Mining Meets Sustainability: Donna Kitsos on Innovation and Impact

What comes to mind when you hear mining? Pollution? Destruction? Now add the word sustainable — does it feel contradictory?

In this episode, I speak with Donna Kitsos, a Singapore-based expert in global markets, energy, and innovation, about what sustainable mining actually means. With a background in coal trading and a career now focused on climate tech and circular solutions, Donna shares how mining is evolving — and why it’s more important than ever to understand that shift.

🔑 Key Topics

What “sustainable mining” really means

How innovation is reshaping extraction and supply chains

The role of AI, biomining, recycling, and circular systems

Why collaboration and transparency are key to progress

👤 About Donna Kitsos

Donna has 20+ years in financial/physical commodities, venture, and energy innovation. Today, she works with early-stage technologies that transform mining and sustainability from the ground up.

Learn more: prospectinnovation.com

World Economic Forum’s UpLink Mining Challenge

Donna on LinkedIn