EXHIBIT 23

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the following
Registration Statements of Harsco Corporation of our reports dated January 31,
2002 relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule, which appear in this Form 10-K:

-     Post Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form S-8 Registration Statement
      (Registration No. 2-57876), effective May 21, 1982.

-     Post Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement
      (Registration No. 33-5300), dated March 26, 1987.

-     Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-14064), dated May 6,
      1987.

-     Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No.
      33-24854), dated October 31, 1988.

-     Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-56885), dated
      December 15, 1994.

-     Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-13175), dated
      October 1, 1996.

-     Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-13173), dated
      October 1, 1996.

-     Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-59832), dated April
      30, 2001.

-     Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-70710) dated October
      2, 2001.


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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 21, 2002