Dr. Maria Kalashnikova, D.Sc.

Independent Expertise for Capital-Intensive Industrial Projects.

I am an independent metallurgy & industrial consultant — not a vendor, not part of an EPCM team, not affiliated with any operator. My clients hire me directly when they need a senior, second-opinion technical authority on a defined scope: feasibility review, flowsheet audit, due diligence, or proprietary process design.

Based in Israel and working independently since 2014, I combined contract-based international engagements with leading the hydrometallurgy laboratory at the Gipronickel Institute (St. Petersburg) until January 2025, when I concluded that role to consult full-time. I hold no current employment, equity, or contractual obligations with any mining operator, and I operate under strict confidentiality discipline: client-specific information from past engagements is never disclosed.

Forty years of bench-to-plant practice — including tenure as Head of a premier Hydrometallurgy Laboratory — sit behind every engagement. Operating globally from Israel, I deliver independent technical review at the depth required for NI 43-101 / JORC reporting, alongside my own portfolio of 11 issued Russian Federation patents and a registered APC software algorithm (2025) — proprietary solutions that travel with me, not with any single employer.

Patented Processes. Productionised Algorithms.

Four decades of bench-to-plant practice now extending into Industry 4.0 — turning empirical chemistry into governed control logic for modern refineries. All processes below are registered as my own intellectual property and are not bound to any single operator or employer.