Harsco Environmental's SteelPhalt Renews Vision as Global High-Performance Asphalt Company

• SteelPhalt sets sights on globalizing its first-class products, matched by a commitment to innovation and sustainability.
  
• Products offer a sustainable way of making asphalt using 95-percent recycled aggregates.

CAMP HILL, Pa., Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harsco Environmental, a division of Harsco Corporation and the trusted global leader in environmental services and innovative products, today announces it has increased its focus on expanding SteelPhalt as a world-leading asphalt company with unique solutions for every roadmaking challenge. This includes relaunching SteelPhalt’s website making it faster and easier-to-use, featuring a new product selector designed to aid current and potential customers in decision-making when specifying materials for a project. Actions such as ordering and tracking will also be automated on the new site to lower customer time spent on administrative tasks.

Through sustainable products that deliver high skid resistance and better durability, SteelPhalt makes high-performance asphalt to reduce the carbon footprint of road-laying by 40-percent. These trusted solutions aim to protect the planet and deliver durable roads for a more sustainable world.

“We don’t quarry the Earth – instead, Harsco Environmental is increasingly focused on carbon-conscious ecoproducts™ such as SteelPhalt,” said Martin Gray, managing director of SteelPhalt. “Our people, and their passion for making a difference, keep us determined to make a world of difference by dealing with the issues of today to help solve the problems of tomorrow.”

Today’s announcement follows SteelPhalt’s continued expansion in support of sustainable roadmaking. The Company recently announced the opening of two new asphalt plants located in Cardiff, Wales, and an additional plant at the existing Rotherham, England, facility, manufacture sustainable asphalt products using 95-percent recycled aggregates.

With plans to open several facilities over the next three years outside of the U.K., the additional plants will offer Harsco another resource for handling slag from its steel mill customers while also responding to the ever-increasing demand to be more sustainable.

With over 50 years of knowledge, experience and technical expertise, SteelPhalt has built a reputation around sustainable innovation by developing asphalt products that outperform conventional asphalt in durability, consistency, skid resistance and sustainability. To learn more about SteelPhalt’s products, visit www.steelphalt.com.

To learn more about Harsco’s market-leading environmental solutions, visit www.harsco-environmental.com.

About Harsco Corporation

Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) is a global market leader providing environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams, and innovative technologies for the rail sector. Based in Camp Hill, PA, the 12,000-employee company operates in more than 30 countries. Harsco’s common stock is a component of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index and the Russell 2000 Index. Additional information can be found at www.harsco.com.

About Harsco Environmental

Harsco’s Environmental division is the trusted global leader in environmental services and innovative products to the metals industry, with operations at over 130 customer sites across more than 30 countries. The division is a technology partner to cleaner, more efficient metal production, providing customers with economically and environmentally viable solutions for the treatment and reuse of production waste streams. Visit www.harsco-environmental.com to learn more.