AECI is a specialty products and services group of companies serving the mining and manufacturing sectors, domiciled in South Africa. The company`s businesses include AEL Mining Services (AEL), a cluster of specialty chemicals business units, Heartland and SANS Technical Fibers. The core businesses serve global and regional markets, providing value-adding solutions to customers through science, technology and industry knowledge. AECI is characterised by application know-how and service delivery. AECI has an employee compliment of 6 800, many of whom are engaged in the sales, technical services and distribution networks. AECI`s landholdings are significant, located in prime locations near Johannesburg and Cape Town, with an excess of 3 000 hectares available for redevelopment over the next 25 years. AECI is listed on the JSE Limited.