AEL Mining Services is a company based in Johannesburg.

Its original name, African Explosives Limited, is abbreviated to AEL.

AEL was founded in 1896 at Modderfontein after gold was discovered at Witwatersrand.

[1] AEL Mining Services is linked to the AECI Group, a chemical company of South Africa.

The company operates manufacturing facilities in Ghana, Mali, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.