Dr Ashma Singh is a Senior Technical Specialist at Mintek in South Africa. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN) and co-supervised through the Florida Institute of Phosphate Research (FIPR). She is a registered professional engineer at the Engineering Council of South Africa, a fellow of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. She is a supervisor for numerous PhD and MSc candidates and a peer reviewer for journal papers. She has over 22 years of experience in the beneficiation of a plethora of mineral resources, including and not limited to Ferrous Minerals, Industrial Minerals, Critical Minerals and Base Metals.