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Developer, producer and supplier of commercial explosives, initiating systems and blasting services for all mining, quarrying and construction markets in Africa. Whatever your blasting needs, AEL can provide the right product and service package for the task.ÊÊOur products are designed to help customers increase their throughput and achieve optimal and consistent blasting results.Ê Custom-designed and integrated, our product range provides you with flexibility in matching requirements, features and price.ÊWe offer high-quality packaged explosives, enhanced down-hole blends, and the most reliable small-diameter and up-hole bulk explosives for underground mining.ÊThese products are initiated by superior, cost-effective capped fuse and igniter cord systems.Ê Suretubeª shock tube for matchless oil resistance, and the worldÕs most advanced programmable detonator systems and accessoriesÉ tailored to suit your specific cost and performance requirements.Established in 1896, AEL is one of the world's leading suppliers of explosives and initiating systems. Based and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, AEL also has production facilities and offices in Ghana, Mali, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.We have many years of experience in overcoming the challenges of bringing hi-tech solutions and quality products to remote locations that typically lack infrastructure.AEL offers the entire range of technology - from the basic to the most advanced. Our products are designed to help customers increase their throughput and achieve optimal and consistent blasting results. Custom-designed and integrated, our product range provides you with flexibility in matching requirements, features and price.AEL does more than simply provide products - we provide peace of mind. Whether you need a single product or a comprehensive service package, you are assured of receiving the appropriate technology and services.AEL serves both the underground narrow reef and massive mining segments, as well as the surface opencast, openpit, quarrying and construction segments.Ê A powerful combination of expertise and experience enables us to respond to changing market needs with precision and agility.ÊWe focus on taking the very latest technology and concepts into these diverse segments and providing them with the full range of technically advanced products and services they require.We focus on helping our customers to increase their mining profits through optimised blasting and rock breaking.Ê We leverage blasting technology to help improve your bottom-line results.Ê ThatÕs why we stay ahead of the latest developments in the fast-evolving world of blasting.ÊA significant percentage of our turnover is dedicated to our research and technology group to enable it to develop novel ideas that benefit AEL and our customers.ÊAs we are committed to safety and to advancing explosives technology, we strongly support local and international associations with similar goals such as the National Institute of Explosives and Technology SA (NIXT), the International Explosives Safety Organisation (SAFEX) and the International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE).ÊThrough our pro-active approach and high profile membership of these associations, we are involved in shaping the blasting industry.Ê The areas of innovation span raw materials, products, new processes and systems, blast consulting services and blasting software.