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Other Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of other expenses (income) | The major components of this income statement category are as follows:
|  | Other (Income) Expenses
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Net gains |  | $ | (5,848 | ) |  | $ | (6,162 | ) |  | $ | (7,792 | )
Contingent consideration adjustments |  | — |  |  | (3,966 | ) |  | (10,620 | )
Employee termination benefits costs |  | 31,158 |  |  | 36,174 |  |  | 24,816 |
Costs to exit activities |  | 38,626 |  |  | 10,007 |  |  | 34,384 |
Product line rationalization |  | 24,966 |  |  | 66,063 |  |  | 34,302 |
Impaired asset write-downs |  | 7,152 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,966 |
Other (income) expense |  | (2,278 | ) |  | 624 |  |  | 1,417 |
Total |  | $ | 93,776 |  |  | $ | 102,740 |  |  | $ | 86,473 |
Schedule of net gains from sales of redundant properties and non-core assets |
|  | Net Gains
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment |  | $ | (2,449 | ) |  | $ | (1,666 | ) |  | $ | (3,942 | )
Harsco Infrastructure Segment |  | (2,198 | ) |  | (3,607 | ) |  | (3,253 | )
Harsco Industrial Segment |  | (1,089 | ) |  | (889 | ) |  | (597 | )
Corporate |  | (112 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | (5,848 | ) |  | $ | (6,162 | ) |  | $ | (7,792 | )
Schedule of reductions to previously recognized contingent consideration liabilities | The Company's assessment of these performance goals resulted in the following reductions to previously recognized contingent consideration liabilities:
|  | Years Ended December 31
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Reduction of contingent consideration liabilities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,966 |  |  | $ | 10,620 |
The Company's assessment of these performance goals resulted in the following reductions to previously recognized contingent consideration liabilities:
|  | Contingent Consideration Adjustments
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Harsco Infrastructure Segment |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3,966 | ) |  | $ | (10,620 | )
Schedule of employee termination benefit costs |
|  | Employee Termination Benefit Costs
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment |  | $ | 8,082 |  |  | $ | 18,533 |  |  | $ | 4,684 |
Harsco Infrastructure Segment |  | 17,291 |  |  | 16,546 |  |  | 19,068 |
Harsco Rail Segment |  | 245 |  |  | 296 |  |  | 578 |
Harsco Industrial Segment |  | 418 |  |  | 423 |  |  | 486 |
Corporate |  | 5,122 |  |  | 376 |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 31,158 |  |  | $ | 36,174 |  |  | $ | 24,816 |
Schedule of exit costs |
|  | Costs to Exit Activities
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment |  | $ | 3,627 |  |  | $ | 1,313 |  |  | $ | 930 |
Harsco Infrastructure Segment |  | 34,820 |  |  | 8,694 |  |  | 33,458 |
Harsco Industrial Segment |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4 | )
Corporate |  | 179 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 38,626 |  |  | $ | 10,007 |  |  | $ | 34,384 |
Schedule of impaired asset write-downs |
|  | Impaired Asset Write-downs
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment |  | $ | 7,152 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,028 |
Harsco Infrastructure Segment |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,938 |
Total |  | $ | 7,152 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,966 |

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