Information by Segment and Geographic Area

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information by Segment and Georgraphic Area

Information by Segment and Geographic Area

The Company reports information about its operating segments using the "management approach," which is based on the way management organizes and reports the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company's reportable segments are identified based upon differences in products, services and markets served.

The Company has four reportable segments. These segments and the types of products and services offered include the following:

Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment

These businesses provide on-site, outsourced services to steel mills and other metal producers such as aluminum and copper. Services include slag processing; semi-finished inventory management; material handling; scrap management; in-plant transportation; and a variety of other services. Other major products and services include minerals and recycling technologies; environmental solutions for metals and mining customers' waste streams; and granules for asphalt roofing shingles as well as abrasives for industrial surface preparation derived from coal slag. Major customers include steel mills and asphalt roofing manufacturers.

Harsco Infrastructure Segment

Major services include project engineering and equipment installation, as well as the sale and rental of scaffolding, shoring and concrete forming systems for industrial maintenance and capital improvement projects, civil infrastructure projects, non-residential construction, and international multi-dwelling residential construction projects. Services are provided to industrial and petrochemical plants; the infrastructure construction, repair and maintenance markets; commercial and industrial construction contractors; and public utilities.

Harsco Rail Segment

This segment manufactures railway track maintenance equipment and provides track maintenance services. The major customers include private and government-owned railroads and urban mass transit systems worldwide.

Harsco Industrial Segment

Major products include industrial grating; air-cooled heat exchangers; and boilers and water heaters. Major customers include industrial plants and the non-residential, commercial and public construction and retrofit markets; and the natural gas exploration and processing industry.

Other Information

The measurement basis of segment profit or loss is operating income (loss). There are no significant inter-segment sales. Corporate assets include principally cash, prepaid taxes, fair value of derivative instruments and U.S. deferred income taxes. Countries with revenues from unaffiliated customers and net property, plant and equipment of ten percent or more of the consolidated totals (in at least one period presented) are as follows:

Information by Geographic Area (a)

	Revenues from Unaffiliated Customers						Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
	Twelve Months Ended						Balances at
	December 31						December 31
(In thousands)	2012		2011		2010		2012		2011		2010
United States	$	1,108,051	$	1,087,454	$	1,010,290	$	242,890	$	276,966	$	291,470
United Kingdom	331,894		398,222		420,458		115,775		114,521		141,014
All Other	1,606,073		1,817,064		1,607,930		907,560		882,997		934,489
Totals including Corporate	$	3,046,018	$	3,302,740	$	3,038,678	$	1,266,225	$	1,274,484	$	1,366,973

(a) Revenues are attributed to individual countries based on the location of the facility generating the revenue.

In 2012, 2011 and 2010, sales to one customer, ArcelorMittal, principally in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment, were $283.3 million, $361.9 million and $359.0 million, respectively. For 2011 and 2010, these amounts represented more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues. These revenues were provided under multiple long-term contracts at several mill sites. In addition, the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment is dependent largely on the global steel industry, and in 2012, 2011 and 2010 there were two customers, including ArcelorMittal, that each provided in excess of 10% of this Segment's revenues under multiple long-term contracts at several mill sites. The loss of any one of these contracts would not have a material adverse impact upon the Company's financial position or cash flows; however, it could have a material effect on quarterly or annual results of operations. Additionally, consolidation in the global steel industry has increased the Company's exposure to these customers. Should additional consolidations occur involving some of the steel industry's larger companies which are customers of the Company, it would result in an increase in concentration of credit risk for the Company.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $265.0 million related to the Harsco Infrastructure Segment. See Note 6, Goodwill and Other Intangibles, for additional disclosure regarding the goodwill impairment charge.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company implemented the 2011/2012 Restructuring Program to further optimize rental assets and sales inventories in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment; reduce the number of administrative locations in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment and Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment; and reduce the global workforce in the Harsco Infrastructure and Harsco Metals & Minerals Segments. The Harsco Infrastructure Segment and Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment recorded pre-tax charges of $88.6 million and $5.5 million respectively, for the 2011/2012 Restructuring Program in 2012. The Harsco Infrastructure Segment and Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment recorded pre-tax charges of $87.6 million and $12.8 million respectively, for the 2011/2012 Restructuring Program in 2011.

In the fourth quarter of 2010, the Harsco Infrastructure Segment implemented the Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program as a countermeasure to global economic and financial conditions that adversely affected the Company's end markets. This Segment recorded net pre-tax charges of $84.4 million related to this restructuring initiative. See Note 18, Restructuring Programs, for additional disclosure regarding these restructuring programs.

Operating Information by Segment:

	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31
(In thousands)	2012			2011			2010
Revenues
Harsco Metals & Minerals	$	1,404,103		$	1,588,302		$	1,461,531
Harsco Infrastructure	937,293			1,108,293			1,031,807
Harsco Rail	352,036			300,029			313,262
Harsco Industrial	352,586			306,116			231,898
Corporate	—			—			180
Total Revenues	$	3,046,018		$	3,302,740		$	3,038,678
Operating Income (Loss)
Harsco Metals & Minerals	$	85,523		$	109,593		$	117,915
Harsco Infrastructure	(368,657		)	(125,555		)	(145,346		)
Harsco Rail	56,079			58,746			66,124
Harsco Industrial	60,160			50,656			42,871
Corporate	(7,895		)	(5,791		)	(3,133		)
Total Operating Income (Loss)	$	(174,790	)	$	87,649		$	78,431
Total Assets
Harsco Metals & Minerals	$	1,561,973		$	1,537,538		$	1,541,117
Harsco Infrastructure	1,018,979			1,371,143			1,534,379
Harsco Rail	188,348			213,410			208,338
Harsco Industrial	81,035			80,784			58,918
Corporate	125,634			136,002			126,468
Total Assets	$	2,975,969		$	3,338,877		$	3,469,220
Depreciation and Amortization
Harsco Metals & Minerals	$	163,137		$	183,784		$	180,306
Harsco Infrastructure	89,814			107,621			114,861
Harsco Rail	10,116			10,133			11,110
Harsco Industrial	3,098			2,805			2,832
Corporate	5,952			6,098			6,130
Total Depreciation and Amortization	$	272,117		$	310,441		$	315,239
Capital Expenditures
Harsco Metals & Minerals	$	189,358		$	212,009		$	123,153
Harsco Infrastructure	63,137			88,456			54,858
Harsco Rail	4,133			4,497			9,498
Harsco Industrial	3,669			4,938			1,722
Corporate	4,726			3,201			3,117
Total Capital Expenditures	$	265,023		$	313,101		$	192,348

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Income (Loss) to Consolidated Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Income:

	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31
(In thousands)	2012			2011			2010
Segment operating income (loss)	$	(166,895	)	$	93,440		$	81,564
General Corporate expense	(7,895		)	(5,791		)	(3,133		)
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations	(174,790		)	87,649			78,431
Interest income	3,676			2,751			2,668
Interest expense	(47,381		)	(48,735		)	(60,623		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity income	$	(218,495	)	$	41,665		$	20,476

Information about Products and Services:

	Revenues from Unaffiliated Customers
	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31
(In thousands)	2012		2011		2010
Product Group
Outsourced, on-site services to steel mills and other metals producers and resource recovery technologies for the re-use of industrial waste stream by-products	$	1,333,248	$	1,518,902	$	1,393,794
Engineered scaffolding, concrete forming and shoring, and other access-related services, rentals and sales	937,293		1,108,293		1,031,807
Railway track maintenance services and equipment	352,036		300,029		313,262
Air-cooled heat exchangers	175,896		142,960		112,170
Industrial grating products	136,157		113,388		76,975
Industrial abrasives and roofing granules	70,855		69,399		67,737
Heat transfer products	40,533		49,769		42,753
General Corporate	—		—		180
Consolidated Revenues	$	3,046,018	$	3,302,740	$	3,038,678