Harsco Adds to Brazilian Footprint With New Railway Track Maintenance Equipment Order

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Tue Apr 6, 2010 11:35am EDT 

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 6, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worldwide industrial services
and engineered products company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced today
that its Harsco Rail unit has received a new railway ballast tamper order from
the Brazilian market, marking another step forward in the Company's strategies
for expanding its service and product support within emerging market economies.
Terms of the order were not disclosed.

The Harsco tamper will be used by Brazilian contractor EGESA Engenharia S.A. in
the construction of railway track throughout Brazil, working on behalf of VALEC,
Brazil's government entity for railway construction. The laser-guided Harsco
tamper is designed to precisely align and stabilize railway track by raising the
rail to the desired height and packing the supporting ballast foundation. The
Brazilian unit will be equipped with Harsco's Tie Sensor technology, a
computer-aided tie indexing system that further increases productivity by
programming the frequency and placement of the unit's tamping tools.

When completed and delivered later this year, the new tamper will join a growing
Harsco Rail equipment and support presence in Brazil. Harsco Rail is the largest
provider of railway track maintenance of way services and equipment in the U.S.
and the second largest in the world, serving customers in virtually every
geographic sector. Its operations include facilities in the U.S., U.K. and
Australia. The new tamper will be constructed at Harsco Rail's U.S. production
facilities.

Harsco Corporation is one of the world's leading diversified industrial services
and engineered products companies. Harsco serves key industries that play a
fundamental role in worldwide economic growth, including infrastructure
construction, metals, railways and energy. Harsco's common stock is a component
of the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index. Additional information
can be found at www.harsco.com.

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CONTACT:  Harsco Corporation
          Investor Contact
          Eugene M. Truett
            717.975.5677
            etruett@harsco.com
          Media Contact
          Kenneth D. Julian
            717.730.3683
            kjulian@harsco.com
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