Exhibit 23.3

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  Registration  Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the 2000  Incentive Plan for TOR Minerals  International,
Inc.  (formerly  Hitox  Corporation  of America) of our audit  report dated 18th
January,  2000 for the  period  1st July,  1999 to 31st  December,  1999 and our
reports dated 6th August,  1999 and 28th October,  1998 for the financial  years
ended 30th June,  1999 and 1998,  which  reports are  included  in TOR  Minerals
International, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated 12th May, 2000.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

May 19, 2000
Malaysia