Harsco Corporation has announced the appointment of Mr Gene A Iannazzo as president of its Harsco Minerals business group, which comprises the company's Excell Minerals and Reed Minerals divisions.

Mr Iannazzo will report to Mr Richard C Neuffer senior VP of Harsco and Group CEO of the Harsco Minerals & Rail group.

Mr Salvatore D Fazzolari chairman & CEO of Harsco said that "Mr Gene's strong credentials, international experience and solid industry relationships fit directly with our strategic objectives for accelerating the global scalability of our Harsco Minerals business platform. As we indicated in our recent announcement of our new relationship with China's largest stainless steel producer, we believe there are significant untapped opportunities across the globe to serve leading industry producers as the premier environmental partner for their co-product materials.''

Mr Fazzolari said that "Mr Gene's appointment continues our Harsco journey to build a strong global leadership team through the disciplined and rigorous implementation of our human capital framework, which underpins our core value for A Team people. The current global financial and economic crisis provides an excellent opportunity to bolster our human capital infrastructure, as we position Harsco as one of the most respected and admired industrial services companies in the world.''