Webcast Alert: AMCOL International Corporation (NYSE: ACO) announces AMCOL International 4th Quarter 2006 Earnings Release

CHICAGO, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMCOL International Corporation announces the following Webcast:

What: AMCOL International Corporation (ACO) Webcast When: January 19, 2007 @ 11:00 AM ET Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=37297 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Jennifer Melsheimer of AMCOL International Corporation, 847-818-7904.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on the Web site http://www.amcol.com/ .

This conference call may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding AMCOL's expected performance for future periods and actual results for such periods might materially differ. Such forward-looking statements are subject to uncertainties, which include, but are not limited to, actual growth in AMCOL's various markets, utilization of AMCOL's plants, currency exchange rates, currency devaluation, delays in development, production and marketing of new products, integration of acquired businesses, and other factors detailed from time to time in AMCOL's annual report and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.