The information in this item is being furnished to, but not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission solely under Item 12 of Form 8-K, "Results of Operations and Financial Condition," pursuant to interim procedures promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Release 33-8216 issued March 27, 2003.

On October 26, 2012, the registrant issued a press release to report results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012.

That press release dated, October 26, 2012 and titled "AMCOL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (NYSE:ACO) REPORTS THIRD QUARTER RESULTS" is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this item is being furnished to, but not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission solely under Item 12 of Form 8-K, "Results of Operations and Financial Condition," pursuant to interim procedures promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Release 33-8216 issued March 27, 2003.

On October 25, 2012, the registrant issued a press release to report revised results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012 and the filing date for the second quarter Form 10-Q on October 30, 2012."

That press release dated, October 25, 2012 and titled "AMCOL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (NYSE:ACO) REPORTS IMMINENT FILING OF SECOND QUARTER FORM 10-Q" is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

ITEM 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)      The following exhibit is furnished with this document:

Number         Exhibit

  99.1    Press Release titled "AMCOL INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:ACO) REPORTS THIRD
          QUARTER RESULTS"

99.2 Press Release titled "AMCOL INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:ACO) REPORTS IMMINENT FILING OF SECOND QUARTER FORM 10-Q"