Harsco Corp.’s MultiServ mill services division will expand its on-site services at two of Mexico's largest steel works under multi-year contracts expected to generate new revenues of more than $40 million over their duration.

Under a new ten-year agreement at the Mittal Steel Lazaro Cardenas mill on Mexico's Pacific coast, MultiServ will own and operate a multi-vehicle fleet of slag pot carriers that will provide round-the-clock support to the mill's steelmaking plant. The new MultiServ-owned carriers, expected to begin operation in 2006, will replace several older units owned by the mill. MultiServ has provided a range of on-site metal recovery, slag processing and other services since 1999.

MultiServ will also upgrade its slag handling services at the DeAcero Celaya works, one of Mexico's leading producers of wire products. Within the next twelve months, Deacero will double its annual production at the Celaya facility to more than two million tons. To support the increased volumes, MultiServ will introduce an all-new slag pot carrying service as part of a 10-year main services contract renewal. The new contract also extends MultiServ's on-site responsibilities for metal recovery, slag processing and other services. MultiServ will also take over an on-site scrap collection service previously provided by another contractor.

Mittal Steel Lazaro Cardenas (formerly IMEXSA) is Mexico's largest steel producer, averaging nearly four million tons of liquid steel production per year.

Harsco Corp. is a diversified, worldwide industrial services and products company with annual sales in excess of $2.5 billion. Harsco's four market-leading business segments provide mill services, access services, engineered products and services, and gas containment and control technologies to customers worldwide. The company employs 18,500 people at over 400 locations in more than 40 countries of operation.

Harsco's MultiServ division provides major steel producers with a comprehensive range of services that support the entire steelmaking process, including integrated materials handling, semi-finished and finished product management, and by-product recovery and recycling. The division operates at some 160 mills in over 30 countries, making MultiServ the world's single largest provider of on-site, outsourced mill services to the steel and metals industries.