The most direct way to unlock copper from scrap and decarbonize steel

Voro Metals is scaling a process that removes residual copper and other impurities from recycled scrap steel, enabling electric arc furnace steelmakers to produce higher-quality steel at lower cost while reducing carbon emissions.

Voro Metals was founded to unlock more value from recycled scrap steel.

Copper contamination is a persistent bottleneck in scrap-based steel production. Our team brings deep experience in steelmaking, process engineering, and industrial systems to address this.

Diagram of a car recycling process showing car input, shredding, and separation of recovered copper and zinc from shredded metal.

Voro’s patent-pending advanced pyrometallurgical system isolates and removes contaminant metals, upgrading low-grade recycled steel feedstock into high-value material suitable for high-quality steel production.

The result:

  • premium-grade steel from recycled scrap,

  • reduced reliance on virgin inputs,

  • lower operating costs for EAF producers,

  • and a materially lower carbon footprint.

At the same time, Voro enables the recovery of copper and other metals that would otherwise be lost in the steelmaking process.

Voro Metals is backed by leading investors in industrial innovation and planetary health.

RA Capital, Planetary Health focuses on creating and funding companies that develop and commercialize cost-effective solutions to reduce emissions, increase resource availability, and restore environmental quality.

Chrysalix Venture Capital collaborates closely with leading industrial companies to define problems that matter and actively source disruptive solutions to these problems.

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