5 1,000 6-MOS DEC-31-1995 JUN-30-1995 27,769 0 352,838 (7,608) 135,144 540,271 1,049,159 (594,513) 1,332,922 378,612 227,605 40,595 0 0 581,335 1,332,922 734,161 762,655 568,178 667,044 0 1,212 15,020 83,964 32,746 50,019 0 0 0 50,019 1.98 1.97
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment Agreement"), dated as of June 20, 1995, 
among HARSCO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Lenders 
listed on the signature pages hereof (the "Lenders") and CHEMICAL BANK, a New 
York banking corporation, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such 
capacity, the "Administrative Agent").  Capitalized terms used herein and 
defined in the Agreement (as such term is defined below) have the meanings 
assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

WHEREAS the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to 
an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Five-Year Competitive Advance and 
Revolving Credit Facility) dated as of August 24, 1993, as amended and 
restated as of June 21, 1994 (the "Agreement");

WHEREAS the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to 
an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (364-Day Competitive Advance and 
Revolving Credit Facility) dated as of August 24, 1993, as amended and 
restated as of June 21, 1994 (the "364-Day Agreement"); and  

WHEREAS the Company has requested the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent 
and the Lenders are willing, to amend the Agreement on the terms and 
conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and other valuable 
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, 
the parties hereto hereby agree, on the terms and subject to the conditions 
set forth herein, as follows:

1.  Definitions.  (a)  The definition of "Maturity Date" in Section 1.01 of 
the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the following sentence:  

"Maturity Date" shall mean June 20, 2000.

 (b)  The table in the definition of "Facility Fee Percentage" in Section 1.01 
of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the following table:

                                                            Facility
                                                              Fee
                                                           Percentage
                                                           __________
                    Category 1
                    __________
                    A- or higher by S&P;
                    A3 or higher by Moody's                   .10%

                    Category 2
                    __________
                    BBB+ by S&P;
                    Baa1 by Moody's                          .125%

                    Category 3
                    __________
                    BBB by S&P;
                    Baa2 by Moody's                           .15%

                    Category 4
                    __________
                    BBB- by S&P;
                    Baa3 by Moody's                         .1875%

                    Category 5
                    __________
                    BB+ or lower by S&P;
                    Ba1 or lower by Moody's                   .25%

(c)  The table in the definition of "Applicable Margin" in Section 1.01 of the 
Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the following table:

                                                         Eurocurrency
                                                          Loan Spread
                                                         ____________
                     Category 1
                     __________
                     A- or higher by S&P;
                     A3 or higher by Moody's                 .20%

                     Category 2
                     __________
                     BBB+ by S&P;
                     Baa1 by Moody's                         .25%

                     Category 3
                     __________
                     BBB by S&P;
                     Baa2 by Moody's                         .30%

                     Category 4
                     __________
                     BBB- by S&P;
                     Baa3 by Moody's                       .3125%

                     Category 5
                     __________
                     BB+ or lower by S&P;
                     Ba1 or lower by Moody's                 .50%

2.  The figure $150,000,000 in the preamble to the Agreement is hereby deleted 
and replaced by the following figure:  $300,000,000.

3.  Section 2.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following 
paragraph at the end of Section 2.01:

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Dauphin 
Deposit Bank and Trust Company shall not make Loans as part of any non-US 
Dollar Borrowing.  The amount of any such requested Borrowing shall, subject 
in all cases to the limitations contained in paragraph (a) above, be divided 
among the other Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective shares of 
the Total Commitment.

4.  Section 2.16 of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following 
paragraph at the end of Section 2.16:

Provided, however, that with respect to Loans denominated in a currency other 
than U.S. Dollars in which Dauphin Deposit Bank and Trust Company does not 
participate, each payment or prepayment of principal and each payment of 
interest shall be allocated pro rata among the other Lenders in accordance 
with their respective shares of the outstanding principal amount of such 
Loans.

5.  Section 6.01(i) of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the 
following paragraph:

(i) additional Liens upon real and/or personal property created after the date 
hereof; provided that the aggregate Indebtedness secured thereby and incurred 
on and after the date hereof shall not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at 
any one time outstanding; and 

6.  Section 6.02 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the 
following paragraph:

SECTION 6.02  Sales and Lease-Back Transactions.  Enter into any arrangement, 
directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any 
property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned 
or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other 
property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or 
purposes as the property being sold or transferred (such an arrangement, a 
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction"), other than (i) Sale and Lease-Back 
Transactions capitalized on the books of the Company in an aggregate 
capitalized amount not in excess of $25,000,000 entered into in connection 
with the financing of aircraft to be used in connection with the Company's 
business and (ii) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions capitalized on the books of 
the Company (other than a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction permitted by clause 
(i) above) if the capitalized amount of all such Sale and Lease-Back 
Transactions shall not exceed $20,000,000 in aggregate amount at any time 
outstanding.

7.  Section 6.06 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the 
following paragraph:

SECTION 6.06  Net Worth.  The Company will not permit its Net Worth at any 
time to be less than $475,000,000.

8.  Section 6.07 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the 
following paragraph:

SECTION 6.07  Total Debt to Total Capital Ratio.  The Company will not permit 
the ratio of Total Debt to Total Capital at any time on or after the date 
hereof to exceed the ratio of 0.55 to 1.

9.  Paragraph (f) of Article VII of the Agreement is hereby deleted and 
replaced by the following paragraph:

(f) (i) the Company or any Subsidiary shall (A) fail to pay any principal or 
interest, regardless of amount, due in respect of any Indebtedness in a 
principal amount in excess of (I) $20,000,000, in the case of any single 
obligation, or (II) $20,000,000, in the case of all obligations in the 
aggregate, in each case, when and as the same shall become due and payable, or 
(B) fail to observe or perform any other term, covenant, condition or 
agreement contained in any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any 
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 and 
such failure shall continue beyond any applicable grace period; or (ii) 
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or any of them, in a 
principal amount in excess of (A) $20,000,000, in the case of any single 
obligation, or (B) $20,000,000, in the case of all obligations in the 
aggregate, shall be declared due and payable or required to be prepaid prior 
to its stated maturity;

    10.  Section 10.04(f) of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by 
the following paragraph:

(f) Upon giving written notice to the Company, each Lender may without the 
consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent sell participations to one 
or more banks or other entities in all or a portion of its rights and 
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment 
and the Loans owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender's 
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender 
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the 
performance of such obligations, (iii) the participating banks or other 
entities shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions 
contained in Sections 2.13, 2.15 and 2.19 to the same extent as if they were 
Lenders and (iv) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders 
shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with 
such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender 
shall retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Borrowers 
relating to the Loans and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of 
any provision of this Agreement (other than amendments, modifications or 
waivers decreasing any fees payable hereunder or the amount of principal of or 
the rate at which interest is payable on the Loans, extending any scheduled 
principal payment date or date fixed for the payment of interest on the Loans 
or changing or extending the Commitments). 

    11.  Schedule 2.01 to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and 
replaced by Schedule 2.01 hereto.

    12.  This Amendment Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, 
any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but 
all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same 
Agreement.

    13.  The Company represents and warrants as follows:

(a) The Company has all requisite power and authority to enter into this 
Amendment Agreement, and this Amendment Agreement has been duly and validly 
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is the legal, valid and 
binding obligation of the Company.

(b) The representations and warranties in the  Agreement are correct in all 
material respects on and as of the date hereof, before and after the execution 
and delivery of this Amendment Agreement, as though made on and as of the date 
hereof and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the 
execution and delivery of this Amendment Agreement, that constitutes or would 
constitute a Default or Event of Default.

(c) No Loans under the Agreement or the 364-Day Agreement are outstanding as 
of the date hereof.

    14.  This Amendment Agreement shall become effective only upon the receipt 
by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of counsel for the Company 
confirming the representation and warranty set forth in paragraph (a) of 
Section 8, together with evidence of the Company's authority to enter into 
this Agreement, in each case satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

    15.  The 364-Day Agreement shall be terminated upon the effectiveness of 
this Amendment Agreement.

    16.   THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS THOUGH 
WHOLLY MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN SUCH STATE.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have 
caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized 
officers as of the day and year first above written.

HARSCO CORPORATION,

by
/s/ Leonard A. Campanaro
________________________
Name:  Leonard A. Campanaro
Title:  Senior Vice President & CFO
by
/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
_____________________
Name:  Barry M. Sullivan
Title: Vice President & Treasurer

CHEMICAL BANK, individually and as Administrative Agent,

by
s/ Scott S. Ward
_________________
Name:  Scott S. Ward
Title: Vice President

Additional bank signature pages are not included in this exhibit.

HARSCO CORPORATION
COMPUTATION OF FULLY DILUTED NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
(dollars in thousands except per share)
___________________________



3 MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30 6 MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30 1995 1994 1995 1994 ____ ____ ____ ____ Net income $24,559 $17,547 $50,019 $36,175 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ Average shares of common stock outstanding used to compute earnings per common share 25,269,920 25,118,244 25,236,174 25,065,274 Additional common shares to be issued assuming exercise of stock options, net of shares assumed reacquired 166,010 82,849 177,059 100,304 _______ _______ _______ _______ Shares used to compute dilutive effect of stock options 25,435,930 25,201,093 25,413,233 25,165,578 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ Fully diluted net income per common share $0.96 $0.70 $1.97 $1.44 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Net income per common share $0.97 $0.70 $1.98 $1.44 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
HARSCO CORPORATION
Exhibit 12
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(In Thousands of Dollars)



Six YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31 Months ________________________________________________________________ Ended 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 6/30/95 ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _______ Consolidated Earnings: Pre-tax income from continuing operations $115,587 $119,647 $140,576 $137,151 $146,089 $82,765 Add fixed charges computed below 21,864 23,544 22,425 23,879 37,982 16,964 Net adjustments for equity companies (532) (439) (454) (363) (134) (627) Net adjustments for capitalized interest (255) (469) (134) (172) (274) - _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ Consolidated Earnings Available for Fixed Charges $136,664 $142,283 $162,413 $160,495 $183,663 $99,102 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ Consolidated Fixed Charges: Interest expense per financial statements $17,506 $18,925 $18,882 $19,974 $34,048 $15,020 Interest expense capitalized 345 574 355 332 338 222 Portion of rentals (1/3 ) representing an interest factor 4,013 4,045 3,188 3,573 3,576 1,722 Interest expense for equity companies whose debt is guaranteed - - - - - - _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ Consolidated Fixed Charges $21,864 $23,544 $22,425 $23,879 $37,982 $16,964 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 6.25 6.04 7.24 6.72 4.84 5.84 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ 1992 excludes the cumulative effect of change in accounting method for post-retirement benefits other than pensions. Includes amortization of debt discount and expense. No fixed charges were associated with debt of less than fifty percent owned companies guaranteed by Harsco during the five year period 1990 through 1994, and the six months ended June 30, 1995.