Press Release Details

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan 5, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) today announced the following schedule and teleconference information for its fourth quarter 2009 earnings release.

 * Earnings Release:  Thursday, January 28, 2010 before NYSE market
   opening via public newswire distribution and the Harsco
   Corporation website at www.harsco.com.

 * Teleconference:  Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 10:00 am ET, led
   by Chairman and CEO Salvatore D. Fazzolari.  Internet broadcast
   in listen-only mode at www.harsco.com.  The call can also be
   accessed by telephone by dialing (800) 611-4920, or (973) 200-3957
   for international callers.  Listeners are advised to dial in
   approximately five minutes prior to the call.  Enter Conference
   ID number 49552066.

 * Replays:  available after completion of the live call at
   www.harsco.com.  The replay will also be available by telephone
   from approximately 11:00 am ET Thursday, January 28, 2010 through
   Saturday, January 30, 2010.  The telephone replay dial-in number
   is (800) 642-1687, or (706) 645-9291 for international callers.
   Enter Conference ID number 49552066.

Harsco Corporation is a diversified industrial services company serving global industries that are fundamental to worldwide economic growth, including infrastructure, metals, railways and energy. Harsco is recognized as one of the Fortune 1000 leading companies in America and has been named five times to the Platinum 400 list of the best big companies by Forbes magazine. Harsco's common stock is a component of the S&P Mid Cap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index. Additional information can be found at www.harsco.com.

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SOURCE: Harsco Corporation

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