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Millennium Drilling and Equipment Services Senegal ( MDESS ) Director Francis Billy Williams discusses opportunities for sustainable transformation in the mining industry
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A s awareness surrounding ethics and sustainability increases scrutiny across every industry ,
Senegalese mining contractor MDESS ( Millennium Drilling and Equipment Services Senegal ) is working to own that conversation . MDESS wants to put as much back into the earth as it takes out with a range of initiatives designed to preserve the wellbeing of its workers and their working environments .
Managing Director of MDESS Francis Billy Williams has made environmental practices and the safety of his workers – a top priority at his company . “ The environmental side to what we do is of serious concern ,” he explains from his Senegal office .
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One area of sustainable work Williams is tapping into pertains to the rehabilitation of existing water wells in the region . A massive 75 % of Africa ’ s water comes from groundwater drilling , after a significant increase in water well / boreholes over the past 30 years . It is an area that MDESS is most active in .
“ There are a lot of companies here and everybody is just drilling , drilling , drilling , and that represents a lot of
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