On August 11th, CEO Laureen Meroueh and Hertha Metals – a domestic steel and high-purity iron producing company based out of Conroe – hosted Congressman Morgan Luttrell for a tour of Hertha Metals’ plant. During the tour, Congressman Luttrell saw Hertha’s one-step furnace in action: turning low-grade domestic ore and millscale into high-purity iron for rare earth magnets used in defense, energy, and electronics. The visit also spotlighted Hertha’s upcoming 9,000-tonne-per-year plant, set to bring 550 jobs and strengthen America’s industrial security.

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Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and CEO Dr. Laureen Meroueh greet workers at Hertha Metals’ plant in Conroe.

“It was an honor to welcome Congressman Morgan Luttrell to our Conroe plant,” said Laureen Meroueh, CEO of Hertha Metals. “By producing high-purity iron domestically, we’re reducing America’s reliance on foreign supply chains for materials critical to defense, energy, and advanced manufacturing – all while creating more than 550 jobs and making Conroe a cornerstone of America’s industrial future.”

“The United States is the world’s largest steel importer yet has no domestic source of high-purity iron. China exports over 90 percent of the high-purity iron in rare earth magnets – a reliance that poses a direct threat to America’s industrial and national security,” said Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX). “Hertha Metals is changing that and meeting the moment by creating a 9,000 tonne per year plant in Conroe with enough capacity to meet the country’s demand in the rare earth magnet market. I’m proud that this new high purity iron production plant will generate over 500 jobs in my district.”

More Background: Hertha Metals is revitalizing American-made high-purity iron and steel manufacturing through innovation. By leveraging abundant U.S. natural gas and domestic iron ore, Hertha developed a next-generation steelmaking process that delivers high-purity iron, as well as high performance steel, using our country’s abundant resources. By 2030, Hertha Metals will scale steel production to 500,000 tonnes annually, a commercial steel micro mill. To learn more, visit www.herthametals.com.

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“Hertha Metals is changing that and meeting the moment by creating a 9,000 tonne per year plant in Conroe with enough capacity to meet the country’s demand in the rare earth magnet market."- Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX)