MultiServ to Expand Slag Processing Services Under Add-On Contract to Lafarge North America
Expanded Contract is Valued at Close to $3 Million Over its Duration
HARRISBURG, PA (May 12, 2005) . . . Worldwide industrial
services and products company Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC)
announced today that its MultiServ mill services division has been
awarded a three-year add-on contract by Lafarge North America to
provide expanded on-site steel slag screening and handling
services. The contract is valued at close to $3 million over its
duration.
Lafarge processes granulated blast furnace slag from a major
steel mill for use in the production of concrete and construction
aggregates. Under this add-on contract, MultiServ will screen up to
300,000 tons of slag per year to support new market requirements
that Lafarge has identified.
Harsco's MultiServ division is the world's single largest
provider of on-site, outsourced mill services to the steel and
metals industries, operating at more than 160 mills in over 30
countries.
Harsco Corporation is a $2.5 billion diversified industrial
services and engineered products company whose market-leading
businesses provide mill services, access services, gas containment
and control technologies, and engineered products and services to
customers worldwide. The company employs 18,500 people in more than
40 countries of operation. Additional information about Harsco,
including its MultiServ division, can be found at http://www.harsco.com.
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