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Restructuring Programs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
2011/2012 Restructuring Program |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The restructuring accrual for the 2011/2012 Restructuring Program at December 31, 2012 and the activity for the year then ended are as follows:
(In thousands) |  | Accrual December 31 2011 |  | Additional Expenses Incurred (a) |  | Non-Cash Charges / Adjustments |  | Cash Payments |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Remaining Accrual December 31 2012
Harsco Infrastructure Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee termination benefit costs |  | $ | 14,500 |  |  | $ | 17,495 |  |  | $ | (326 | ) |  | $ | (25,265 | ) |  | $ | 595 |  |  | $ | 6,999 |
Cost to exit activities |  | 2,833 |  |  | 45,927 |  |  | 215 |  |  | (39,997 | ) |  | 22 |  |  | 9,000 |
Total Harsco Infrastructure Segment (b) |  | 17,333 |  |  | 63,422 |  |  | (111 | ) |  | (65,262 | ) |  | 617 |  |  | 15,999 |
Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment
Employee termination benefit costs |  | 12,737 |  |  | 4,974 |  |  | — |  |  | (11,017 | ) |  | (200 | ) |  | 6,494 |
Cost to exit activities |  | — |  |  | 499 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 499 |
Total Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment |  | 12,737 |  |  | 5,473 |  |  | — |  |  | (11,017 | ) |  | (200 | ) |  | 6,993 |
Harsco Rail Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee termination benefit costs |  | 50 |  |  | 67 |  |  | — |  |  | (117 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Harsco Corporate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee termination benefit costs |  | 351 |  |  | 371 |  |  | — |  |  | (709 | ) |  | — |  |  | 13 |
Total |  | $ | 30,471 |  |  | $ | 69,333 |  |  | $ | (111 | ) |  | $ | (77,105 | ) |  | $ | 417 |  |  | $ | 23,005 |
(a) Includes principally the recognition of additional expenses due to timing considerations under U.S. GAAP, as well as adjustments to previously recorded restructuring charges resulting from changes in facts and circumstances in the implementation of these activities. (b) The table does not include $25.0 million of non-cash product rationalization expense or $17.7 million of proceeds from asset sales under the 2011/2012 Restructuring Program for this Segment as these items did not impact the restructuring accrual during 2012.
Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The restructuring accrual for the Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program at December 31, 2012 and the activity for the year then ended are as follows:
(In thousands) |  | Accrual December 31 2011 |  | Adjustments to Previously Recorded Restructuring Charges (a) |  | Cash Payments |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Remaining Accrual December 31 2012
Harsco Infrastructure Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost to exit activities |  | $ | 11,929 |  |  | $ | (805 | ) |  | $ | (4,178 | ) |  | $ | (155 | ) |  | $ | 6,791 |
Employee termination benefit costs |  | 211 |  |  | (208 | ) |  | — |  |  | (3 | ) |  | — |
Other |  | 7 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 12,147 |  |  | $ | (1,018 | ) |  | $ | (4,178 | ) |  | $ | (160 | ) |  | $ | 6,791 |
(a) Adjustments to previously recorded restructuring charges resulted from changes in facts and circumstances in the implementation of these activities.
Prior restructuring programs |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The restructuring accrual for those prior restructuring programs at December 31, 2012 and the activity for the year then ended are as follows:
(In thousands) |  | Accrual December 31 2011 |  | Adjustments to Previously Recorded Restructuring Charges (a) |  | Cash Payments |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Remaining Accrual December 31 2012
Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee termination benefit costs |  | $ | 1,280 |  |  | $ | (1,263 | ) |  | $ | (43 | ) |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | — |
Cost to exit activities |  | 727 |  |  | — |  |  | (124 | ) |  | (13 | ) |  | 590 |
Total |  | $ | 2,007 |  |  | $ | (1,263 | ) |  | $ | (167 | ) |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 590 |
(a) Adjustments to previously recorded restructuring charges resulted from changes in facts and circumstances in the implementation of these activities.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 146 -Paragraph 20 -Subparagraph b(2) -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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