35	20
Deferred tax assets, gross	939	1,654
Valuation allowance		(259)
Total deferred tax assets	939	1,395
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Unrealized gain on derivatives	20	22
Other	3	5
Total deferred tax liabilities	2,119	2,060
Net deferred tax liability	(1,180)	(665)
Domestic
Deferred Tax Assets:
Unrealized foreign currency losses - Domestic	62	19
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
PP&E	654	628
Foreign
Deferred Tax Assets:
PP&E - Foreign	10	10
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
PP&E	$ 1,442	$ 1,405

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Debt and Notes Payable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt to financial institutions

(In thousands)		December 31,
		2012		2011
Fixed Rate term note payable to a U.S. bank, with an interest rate of 6.65% at December 31, 2012, due January 1, 2016, secured by real estate, leasehold improvements, property, plant and equipment, inventory and accounts receivable of our U.S. operation.	$	1,309	$	1,680
Term note payable to a U.S. equipment financing company, with an interest rate of 5.24% at December 31, 2012, due April 1, 2013, secured by a Caterpillar front-end loader.		-		35
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 7.8% at December 31, 2012, due July 1, 2029, secured by TPT's land and office building purchased July 2004.  (€275)		363		413
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.6% at December 31, 2012, due January 31, 2030, secured by TPT's land and building purchased January 2005.  (€299)		395		412
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.05% at December 31, 2012, due July 31, 2015, secured by TPT's assets.  (€108)		143		205
Fixed rate Euro term note payable to a Netherlands bank, with an interest rate of 4.25% at December 31, 2012, due July 5, 2014, secured by TPT's assets.  (€334)		442		736
Malaysian Ringgit term note payable to a Malaysian bank, with an interest rate of 5.2% at December 31, 2012, due March 1, 2015, secured by TMM's property, plant and eqiupment. (RM 2,647)		866		-
Total		3,518		3,481
Less current maturities		1,202		813
Total long-term debt and notes payable - financial institutions	$	2,316	$	2,668

Schedule of the future maturities of long-term debt to financial institutions

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
	2013	$	1,202
	2014	1,055
	2015	615
	2016	88
	2017	50
	Thereafter	508
	Total	$	3,518

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Stock Options (Detail Textuals)					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2012 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan Stock options	May 11, 2012 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares of the common stock sold or issued						500,000
Options outstanding	173,888	167,983	175,485	174,220	173,888
Exercise of stock options (in shares)					87,454
Options available for future issuance					238,658

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of minimum future rental payments under land lease and other immaterial leases

Years Ending December 31,
(In thousands)
	2013	$	104
	2014	103
	2015	95
	2016	95
	2017	95
	Thereafter	908
	Total minimum lease payments	$	1,400

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Profit Sharing Plan

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Profit Sharing Plan [Abstract]

Profit Sharing Plan

13. Profit Sharing Plan

The Company has a profit sharing plan that covers the U.S. employees.  Contributions to the plan are at the option of and determined by the Board of Directors and are limited to the maximum amount deductible by the Company for Federal income tax purposes.  For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, there were no contributions to the plan.

The Company also offers U.S. employees a 401(k) savings plan administered by an investment services company.  Employees are eligible to participate in the plan after completing six months of service with the Company.  The Company matches contributions up to 4% of the employee's eligible earnings.  Total Company contributions to the 401(k) plan for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were approximately $66,000, $57,000 and $42,000, respectively.