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MTI sees five-fold profits boost

July 30, 2010 - 00:00 GMT

KEYWORDS: Minerals Technologies , MTI , Minteq , refractories , calcium carbonate , talc

Minerals Technologies reports stronger Q2 on refractories, PCC sales recovery


Operating profit rose to $27.5m. compared with $5.5m. in the same period last year, while group sales rose 23% to $255.8m.

"Our second quarter results showed significant sequential improvement for the fourth straight quarter, and brings us back to pre-recession levels...

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