EXHIBIT 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
AMCOL International Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
33-34109, 33-55540, 33-73350, 333-00581, 333-56017, 333-68664 and 333-110500) on
Form S-8 of AMCOL International Corporation and subsidiaries of our report dated
March 16, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of AMCOL
International Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2005, and management's assessment of the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2005, which report appears in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K
of AMCOL International Corporation

                                                            KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
March 16, 2006