NEW YORK, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — American Colloid Company, a subsidiary of Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) (“MTI” or “the Company”) announced today that it will increase prices of all bentonite and bentonite-related products serving the foundry, household and personal care, oil and gas, and construction markets, due to significant inflation in input, raw material and logistics costs. Price increases will range from 6 to 12% effective January 1, 2019, subject to individual customer contracts and terms.

About Minerals Technologies Inc.
New York-based Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a resource- and technology-based growth company that develops, produces and markets worldwide a broad range of specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and related systems and services. MTI serves the paper, foundry, steel, construction, environmental, energy, polymer and consumer products industries. The Company reported sales of $1.676 billion in 2017. For further information, please visit our website at www.mineralstech.com. (MTI-G)

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