ALS Ltd. engages in the provision of analytical and testing services businesses and partnerships. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland. The firm provides comprehensive testing solutions to clients in a range of industries around the world. The firm operates through two segments: Commodities and Life Sciences. Its Commodities segment provides assaying and analytical testing services and metallurgical services for mining and mineral exploration companies and provides specialist services to the coal industry, such as coal sampling, analysis and certification, formation evaluation services, tribology testing services and related analytical testing. The Life Sciences segment provides analytical testing data to assist consulting and engineering firms, industry, and governments around the world in making informed decisions about environmental, food and pharmaceutical, electronics, consumer products, and animal health.