HSC Harsco Corporation

Global industrial solutions company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced today new orders totaling more than $1 million to support two of the largest and most prominent constructions projects now underway in Latin America.

Harsco has been selected to provide rental scaffolding, tower cranes, and concrete forming systems for the construction of the luxury Hotel RIU Palace in Matapalo Beach, Costa Rica. The project, the largest beach hotel now under construction in Costa Rica, is also one of the country's first to get underway following the economic recession and is therefore seen as an early indicator of Costa Rica's anticipated return to increased tourism. 

In the second order, Harsco will provide rental scaffolding and concrete forming systems to the new Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social de Occidente (IGSS), a major new headquarters building within Guatemala's national health care system that is now being built in the country's second largest city, Quetzaltenango. Construction is scheduled to continue until mid-2012. The project will be the largest social services facility outside the capital of Guatemala City.

Announcing the two orders, Harsco Executive Vice President and Infrastructure group CEO Ivor J. Harrington, said, "Our role in significant projects like these underscores the scale and range of our capabilities and the broad market reach we have established in this region. As economic investment in fundamental infrastructure regains priority, we will have a solid base to build on to capture additional opportunities and resume our growth."

Harsco Corporation is a diversified global solutions company serving industries that are fundamental to worldwide infrastructure development and economic growth, including steel and metals, construction, 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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