Visions through the Smelting Furnace. The Story of a Norwegian Smelting Plant towards Carbon-Neutral Ferrosilicon Production.

• Main Author: Knutsen, Pål Moddi
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: bioeconomy; actor-network theory; Ferrosilicon; steel production; Finnfjord; green shift; smelting plant; material semiotics; ferroalloys; carbon-neutral metal smelting; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/57476; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-60209

Ferrosilicon is one of the fundamental building blocks of modern society, yet seldom discussed outside the factory halls in which it is produced. Products from the ferrosilicon industry end up in everything from cars to computers. Finnfjord, a family- owned smelting plant in Northern Norway, is one...