The purpose of the 10th US North American Mine Ventilation Symposium in Anchorage 2004 was to bring together practitioners involved in the planning and operation of underground ventilation systems, to provide a forum for debate and exchange of ideas, and to share information on the advances which have been made and consider problems which remain in the broad field of mine ventilation.
The Mine Ventilation Symposium series has always been a premier forum for ventilation experts, practitioners, educators, students, regulators and manufacturers from around the world to exchange knowledge, ideas and opinions. This volume features over sixty selected technical papers from fifteen countries around the world including topics such as mine fires and explosions,case studies, diesel in underground mines, face ventilation, ventilation systems design, strata gas and control, ventilation and control systems, modeling and software development, dust generation, transport and control.

Professor Francis Gudyanga has a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Chemistry from the University of
Hertfordshire (UK), MSc in Analytical Chemistry from Chelsea College, University of London, MPhil in
Metallurgy from Brunel University, Uxbridge (UK), a PhD in Mineral Technology from the Royal School
of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, and a DIC in
Electrochemical Engineering from Imperial College London. He is a metallurgist and applied chemist with
over 30 years’ experience in the minerals industry covering plant operations, management, R&D at
institutions in UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe, teaching university undergraduates and supervision of
doctoral research students. His research interests are in extractive metallurgy, materials technology, and
S&T policy. He has been serving on several national, regional and international Committees and Boards.
He held senior positions in the Government of Zimbabwe for 10 years serving as Permanent Secretary in 3
ministries, namely: Science and Technology Development, Mines and Mining Development, and Higher
and Tertiary Education Science & Technology Development. Professor Gudyanga is currently the President
of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences.