AECI Mining Chemicals Strengthens Partnership with MEI Conferences

AECI Mining Chemicals, a division of AECI Ltd, is part of a diversified group of 16 companies and employs 400 people. In addition to South Africa, they are involved in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the DRC. The next target markets are in Ghana, Morocco and Tanzania as well as Australasia and South America. 

AECI Mining Chemicals adds value in the beneficiation of primarily PGMs, diamonds, coal, gold, uranium and base metal ores. Most of their products are used in the froth flotation and tailings treatment sectors of the mining industry. The portfolio includes specialty thiol-based collectors, mineral froth formation chemicals, unwanted gangue mineral depressants, polyacrylamide thickening polymers and tailings polymeric rheology modifiers. 

AECI Mining Chemicals has the largest mining chemicals manufacturing facility on a single site in the southern hemisphere and a state-of-the-art R&D centre where world-class specialists deliver innovative solutions not only for today’s mineral extraction challenges but also for mining of the future. 

The company has become a valued regular sponsor of MEI’s Flotation conferences, first joining us at the online Flotation ’21 event during the pandemic. This followed a long-standing relationship with Senmin, which now forms part of AECI’s Mining Solutions pillar.

With the return to in-person events at Flotation ’23, Shani Engelbrecht, Global Portfolio Manager, shared: "A big shout-out to MEI Conferences for creating such a stimulating environment! Flotation ’23 has been a truly enriching experience - I left with my mind challenged and heart full."

MEI's Jon Wills with the AECI team at Flotation '23

The impact was immediate: AECI Mining Chemicals signed on as a sponsor for Flotation ’25, Process Mineralogy ’24, and Critical Minerals ’24. We are now delighted to welcome them back once again as sponsors of Process Mineralogy ’26 and Critical Minerals ’26 in Cape Town.

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