Globally Engineered. Locally Delivered.

Harsco Metals Group Ltd

Harsco House
299 Kingston Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 7SG
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)1372 381400

Email: info_metals@harsco.com
www.harscometals.com

Globally Engineered. Locally Delivered.

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 Spanning the Globe

Engineered Solutions
We provide contract services for the metals industry, specializing in internal
logistics, product quality and resource recovery. We operate on site, and we
specify, own and maintain our plant or equipment. Each solution is engineered to
meet the needs of the individual customer.

High-value Products
In parallel, we commercialize high-value products to the metals, mining, utilities,
c o n s t ruction, shipping, and agriculture industries, converted from industrial
by-products generated by metals and mining production. We also extract the
metallic elements from the by-products, for recycling back into metals production.

A global organization
Harsco Metals operates across the ferrous, non-ferrous and precious metals
industries. As metals production increases in emerging economies to reflect local
demand from infrastructure projects and manufactured goods, our geographical
coverage has broadened to include the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East,
and Asia-Pacific. And with contracts at more than 160 locations and in over 30
countries, it’s true to say that our operations follow the footprint of the metals
sector as a whole.

We also realize that cost-efficiency is key when outsourcing a part of your

operation, and we believe that Continuous Improvement is the best policy. So we
draw on our unique global scale to apply best operating practice when designing
solutions, in order to ensure the benefits spread to all our customers wherever
they are located.

A History of Innovation
Innovation is in our DNA. As an organization, Harsco currently holds approximately
400 patents in 30 countries. We believe that the best innovation comes from the
‘chemistry’ of internal know-how allied to external expertise. Throughout our
history, we have sought to uncover the best process technologies, and incorporate
these into an engineered solution.

We call this ™

Breaking this down, the stages are:

Spanning the Globe
- Discover the challenge or opportunity
- Develop solutions using best available technology Harsco’s long experience in metals markets is combined with a wide range of operational solutions for different
- Deploy best operating practice around the globe markets. Building on our concentration of knowledge in well-established mature markets, we are extending our reach
into new territories, mirroring the progress of metals production into emerging economies.
Our innovation is focused on three key areas of capability for the organization:
logistics, product quality and resource recovery.

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 Our Solutions

Solving challenges
We work in partnership with the customer to deliver a
solution which is unique to each operating site because of
local differences in layout, logistics, metallurgy and
legislation, among other things. In our experience, there
are also common themes which emerge.

Many metals producers today are asking:

• How can we minimize raw material and energy costs?

• What methods are open to us to optimize logistical
efficiency?
• What is the most cost-effective route to achieve the
right product quality?
• How do we ensure compliance with tightening
environmental regulations?

We provide a range of solutions addressing these

challenges and opportunities.
Harsco provides steelmakers with Logistics solutions to In the steel industry, Harsco has long experience in the We provide economically and environmentally viable
optimize the supply chain on-site and contribute use of flame technologies for precision cutting or solutions for treatment of waste streams across
towards their goal of On-Time-In-Full. surface conditioning applications to the most exacting multiple metals sectors.
specifications. We have patented process technologies
A specialized area of added value is steel scrap, where for scarfing automation, and experienced scarfers. Our activities include:
we can offer a range of solutions to optimize buying,
sourcing, storage, upgrading and transportation to the Our activities include: • Processing of dross, slag, dust, sludge, or millscale
furnace. We also manage inventories on behalf of • Metal recovery
customers across raw materials, semi-finished and • Surface Conditioning • Iron and steel slag marketing and sales
finished products. • Slab slitting and cutting • Fertilizer sales
• Recycling or disposal of residual material
Our activities include: See pages 9-10 for further details.
We offer a range of resource recovery solutions for
• Scrap Management & Processing carbon steel (see page 12), stainless steel (page 14)
(see pages 5-6 for details)
and non-ferrous metals (page 16).
• Raw Material Management including iron ore,
coal, limestone
• Essential Maintenance including lip cleaning,
tundish and refractory removal
• Specialized Transportation of Liquid Steel and Slag
• Semi-finished & Finished Product Management
(see pages 7-8 for details)

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 Logistics Solutions Scrap Management

Integration of arising scrap and merchant scrap

Harsco is able to discharge scrap arriving by road, rail or barge. Internally arising or
purchased scrap can be upgraded to meet the steelmaker’s exact requirements.

Scrap upgrading services include:

• Baling
• Shearing
• Shredding
• Manual gas cutting/ High volume cutting with FerroCut™ machine
• Drop-balling

Timely and accurate scrap delivery to the furnace

Whatever the mill’s scrap arrival points, scrap yard layout, or distance to the
furnace, we will design a logistical solution by selecting the right cranes and mobile
equipment.

Real-time DGPS tracking of scrap movement, as well as electronic weighing

systems ensure baskets or chutes are loaded in accordance with the menus
received electronically from the furnace. The flexibility of our ScrapMaster™
scrap management system allows rapid changes in melt programs without
affecting timely basket delivery.

Least-cost scrap mix for each steel grade

By analyzing available scrap on the ground, we can apply least-cost scrap menus to
suit immediate production needs. The scrap melt module in ScrapMaster™
optimizes scrap inputs, over just one or a series of heats. The cost of external scrap
can be minimized by planning purchases according to expected steelmake and
scrap grades required.

Logistics Solutions Scrap Management

The video review feature of ScrapMaster™ gives the operator or furnace manager complete visibility of scrap
handling on site. Combined with DGPS tracking of scrap movements, it allows the furnace manager to rewind the
tape of operations, should there be a problem with a particular heat.

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 Logistics Solutions Product Management

Quality control and Inventory management

Our logistics solutions optimize on-site transportation and handling of semi-finished
and finished products.

• Product handling, stocking and transport

• Hydrogen diffusion
• Quality control and inspection of semi-finished products
• Internal transport to road, rail or sea dispatch points with specialized equipment
• Full packaging service for cold-rolled and tinplate materials

Just in time delivery

The movement of vehicles and stock is tracked using differential GPS or radio
frequency (RFID) tagging, allowing timely retrieval and delivery of items to the
next production point. Products are identified using stamping, bar coded tags, or
adhesive labels depending on the temperature.

Logistics Solutions Product Management

At Tata Steel’s Aldwarke (UK) mill, the blooms coming from the caster are stored in the stockyard for cooling. Most
are air-cooled, but 40% are slow-cooled. Straightness of material for slow-cooled product is critical and needs to be
maintained throughout product handling. Harsco Metals uses a specially-adapted forklift truck, equipped with seven
evenly-spaced forks, and temperature-controlled cooling hoods to minimize the possibility of bending.

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 Product Quality

We offer a full range of solutions for ensuring that the final steel pr oduct is
accurately dimensioned and correctly finished, as specified by end users of the
steel. Transforming product dimensions and improving their surface quality is an
area where Harsco applies technology and expertise.

Our services include:

• Full face and spot scarfing by machine or hand

• Dye penetration testing to identify surface defects
• Slitting and sub-dividing of slabs
• Grinding of stainless steel products

Surface conditioning to remove imperfections

Prior to entering the rolling mill, the surface quality of hot or cold slabs can be
improved by scarfing. Scarfing can be performed by our highly skilled manual
scarfers or by using our patented Androfer scarfing machine. For stainless and
special steels, grinding provides an effective method for improving surface quality
prior to further processing.

Dimensioning to meet size specification

Slitting and sub-dividing is performed for many clients using highly productive
automated oxycutting machines which precisely cut slab and plate to a variety of
shapes and sizes.

Product Quality Solutions

Harsco provide scarfing automation technology for ArcelorMittal at the East Chicago steel mill. As part of our
continuous improvement approach to technology, we have developed a facility for feedback to the client on the
scarfing operation – slab-by-slab – via an automated slab tracking system.

The scarfing operation is linked to the slab item tracking system, which gives ArcelorMittal the ability to scarf more
slabs in a given time period, without impacting on product quality.

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 Resource Recovery Solutions Carbon Steel

Zero waste solutions for by-products

We process and recycle slag from carbon steel mills including BF slag, steel slag
(EAF and BOS) and ladle slag. Recovered metallic content is returned to the client
in the optimum grades and sizes for recycling and can be upgraded to higher Fe
content for increased value in use. De-metallized slag is crushed and screened for
commercialization. Harsco annually sells over 10 million tonnes of processed slag
on to end-users in more than 25 countries. The environmental benefits to the
community are clear, since by-product materials are recycled into useable products
and landfill is avoided.

Our slag activities include:

• Processing slag and debris

• Separation and recovery of metallic content
• Upgrading of recovered metallics/Coolant scrap production
• Crushing and screening of de-metallized slag
• Sales of recycled slag (applications include filter media, fertilizer, roadmaking,
construction materials, cement, abrasives, roofing granules)

Regarding dust, sludge and millscale materials, we offer:

• Briquetting or Pelletizing of dusts to recover metal

• Recycling EAF dusts to produce a slag foaming agent (Carbofer® process)
• Millscale processing
• Sludge dewatering and processing
• Kish handling and processing
• Recovery of mineral products

Secondary metallurgy solutions

Our sister company Harsco Minerals manufactures patented Performix
m e t a l l u rgical additives for secondary metallurgy applications in steelmaking.
P e rf o rmix recycles secondary steelmaking slags and spent refractories into
processed products for metallurgical refining, yielding savings on raw feed
materials for the steelmaker.

Resource Recovery Solutions Carbon Steel

Van Reenen's pass on the N3 between Johannesburg and Durban is one of the busiest highways in South Africa. Due
to heavy traffic and steep gradients, this section experienced premature road surface deterioration. Based on our
experience with the asphalt industry in the UK, we supplied steel slag aggregate from our nearby ArcelorMittal
Newcastle plant in South Africa. Following the success of the Van Reenen pass resurfacing, we now supply the
road aggregate for the entire N3 upgrading process.

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 Resource Recovery Solutions Stainless Steel

Zero waste solutions for slag, dust and millscale materials

We operate plants for the recovery of valuable elements from stainless steel slag,
utilizing ball mills, rod mills and gravity separation. Throughputs range from 22 to
110 tons per hour. Most of the operating plants utilize the wet process route to
produce high grade products including purity levels up to 99% metallic content.

We process and recycle slag materials, including EAF and AOD slag:

• Processing slag and debris

• Separation and recovery of metallic content
• Upgrading of recovered metallics
• Crushing and screening of de-metallized slag
• Sales of recycled slag (applications include filter media, fertilizer, roadmaking,
construction materials)

R e g a rding millscale and dust by-products from stainless steelmaking, our

Plasminox® patented process uses DC arc plasma furnace technology to
recover Nickel and FerroChrome alloys, for recycling back into steelmaking.

Resource Recovery Solutions Stainless Steel

Harsco provides a value added service to stainless steel manufacturers around the world. Utilizing over 70 years of
industry expertise, we re-engineer by-products into “green” co-products for the marketplace such as agricultural and
turf fertilizers. Each application packs the highest amount of total soluble silicon in the industry, providing a range
of benefits including increased water-use efficiency and greater yields.

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 Resource Recovery Solutions Non-Ferrous

Zero waste approach to aluminum dross processing

Harsco offers dross processing solutions to aluminum producers, whereby dross is
typically processed under tolling agreements. The recovered metal is returned to
the client for sale or recycling, and any remaining material is re-treated to minimize
the environmental impact of the process.

We offer the following:

• Processing of dross through furnace using saline solution

• Recovery of aluminum and return to local smelter
• Environmentally compliant disposal of residual salt cake

Other non-ferrous Resource Recovery

We handle and process by-products from production of Copper, Zinc, Nickel and
Ferro Alloys.

Our activities include:

• Liquid slag transport and processing

• Processing and recovery of metallic elements
• Environmentally compliant disposal of de-metalized slag

Resource Recovery Solutions Non-Ferrous

Alba is Bahrain’s largest aluminum producer. As part of Alba's expansion, Harsco Metals has upgraded and expanded
its dross processing facility on the island. A new tilting furnace has been installed, combined with a new method for
converting previously hazardous waste into inert oxides for recycling. The new furnace meets the demand for
increased dross processing capacity from the customer, while maximizing aluminum yield from the recovery process.
In addition, a zero-waste solution has been designed for disposal of the residue.

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 Safety First

Injury-free workplace

Harsco Metals operates on the principles that:

• All occupational injuries and illnesses are preventable

• Safety is everyone's responsibility
• Operating exposures can be reasonably safeguarded
• Safety comes before cost or production
• Preventing injuries and accidents contributes to business success

We recognize that the metals industry environment is often hazardous but that
with the right equipment, training and systems these risks can be well controlled.

Safe Plant
Harsco leads the industry in its equipment standards. Our Hot work equipment
has many enhanced safety features developed by Harsco Metals including
automatic fire suppression systems, blast proof glass and louvers, thermal
cameras and escape hoods.

Safe People
It takes safe people to make safe systems work and therefore Harsco invests in
training for all employees through our SafeGuard safety program. New employees
are introduced to our safety principles on their first day with the company. We
explain our Cardinal Rules to them and the behaviors expected of them. Finally,
Safety, Health, Environment and Quality is a core module of the training that our
site managers undertake as part of our global management development program.

Safe Procedures
Harsco believes that managing Safety, Health, Environment and Quality is a
fundamental part of modern professional management. We have triple
c e rtification (ISO 9001 Quality Management, ISO14001 Environmental
Management and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety) of our
management systems in many parts of the world and the remainder are working
towards this goal.

Safety First
Harsco has developed its own behavioral safety program to train employees to identify and correct unsafe
behaviors amongst their peers.
This is backed up by regular behavioral observations conducted by supervisors and managers who are
trained to coach employees. Employees are also encouraged to participate in safety groups improving
their operating environment.

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 Collaborative Innovation

Harsco’s open innovation policy

Modern re s e a rch, development and technological innovation are based on
networking. Most of the technological solutions needed to satisfy today’s
challenges are already developed and available elsewhere. Adaptability is more
important than invention. Today, the internet makes it possible to collaborate with
research institutes and universities from around the world, working together on
Harsco’s future innovation agenda.

Chief Technology Officer

Our innovation process is driven through the Chief Technology Officer for Harsco
Metals and Harsco Minerals. The office of the CTO operates as a virtual global
team, and we find that a borderless outlook, beyond national boundaries,
promotes creative problem solving within the organization, and enables us to
reach out to the wider world and bring in the best ideas.

You can follow Harsco's innovation journey by logging onto www.harsco3d.com

Clyde Kirkwood
CTO Harsco Minerals and Harsco Metals

Collaborative Innovation University of Science and Technology Beijing

Harsco Metals is tapping into applied research at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing (USTB), to
develop innovative by-product solutions for China’s steel industry. Through a joint research program established by
Harsco Metals, the University’s Engineering Research Center of Metallurgical Technology analyzed the output and
current uses for by-products generated by 8 different steel mills in China. As a result, Harsco will be collaborating with
USTB to propose resource recovery solutions for those mills.

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 Our Operating Model Harsco Metals Harsco Minerals

Globally Engineered. Locally Delivered

Harsco Metals operates on site at metals production plants around the world. But our partnership with customers
extends beyond local service delivery. We support our site operations through a global design and engineering function,
and we monitor best operating practices through an auditing and benchmarking program, to continuously improve our
process efficiency.

In addition, we have created a worldwide innovation network, so that our engineers benefit from the best available
technologies in the external world when they design solutions.

Harsco Corporation Harsco Rail Harsco Infrastructure

Harsco Corporation is one of the world’s leading

diversified industrial services and engineered
products companies, serving key industries that
Operate play a fundamental role in worldwide economic
Site operations growth including metals, infrastructure, railways
Build/own/operate and energy. Harsco’s sales exceed $3bn, with
Long term contracts operations in over 50 countries. Harsco’s
ISO certification
common stock (HSC) is a component of the S&P
Safety, Health, Environment, Quality
MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index.

Harsco Metals
Provides specialized logistics and environmental services to the
global metals industry, at over 160 locations in more than 30
Support countries.
By-product commercialization
Harsco Minerals
Engineering Services
Corporate support functions An established provider of environmental services to the
utility and stainless steel industries, Harsco Minerals
utilizes innovative metal recovery to give customers a
cost-effective raw material for production while manufacturing
a full range of mineral products servicing the abrasive blasting,
roofing, agriculture, turf, and mining industries.

Harsco Rail
Transfer Knowledge A global leader for total track maintenance management, serving
Site Audits the world's railroads to increase train speed and tonnage,
Best Operating Practice enhance safety and track performance, and improve total cost of
160 sites in 30 countries
ownership.
Global benchmarking
Harsco Infrastructure
Harsco Infrastructure offers a single, integrated international
source for rental scaffolding, shoring and concrete
forming, and a range of advanced access solutions for major
non-residential construction and industrial maintenance projects.

Innovate Harsco Industrial

Reaching out to external world Niche manufacturing businesses serving selected markets with
Research and Development a range of market-leading products.
Chief Technology Office
Global Innovation Network
Best available technology

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