An emerging hydrogen-electric smelting-reduction route designed to produce green iron from lower-grade ores, with goals covering technoeconomic modelling, benchtop demonstration and a greater-than-100-kg-per-day concept pilot.
Hertha Metals is a Texas-based startup founded in 2022 developing sustainable iron and steel production technology. It focuses on scaling low-emission steelmaking and high-purity iron supply, including support for domestic resources and potential applications such as NdFeB magnet production in the U.S.