20-F/A

As filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2012

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A

(Amendment No. 1)

¨ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

¨ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report

Commission file number: 001-14714

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

People’s Republic of China

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

298 Fushan South Road

Zoucheng, Shandong Province

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

Zhang Baocai

298 South Fushan Road

Zoucheng, Shandong Province

People’s Republic of China (273500)

Tel: (86)537 5382319

Fax: (86)537 5383311

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of each class	Name of each exchange on which registered
American Depositary Shares	New York Stock Exchange
Class H Ordinary Shares	New York Stock Exchange*

* Not for trading in the United States, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

None

(Title of class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

None

(Title of class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

2,960,000,000 Domestic Shares, par value RMB1.00 per share

1,958,400,000 H Shares, par value RMB1.00 per share, including H Shares that were represented by 13,933,698 ADSs

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this Chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files.)    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  x Accelerated filer  ¨ Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP  ¨ International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board  x Other  ¨

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.    Item 17  ¨    Item 18  ¨

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Explanatory Note

This Amendment No.1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 27, 2012 (the “Original Form 20-F”), is being filed solely for the purpose of amending “Conventions”, “Item 3. — D. Risk Factors”, “Item 4. — B. Business Overview”, “Item 4. — D. Property, Plant and Equipment”, “Consolidated Financial Statements — Notes 5. Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty” and “Consolidated Financial Statements — Notes 23. Intangible Assets” in the Original Form 20-F. The Registrant has been requested by the Commission to delete certain mine resources disclosure with respect to its domestic coal mines and developmental-stage projects, delete basic reserves disclosure with respect to Anyuan and Wenyu Coal Mines, add marketable coal reserve disclosure with respect to Australia coal mines, as well as to clarify certain recoverable reserves disclosure with respect to Zhaolou Coal Mine and payment obligation disclosure with respect to our mining rights.

Other than what is set forth above, this Amendment No. 1 makes no changes to the financial statements of the Registrant and does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate any other information in the Original Form 20-F, or reflect any events that have occurred after the Original Form 20-F was filed on April 27, 2012.

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CONVENTIONS

Unless otherwise specified, references in this annual report to “U.S. dollars”, “USD” or “US$” are to United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States of America; references to “HK dollars”, “HKD” or “HK$” are to Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong; references to “AUD” or “A$” are to Australian dollars, the lawful currency of Australia; and references to “RMB” are to Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC. Our financial statements are denominated in RMB and, except as otherwise stated, all monetary amounts in this annual report are presented in RMB.

Solely for your convenience, certain items in this annual report contain translations of Renminbi amounts into U.S. dollars, which have been made at the rate of RMB6.2939 to US$1.00, the exchange rate as set forth in the H.10 weekly statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States on December 30, 2011. All such translations in this annual report are provided solely for your convenience and no representation is made that the Renminbi amounts could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars at that rate, or at all.

In this annual report, where information has been presented in percentages, or thousands or millions or billions of units, amounts may have been rounded up or down. Accordingly, the amounts identified as total amounts in tables may not be equal to the apparent sum of the amounts listed therein.

In this annual report, business taxes and surcharges have been reclassified as corresponding costs of each category of revenue to provide a more appropriate presentation. The same adjustments have been made to the corresponding prior year. The reclassification has no impact on our overall results. The attention of Shareholders and potential investors is drawn to such adjustments.

Coal resources and reserves are key elements in our Company’s investment decision-making process. The term “resources” describes a concentration or occurrence of material of intrinsic economic interest in or on the Earth’s crust in such form, quality and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a mineral resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge. The term “reserves” describes the recoverable quantity of coal that is commercially viable for development given the prevailing economic situation, particularly with respect to the prices of coal at the time of estimation. Reserves are estimated using a deterministic method, in which a single best estimate is made based on known geological, engineering and economic data, or a probabilistic method, in which known geological, engineering and economic data are used to generate a range of estimates and their associated probabilities. All coal reserves data are estimates, which are revised when additional information becomes available (for example, when additional coal mines commence operations or when actual coal production or extraction commences). “Proven reserves” refers to estimated quantities of coal that geological and engineering data demonstrate have reasonable certainty of being recovered in future years from known deposits under existing economic and operating conditions (that is, prices and costs at the date the estimate is made). “Probable reserves” refers to the estimated quantities of coal that geological and engineering data demonstrate have fair to good probability of being recovered in future years from known deposits under existing economic and operating conditions. To qualify as proven reserves, there should be at least a 90% probability that the quantities actually recovered will equal or exceed the proven estimate. To qualify as probable reserves, there should be at least a 50% probability that the quantities actually recovered will equal or exceed the proven plus probable estimate. Our total in-place proven and probable reserves are presented to include all mining and preparation losses that occur during the processing of coal after it is mined. Recoverable reserves refer to the amount of in-place proven and probable reserves but exclude all mining and preparation losses that occur during the processing of coal after it is mined. Our estimates of recoverable reserves are reported after deduction of actual production volume and non-accessible reserves up to December 31, 2011. Unless otherwise specified, coal reserves and resources are presented on a 100% basis.

A majority of our Company’s total estimated proven coal reserves are located in China and Australia. The coal reserves data in this annual report represent estimates of our Company that were calculated by its internal reserves system, which includes, among others, procedures for classifying and estimating reserves. Our Company believes that the methods it uses to estimate these reserves are consistent with definitions and classifications in the Industry Guide 7 and the JORC Code, as applicable, to its PRC and Australian mines. Our Company’s internal geological team focuses on periodically estimating reserves information based on geological data obtained from various geological, geophysical and engineering studies. Estimates of net reserves are based on numerous assumptions and estimates relating to technical factors such as initial coal reserves, initial production rates, production decline rates, ultimate recovery of reserves, as well as commercial factors such as future coal prices, timing and amount of capital expenditures, and operating costs that may occur during the production life of the coal reserves.

Unless otherwise indicated, information regarding our Company’s coal production in this annual report refers to our Company’s share of production based on its percentage of equity interest in the relevant subsidiaries or coal mining projects.

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

D. Risk Factors

Our business, financial condition and results of operations are subject to various changing business, industry, competitive, economic, political and social conditions in China and worldwide. In addition to the factors discussed elsewhere in this annual report, the following are some of the important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements.

Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry

Our business and profitability are affected by global and local economic conditions.

The coal industry depends on general economic conditions, including the conditions of global and local economies. For the past three years, the economies of the United States, Europe and certain countries in Asia experienced a severe and prolonged recession and China experienced a slowdown in overall economic growth, which has led to a reduction in economic activity. Moreover, in the second half of 2011, the European sovereign debt crisis worsened and international financial markets experienced significant volatility. In this regard, following GDP growth of 10.4% in 2010 and 9.2% in 2011, according to statistics published by the National Bureau of Statistics of the PRC, the PRC lowered its GDP growth target for 2012 to 7.5% in the face of continuing global turbulence and pressing domestic demand for economic restructuring. In the first quarter of 2012, the PRC’s GDP grew at an annualized rate of 8.1%, according to statistics published by the National Bureau of Statistics of the PRC. Australia’s overall economy, as well as its export-oriented coal industry, has also been adversely affected by these developments. The growth of the Australian economy was also affected by natural disasters, including flooding in Queensland in early 2011. Australia experienced GDP growth of 2.7% in 2010 and, according to the World Bank, Australia’s GDP was expected to grow by 3.2% in 2011. The International Monetary Fund has forecasted Australia’s GDP growth in 2012 to be 3.5%. From late 2008 to mid-2009, the export prices of thermal coal in the PRC and Australia both decreased significantly. Since late 2009, the export prices of thermal coal in China and Australia have recovered but continue to fluctuate. In addition, in the period from February 2011 to April 2012, demand for semi-hard coking coal declined considerably and demand for semi-soft coking coal also declined. The export coal market and, in particular, this segment of the market, are expected to remain weak for the balance of the current financial year, based on our analysis of market trends. Despite policies and initiatives implemented by the PRC government to alternately stimulate and then moderate economic conditions, recession or a decline in overall economic conditions may recur in the future. In the event of such a recession or decline in economic conditions, whether globally, locally in the PRC or Australia or in our other major markets, our business and profitability may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, increases in inflation and the consumer price index may put pressure on governments to maintain caps on the price of coal and to subsidize power generation companies. At various times, the PRC or Australian governments may implement policies to stimulate or slow the growth of the economy in the future which may, in turn, affect coal prices. In the event that this occurs, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition depend on volatile domestic and international coal markets.

Coal sales accounted for 96.5%, 96.0% and 96.0% of our revenues in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively, and we expect our coal sales to continue to account for a substantial portion of our revenue. As we derive a substantial portion of our revenue from sales of coal and coal-related products, our business and operating results depend heavily upon supply and demand for coal and coal-related products in the domestic and international coal markets. Accordingly, we are vulnerable to downturns in the demand for coal, increases in supply of coal through new or expanded coal production and declines in coal prices.

The prices of coal and coal-related products have historically been volatile and fluctuate in response to general economic conditions, supply and demand and the level of global inventories. From the fourth quarter of 2008 through early 2009, the demand for coal decreased significantly as a result of the global financial crisis. Since 2009, overall demand for most types of coal in China and the rest of the world, along with coal prices, has generally recovered. The average selling price of our coal products was RMB529.2, RMB663.5 and RMB707.7 per tonne in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively. However, we cannot assure you that demand for and prices of coal will not decline again, the occurrence of which may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Global coal demand correlates strongly with the global economy and the performance of coal-consuming industries, including the power generation, chemical, metallurgy and construction materials industries. In addition, the availability and prices of alternative energy sources to coal, as well as international shipping costs, also affect coal demand. Coal supply is primarily affected by the geographic location of coal reserves, transportation capacity, the level of domestic and international coal supplies and the type, quality and price of coal from various producers. Developments in the international coal market may adversely affect our overseas sales, which we expect to increase following the expansion of our Australian operations and the anticipated completion of the acquisition of Gloucester. A significant increase in global coal supply or reduction in demand for coal from key consuming industries may decrease coal prices, which in turn may reduce our profitability and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Our domestic products may be subject to PRC government price control measures, which may materially and adversely affect our profitability.

Although the PRC government has implemented measures to overhaul historical price and supply controls and continues to support the development of a market-oriented PRC coal market, it may intervene in the domestic coal market from time to time to stabilize the market and achieve national social and economic goals. For example, the State Council and the NDRC adopted measures in 2010 and 2011, respectively, to control the prices of thermal coal, pursuant to which prices of thermal coal supplied to power generation enterprises in 2012 must be no more than 5% higher than the thermal coal prices effective in 2011, and the spot prices of thermal coal (5,500 kcal/kg) received at major domestic ports are capped at RMB800 per tonne, inclusive of VAT. Such price-intervention measures may limit the degree of control we have over certain aspects of our business and may have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We derive a significant portion of our revenue from a limited number of customers, and the loss of, or a significant reduction in, sales to any of these customers could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We expect that our results of operations will continue to depend on sales to a limited number of customers for the foreseeable future. For the years ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, our top five customers accounted for 28.7%, 24.7% and 19.4% of our revenue, respectively, and sales to our largest customer accounted for 15.4%, 13.0% and 8.5% of our revenue, respectively. We may not be able to rely on these customers for revenue generation. We may experience reduction, delay or cancellation of orders from one or more of our significant customers, and any decline in the businesses of our customers could also reduce their purchase of our products. The loss of sales to any of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We face risks associated with our sales contracts and letters of intent, which may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sales of our coal produced in China are made primarily on the spot market or pursuant to letters of intent and to a lesser extent, pursuant to sales contracts. Sales of our coal produced in Australia are made pursuant to sales contracts. Our domestic sales contracts generally have terms of one year and specify the price, quantity and quality of coal and delivery schedule of coal. Our Australian sales contracts generally have terms of one year and specify the quantity and quality of coal and delivery schedule of coal, while the purchase price is determined every month or quarter by our customer and us, subject to market conditions. As such, if we experience a weak coal pricing environment that results in a decline in coal prices at the time of actual delivery, our revenue and profitability may be adversely affected. In addition, the renewal of sales contracts upon expiration of the term is not automatic but subject to mutual agreement between the relevant customer and us. If we are not able to maintain our sales contracts with our major customers on terms commercially acceptable to us or at all, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

In addition, our letters of intent generally only specify the quantity and quality of coal and delivery schedule of coal, while the purchase price is determined on the basis of comparable prices in the spot market at the time of actual delivery. As a result, we are subject to market conditions at the time of actual delivery. Moreover, as letters of intent are not legally binding, customers entering into letters of intent with us are not obligated to purchase the agreed quantity of products, or any products at all. In addition, in accordance with industry practice, our customers do not enter into long-term contracts (those exceeding one year) with us. Therefore, we do not have long-term commitments from our customers to purchase our products, and our customers may reduce or stop purchasing products from us for various reasons such as decreases in demand for electricity and availability of similar products from our competitors. In addition, our lack of long-term contracts makes it difficult for us to make long-term business plans, which may also adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We rely primarily on ports, highways and private and national railway systems in the PRC and Australia to deliver our coal, any major disruption of which may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We have limited ability to secure sufficient capacity on national railways to transport our coal products to target markets.

We rely primarily on highways and our own railway network, as well as the PRC national railway system, to deliver coal to customers in China. The remaining portion of our sales of coal products, which comprise the invoiced amount of coal sold, net of returns and discounts, was transported through ports and canals. As to our domestic transportation on highways, our customers generally engage a transportation provider and will bear the costs and risks with respect to the transport of products. With respect to domestic transportation on the PRC national railway system, we generally enter into transportation agreements with the national railway authorities, with such transportation costs included in the invoices to be paid by our customers. Coal resources and production in China are mainly located in Northern and Northwestern China, while coal consumption is primarily in Eastern and Southern China. As a result, coal suppliers must transport coal via the PRC national railway system from major supply areas to major demand areas. Although the PRC government has taken steps to upgrade and expand the national railway system, its current capacity is not sufficient to meet the entire domestic coal transportation demand resulting from regional imbalances. Even though our domestic customers are mainly located in Eastern China, where the railway system is more developed than other regions of China, our ability to deliver coal is still restricted by the transportation capacity. The future development of our mining assets in Inner Mongolia may therefore require us to build our own railway system, which may require us to incur substantial costs and time. In addition, constructing and expanding the capacity of our own railway is subject to various approvals and permits granted by the relevant PRC authorities, and the cost of operating our own railway network may increase. In addition to railway transportation, we use major coal shipping ports along the coast of China to deliver coal to customers located along the coastal regions of China. However, we may not be able to continue securing sufficient railway or port capacity to deliver our coal and may experience material delivery delays or substantial increases in transportation costs as a result of insufficient railway capacity.

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In Australia, we rely substantially on national and privately operated railway networks to deliver coal to ports in New South Wales and Queensland, for onward shipping to our customers. We generally enter into transportation agreements with national and privately operated railway networks, rail haulage operators and ports to secure transportation capacity, generally for terms of five to ten years and generally on a “take or pay” basis. As the transportation capacity secured by these agreements is based on assumed production volume, we may not have sufficient capacity if our actual production volume exceeds our estimated production volume. Conversely, we may have excess transportation capacity (which, in the case of “take or pay” agreements, we will have to pay for even if unused) if our actual production volume is lower than our estimated production volume. In addition, we may not be able to continue securing sufficient transportation capacity to deliver our coal in the future and may experience material delivery delays or substantial increases in transportation costs as a result of insufficient transportation capacity, which may also adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Competition in the PRC and the international coal industry is intensifying, and we may not be able to maintain our competitiveness.

We face competition in all aspects of our business, including pricing, production capacity, coal quality and specifications, transportation capacity, cost structure and brand recognition. Our coal business competes in the domestic and international markets with other large domestic and international coal producers. The ongoing consolidation in the PRC and Australian coal industry has increased the level of competition we face in our core business. Our competitors may have higher production capacities, stronger brand names and more financial, marketing, distribution and other resources than we do. We may not be able to maintain our competitiveness if changes or developments in the market weaken our existing competitive advantages. Efforts taken by our competitors to improve the quality of their coal may erode any quality advantage we have over them.

Continual improvements in China’s transportation infrastructure, particularly the national railway transportation network, may reduce our proximity advantage of being located in Eastern China, the region with the highest coal demand in the PRC. Our principal competitors are located predominately in Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where there have been occasional rail capacity shortages and the average costs of transporting coal to Eastern China are higher. However, the PRC government has constructed and plans to continue constructing additional railways to transport coal from Northern China and Northwestern China to Eastern China. The improvement and completion of transportation infrastructure, including these railway projects, may increase the supply of coal to customers in Eastern China, which may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, we face intense competition in Australia, particularly with respect to port and railway network access. As the majority of Australia’s coal is exported overseas, the ability to expand and guarantee port and railway network access is a critical factor for competing successfully in the Australia coal industry. In the past, we have taken action to expand and guarantee port and railway access to secure enough transportation capacity. However, we may not be able to expand and secure sufficient port and railway access and capacity in the future.

We may not be able to meet our capital expenditure requirements or secure additional external financing in the future.

Our business is capital intensive and will require substantial expenditures for, among other things, the acquisition of equity interests in and assets of coal mines as well as mining rights, purchase of and investment in properties, machinery and equipment and operational capital expenditures. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, our total capital expenditures were approximately RMB25,324.8 million, RMB3,785.3 million and RMB23,336.4 million, respectively, largely due to investment in our core coal businesses. We intend to use cash on hand, funds from operations and additional debt and equity financing to finance our capital expenditures going forward. However, we may not be able to obtain sufficient amounts of capital in a timely manner, on terms acceptable to us, or at all, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our business plans may change from time to time due to changing circumstances, new opportunities or unforeseen contingencies. If we change our business plans, we may need to obtain additional external financing which may include bank borrowings or issuances of debt securities to meet our capital expenditure plans. If we raise additional funds through debt financing, our interest and debt repayment obligations will increase and we may be subject to additional covenants that could limit our ability to access cash flows from operations. We may not be able to raise sufficient financing to fund our future capital expenditures or at all. Failure to obtain sufficient financing could cause delays or abandonment of business development plans and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The coal reserve data in this annual report are only estimates, which may differ materially from actual reserve amounts.

Our coal reserve data are only estimates, which may differ materially from actual reserve amounts. Our reserve estimates may change substantially if new information becomes available. There are inherent uncertainties in estimating reserves, which require the consideration of a number of factors, assumptions and variables, many of which may be beyond our control and cannot be ascertained despite due investigation.

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In addition, reserve data for our PRC mines are typically estimated in accordance with Industry Guide 7 for proven and probable reserves and the JORC Code for reserves. Reserve data for our Australian mines are typically estimated in accordance with the JORC Code. As the mining standards and mining terminology of the JORC Code and PRC Standards may differ substantially from Industry Guide 7, our reserve data may materially vary when we compile and present such data. As such, our actual results of operations may differ materially from our long-term business and operational projections, which are based on our coal reserve estimates. We may adjust our coal reserve estimates downward in the future, and in such event, our long-term production and the useful lives of our mines may be materially and adversely affected.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition depend on in part our ability to continue acquiring or developing suitable coal reserves.

The coal reserves in our existing mines decline as we produce coal. Due to limitations to significantly increase our production capacity at existing mines, the growth of our coal production depends on the coal reserves we developed recently or will develop in the future, as well as our newly acquired coal reserves and resources domestically and overseas. We acquired the following coal mines and mining rights from 2009 to the date of this annual report:

• In December 2009, we completed the acquisition of the entire equity interest in Felix, which had an equity interest in four operational mines and three exploratory mines in Australia.

• In December 2010, we acquired the operating assets of Anyuan Coal Mine. The approval, production permit and registration of this acquisition and transfer of the operating assets are still in progress. See “ – We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain all necessary approvals, permits and licenses.”

• In January 2011, we acquired the mining rights of Zhuanlongwan Project located in the Dongsheng coalfield through public bidding for a consideration of RMB7.8 billion, of which a payment of RMB2.34 billion is currently pending. In addition, the approval, production permit and registration of the mining rights to Zhuanlongwan Project are still in progress.

• In May 2011, we acquired an additional 30% of the equity interest in the Ashton Coal Mine Joint Venture, which owns Ashton Coal Mine. This increased our ownership in the Ashton Coal Mine Joint Venture increased from 60% to 90%.

• In July 2011, we acquired 80% of the equity interest in Inner Mongolia Xintai, which operates Wenyu Coal Mine.

• In August 2011, we acquired the entire equity interest of both Syntech Holdings Pty Ltd. and Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd., which jointly operate Cameby Downs Coal Mine in Australia.

• In December 2011, we acquired the entire equity interest of both Wesfarmers Premier Coal Limited (now called Premier Coal Limited), which operates Premier Coal Mine in Australia, and Wesfarmers Char Pty Ltd. (now called Premier Char Pty Ltd.).

• In December 2011, we and our subsidiary Yancoal Australia entered into a merger proposal deed with Gloucester (amended in March 2012), pursuant to which Yancoal Australia intends to implement a merger by way of a scheme of arrangement under the Australian law pursuant to which it or its wholly owned subsidiary will acquire all of the shares of Gloucester, and Gloucester’s shareholders will receive a combination of Yancoal Australia ordinary shares and CVR Shares, unless they elect to receive only Yancoal Australia ordinary shares.

The acquisition of new mines by PRC coal companies, either within China or overseas, and the procurement of related licenses and permits are subject to PRC government approvals. Delays in securing or failures to secure relevant PRC government approvals, licenses or permits, as well as any adverse change in government policies, may hinder our expansion plans, which may materially and adversely affect our future profitability and growth prospects. In connection with overseas acquisitions and expansion, we may encounter challenges due to our unfamiliarity with local laws and regulations, and may suffer foreign exchange losses on overseas investments or face political or regulatory obstacles to acquisitions. As a result of these challenges, overseas expansion plans and investments may not be successful and may not achieve their anticipated growth.

In addition, we may not be able to continue to identify suitable acquisition targets or acquire these targets on competitive terms, at an acceptable cost or in a timely manner. We may not be able to successfully develop new coal mines or expand our existing ones in accordance with our development plans, or at all. Failure to acquire suitable targets on competitive terms, develop new coal mines or expand our existing coal mines could have an adverse effect on our competitiveness and growth prospects.

Moreover, the acquisition of new mines or the grant of mining leases in Australia are subject to approval under Australia’s foreign acquisition legislation and policy, including the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth), which is administered by the Treasurer acting through the Foreign Investment Review Board. Such foreign investment approvals may be granted subject to conditions imposed by the Treasurer, including conditions requiring the divestment or sell down of existing interests in Australian mines. This foreign investment regime subjects us to additional risks and uncertainties, and may adversely impact our ongoing and potential expansion plans in Australia. In particular, the Treasurer has imposed a variety of conditions in connection with the approval of the planned Yancoal Australia and Gloucester Merger.

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We may experience difficulty integrating our acquisitions, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may from time to time expand our business through acquisitions of other coal mining companies, assets or other coal or mining-related businesses. We are devoting significant resources to the integration of our operations in order to achieve the anticipated synergies and benefits of the acquisitions and expansion.

Acquisitions and expansion involve uncertainties and a number of risks, including:

• difficulty in integrating the assets, operations and technologies of the acquired companies or assets, including their employees, corporate cultures, managerial systems, processes and procedures and management information systems and services;

• complying with the laws, regulations and policies applicable to the acquired businesses;

• failure to achieve the objectives or benefits, or to generate sufficient revenue to recover the costs and expenses, resulting from the acquisition and integration of such companies or assets;

• managing relationships with employees, customers and business partners during the course of integrating new businesses;

• attracting, training and motivating members of our management and workforce;

• accessing our capital resources and internally generated funds to fund acquisitions, which may divert financial resources otherwise available for other purposes;

• strengthening our operational, financial and management controls, particularly those of our newly acquired assets and subsidiaries, to maintain the reliability of our reporting processes;

• difficulty in exercising control and supervision over the newly acquired operations, including failure to implement and communicate our safety management procedures resulting in additional safety hazards and risks; and

• potential ongoing financial obligations and unforeseen or hidden liabilities of the acquired companies or coal or potash-related businesses.

We may have difficulties assimilating the operations and products of newly acquired companies or businesses. We may also require additional funding for acquisitions and our inability to borrow additional amounts or refinance the existing debt associated with the acquired entities could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, the continued integration of our acquisitions into our Company depends significantly on integrating other acquired employee groups with our employee groups and on maintaining productive employee relations. We may face possible difficulties in the management of overseas personnel and business operations including a potential increase in labor costs due to our overseas expansion and lack of experience in the local business environment.

Moreover, the continued integration of Yancoal Resources and Gloucester into Yancoal Australia specifically may be affected by the terms and conditions of the Merger, as the Merger will result in Yancoal Australia, other than the Excluded Assets, ceasing to be a wholly owned subsidiary of our Company, as we will hold 78% of the Yancoal Australia ordinary shares in issue immediately following the implementation of the Merger. As a result of this reduced control, we may not be able to influence the actions or implement the measures necessary to successfully integrate Yancoal Resources and Gloucester into Yancoal Australia. In the event that we are unable efficiently and effectively to integrate newly acquired companies or coal or potash-related businesses into our Company for whatever reason, we may be unable to achieve the objectives or anticipated benefits of such acquisitions, and such acquisitions may adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, we may have to write down the carrying value of the intangible assets associated with any acquired companies, which could adversely affect our earnings.

We may not be able to successfully complete the Merger in time or at all. Moreover, this transaction may not significantly increase our total resource base and strengthen our coal mining operations and market profit, globally and in Australia, as we expect.

In December 2011, we and our subsidiary Yancoal Australia entered into a merger proposal deed with Gloucester (amended in March 2012), pursuant to which Yancoal Australia intends to implement a merger by way of a scheme of arrangement under Australian law pursuant to which it or its wholly owned subsidiary will acquire all of the shares of Gloucester, and Gloucester’s shareholders will receive a combination of Yancoal Australia ordinary shares and CVR Shares, unless they elect to receive only Yancoal Australia ordinary shares.

        Upon completion of the Merger, Gloucester will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Yancoal Australia, and the Company and Gloucester shareholders will hold 78% and 22%, respectively, of the ordinary share capital of Yancoal Australia. However, as a condition of the foreign investment approval for the Merger, we are required by the Treasurer to reduce our economic ownership in Yancoal Australia to less than 70% by December 31, 2013, and our economic ownership must not exceed 70% thereafter. Upon the expected completion of the Merger and fulfillment of the relevant ASX Listing Rules, Yancoal Australia will be listed on the ASX, and its ordinary shares and CVR shares will be separately quoted for trading. As a condition of the foreign investment approval for the Merger imposed by the Treasurer, Yancoal Australia’s listing on the ASX must be completed by December 31, 2012. In addition, it is a condition of the Merger that the repayment date for two of the three repayments of Yancoal Australia loans due 2012 and 2013 that financed the acquisition of Felix be extended by at least five years and that additional debt facilities in the amount of A$700 million be obtained by Yancoal Australia. The Merger is subject to approvals of Australian regulatory agencies, PRC government and regulatory agencies, relevant stock exchanges, courts, Gloucester shareholder approvals, indebtedness limits for Yancoal Australia and Gloucester, as well as other closing conditions. Accordingly, Yancoal Australia’s ability to consummate the Merger remains subject to risk and uncertainty, and we cannot assure you that the Merger will be carried out as currently contemplated.

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Furthermore, prior to the Merger, certain Yancoal Australia Excluded Assets will be transferred from the Yancoal Australia group, either to the Company or our other subsidiaries, although the Excluded Assets will continue to be managed by Yancoal Australia. Most of the Excluded Assets will be subject to a right of first refusal in favor of Yancoal Australia. Under certain circumstances, two entities, namely Syntech (including Came by Downs) and Premier Coal, may also be transferred and sold back to Yancoal Australia on or shortly before December 31, 2014, either on agreed terms or at an independent valuation. Such a transaction will be subject to the relevant regulatory approvals and the approval of Yancoal Australia’s shareholders.

Moreover, although we believe this transaction will significantly increase our total resource base and strengthen our coal mining operations and market profile in Australia and globally, we may face difficulty integrating the operations of Gloucester. The continued integration of Yancoal Resources and Gloucester into Yancoal Australia specifically may be affected by the terms and conditions of the Merger, as the Merger will result in Yancoal Australia, other than the Excluded Assets, ceasing to be a wholly owned subsidiary of our Company. As a result of this reduced control, we may not be able to influence the actions or implement the measures necessary to successfully integrate Yancoal Resources and Gloucester. See “— We may experience difficulty integrating our acquisitions, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition” and “– Our business, results of operations and financial condition depend on in part our ability to continue acquiring or developing suitable coal reserves.” As a result, this transaction may not significantly increase our total resource base or strengthen our coal mining operations and market profile in Australia and globally as we expect, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We also expect that, should the Merger be completed, we will make significant capital expenditures to develop Gloucester’s projects and our existing indebtedness will be significantly increased, due to our assumption of existing indebtedness of Gloucester, as well as new indebtedness to be incurred in connection with the Merger.

We may be required to allocate additional funds for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental protection.

Underground and surface mining may cause the land above mining sites to subside and otherwise adversely affect the environment. We may compensate inhabitants in areas surrounding our mining sites for their relocation expenses or for any property loss or damage as a result of our mining activities. PRC regulations require us to set aside provisions to cover the costs associated with land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental protection. An estimated provision is deducted as a cost and expense item in our income statement based on the amount of coal actually extracted. In addition, under the relevant Australian environmental regulations, rehabilitation costs are generally estimated in accordance with the expected costs of land rehabilitation. These land rehabilitation costs may exceed current estimates. Environmental legislation may also change, which could result in mandated modifications to mining operations that are costly.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, we expensed approximately RMB1,733.3 million, RMB1,532.2 million and RMB1,513.1 million, respectively, of our provisions for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental protection as determined by our directors based on estimations of various factors, including past occurrences of land subsidence. However, the provisions that we make are only estimates and may be adjusted to reflect the actual effects of our mining activities on the land above and surrounding our mining sites. Therefore, such estimates may not be accurate and land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs may substantially increase in the future. Moreover, governments may impose new fees or change the basis of calculating compensation and reclamation costs in respect of land subsidence, the occurrence of any of which could increase our costs and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our business and industry may be affected by the development of alternative energy sources and climate change.

We supply coal as fuel to, among others, the PRC thermal power generation industry and, as a result, are affected by the demand and growth of the PRC thermal power industry, which in turn is affected by the development of alternative energy sources, climate change and global environmental factors. If alternative combustion technologies develop and reduce the demand for coal in electricity generation, then demand for coal in the PRC thermal power generation industry may decrease, which would materially and adversely affect its demand for our products.

In addition, coal combustion generates significant greenhouse gas and other pollutants, and the effects of climate change resulting from global warming and increased pollution levels may provide incentives for governments to promote or invest in “green” energy technologies such as wind, solar, nuclear and biomass power plants, or to reduce their consumption of conventional energy sources such as coal. While the majority of global energy consumption is from conventional energy sources such as coal, alternative energy industries are rapidly developing and are gradually gaining widespread acceptance. In particular, pursuant to the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the PRC government plans to continue to encourage the development of non-fossil fuel energy sources, such as wind power, solar power, biomass and geothermal energy, in the next five years. As such, alternative energy industries may rapidly develop and gradually gain mainstream acceptance in the PRC and the rest of the world. If alternative energy technologies continue to develop and prove suitable for wide commercial application in the PRC and overseas, demand for conventional energy sources such as coal could gradually be reduced, which could have a material adverse effect on the coal mining industry and, consequently, our business, results of operations and financial condition. See “— Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected by present or future environmental regulations.”

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We may not successfully diversify our operations to include new products or successfully manage our operations in new markets.

One of our business strategies is to diversify our operations and enter into new markets. In addition to our core business of coal, we have been engaged in other operations, including coal chemical, rail transportation, methanol and electricity and heat generation. We also expanded into the potash business by acquiring the mining and exploration rights to potash resources in Canada in September 2011. Moreover, through Yancoal Australia, we conduct mining operations in Australia, and intend to further develop our operations there. However, we may not be able to successfully expand our product portfolio to include new products, such as potash, or to successfully manage our operations in new markets, such as Australia and Canada, with which we do not have significant operating experience, and as a result our competitiveness may be materially affected. In addition, our expansion into new markets includes various risks that are beyond our control. See “– We may experience difficulty integrating our acquisitions, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.” As such, any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Exploration of mineral properties and development of resources could involve significant uncertainties.

Exploration of mineral properties is speculative in nature. The success of any mining exploration program depends on various factors including, among other things, whether mineral bodies can be located and whether the locations of mineral bodies are economically viable to mine. As a result, we cannot assure you that any of our exploration activities will result in the discovery of valuable resources or reserves, or that reported resources can be converted into reserves in the future.

The development of these resources could face significant uncertainties. It can take several years and requires capital expenditures from the initial exploration phase until production commences, during which time market fundamentals, capital costs and economic feasibility may change, and the actual results may differ from those anticipated by third-party independent technical studies. Furthermore, there are a number of uncertainties inherent in the development and expansion of mining operations, including: (i) the availability and timing of necessary governmental permits, licenses and approvals; (ii) the timing and cost necessary to construct mining and processing facilities; (iii) the availability and cost of labor, utilities, and supplies; (iv) the accessibility of transportation and other infrastructure; and (v) the availability of funds to finance construction and production activities.

We currently have exploration projects in Australia and we may have additional exploration projects in the PRC, Canada and other countries and regions in the future. Exploration projects are subject to extensive environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. These laws and regulations set various standards regulating certain aspects of environmental quality and public and employee health and safety, including emissions, waste management and obligations to rehabilitate current and former facilities and locations where mining operations are or were conducted. We must undergo inspections by relevant government environmental authorities and obtain various environmental permits, licenses and approvals related to our mining operations. Any violation of these laws could lead to penalties and liabilities including a loss of our exploration permits or the imposition of costly compliance procedures. It is also uncertain whether the requisite approvals will be granted. In Australia, the ability to commence mining operations will depend, among other things, the grant of appropriate mining tenure, approvals, land access and coordination agreements where petroleum tenements, including with respect to coal seam gas, are situated nearby.

We are exposed to fluctuations in exchange rates and interest rates.

We face risks relating to fluctuations in exchange rates for RMB against other currencies, primarily those between the Australian dollar and the U.S. dollar. China has adopted a managed floating exchange rate system to allow the value of the Renminbi to fluctuate within a regulated band based on market supply and demand with reference to a basket of currencies. In April 2012, the PRC government further enlarged the trading band. In this regard, the PBOC has allowed the Renminbi to rise or fall 1% against the U.S. dollar from the central parity rate every day, effective April 16, 2012, compared with its previous 0.5% limit. It is possible that the PRC government could continue to adopt amore flexible currency policy, which could result in further and more significant revaluations of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar or any other foreign currency. We are primarily affected by exchange rate fluctuations that arise from our export sales denominated in Australian dollars and U.S. dollars, which may affect the RMB values of such export sales. In addition, exchange rate fluctuations can result in exchange losses on our foreign currency deposits and loans and other indebtedness. As of December 30, 2011, the exchange rate for the Australian dollar against the U.S. dollar was US$1.00 = A$1.0251, compared with US$1.00 = A$0.9840 as of December 30, 2010. We recorded an exchange gain of RMB2,665.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and RMB518.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively. Exchange rate fluctuations can affect our cost of imported equipment and components. See “Item 3. Key Information — Exchange Rate Information.”

We are exposed to interest rate risk caused by interest rate changes in relation to our bank borrowings and our other indebtedness, as well as our variable rate bank balances, term deposits and restricted cash held with banks. Our interest rate risk primarily arises from fluctuations in the PBOC benchmark interest rate in relation to our RMB-denominated borrowings, and fluctuations in the LIBOR in relation to our U.S. dollar-denominated borrowings. As of December 31, 2011, we had approximately US$3,243 million of borrowings denominated in U.S. dollars, with the remaining borrowings denominated in RMB. A substantial majority of our borrowings denominated in RMB are linked to the benchmark lending rate published by the PBOC, which is subject to fluctuations as the PRC government will, from time to time, adjust interest rates and related policies as a matter of national economic policy.

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In addition, a substantial majority of our borrowings denominated in U.S. dollars are linked to floating LIBOR rates which decreased in the second half of 2010 and first half of 2011 and then increased in the second half of 2011. Our lending rates may increase in the future as a result of reasons beyond our control, and may result in an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

To manage uncertainty in our revenue stream and capital expenditures caused by exchange rate fluctuations, we have entered into forward foreign exchange contracts to sell or purchase specified amounts of foreign currencies at stipulated exchange rates. We have also entered into interest rate swap contracts with banks to hedge a portion of our variable interest rate borrowings. As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of our derivative assets in respect of our forward foreign exchange contracts was RMB104.9 million, compared with the fair value liability of our forward foreign exchange contracts and interest rate swap contracts of approximately RMB222.1 million. See “Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures of Market Risks.” Our hedging arrangements may not be effective and our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected by fluctuations in exchange rates or interest rates.

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

As of December 31, 2011, we had approximately RMB34,457.8 million in bank borrowings, of which approximately RMB19,588.5 million is due within a year and approximately RMB14,869.3 million is due after one year. In the first quarter of 2012, we did not enter into additional loan agreements. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — B. Liquidity and Capital Resource — Description of Material Indebtedness.” This level of debt could have significant consequences for our operations, including:

• reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes as a result of our debt servicing obligations;

• limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, and increasing our vulnerability to, changes in our business, our industry and the general economy; and

• potentially limiting our ability to obtain, or increasing the cost of, any additional financing.

If we are not able to generate sufficient cash flow to service our debt obligations, we may need to refinance or restructure our debt, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments, or seek to raise additional capital. If we are unable to implement one or more of these alternatives, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition are subject to resource taxes and we may not be able to pass on our increased costs relating to resource taxes to our customers.

We currently pay a resource tax of RMB3.60 and RMB3.20 for each tonne of raw coal output in Shandong Province and Shanxi Province, respectively. The PRC government is considering changes to this tax whereby it would be based on pricing and not on volume. If such a change is adopted, we may not have the flexibility to pass on the increased costs to our customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, on March 29, 2012, the Australian MRRT became law, effective July 1, 2012. The MRRT is a profits-based tax that will be charged at an effective rate of 22.5% on the assessable profits (excess of annual mining revenue over annual mining expenditures with respect to mineral interests, less certain allowances) of, among others, coal mining enterprises. At this stage, the extent to which the implementation of the foregoing tax will affect our operations in Australia is yet to be determined. However, the MRRT has the potential to increase the overall tax liability of Yancoal Australia.

Our Controlling Shareholder has significant influence over us.

As of December 31, 2011, our Controlling Shareholder, the Yankuang Group, owned 52.86% of our outstanding shares and has significant influence over us. Pursuant to approval granted at the eighth meeting of the fifth session of the board of directors of the Company held on March 23, 2012, the Company entered into six continuing connected transaction agreements with the Yankuang Group, namely the Materials Supply Agreement, the Supply of Labor and Services Agreement, the Pension Fund Management Agreement, the Coal Products and Materials Supply Agreement, the Electricity and Heat Energy Supply Agreement and the Finance Service Agreement, together with the respective annual caps for such transactions from 2012 to 2014, in the ordinary course of business. The above agreements will become effective upon independent shareholders’ approval during the shareholders’ meeting that will be held on April 23, 2012. These related party transactions were reviewed and approved according to the procedures under relevant regulations and standards of the HKSE, SSE, NYSE and SEC. However, we may continue to enter into related party transactions with Yankuang Group and, as such, any material financial or operational developments experienced by the Yankuang Group that lead to the disruption of its operations or impairs its ability to perform its obligations under the agreements could materially affect our business, results of operations and financial condition and future prospects.

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As our Controlling Shareholder, the Yankuang Group has the ability to exercise control over the Company’s business and affairs, including, but not limited to, decisions with respect to:

• mergers or other business combinations;

• the acquisition or disposition of assets;

• the issuance of additional shares or other debt or equity securities; and

• management of our Company.

Accordingly, our Controlling Shareholder may vote, take other actions or make decisions that conflict with our interests or the interests of our other security holders.

Our coal operations are extensively regulated by the PRC and Australian government, and government regulations may limit our activities and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our coal operations in China are subject to extensive regulation by the PRC government. National governmental authorities, such as the NDRC, the MEP, the MLR, the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety (“SACMS”), the State Administration of Work Safety, the National Energy Administration and the State Bureau of Taxation, as well as corresponding provincial and local authorities and agencies, exercise extensive control over the mining and transportation (including rail and sea transport) of coal within China. Our operations in Australia are subject to similar laws and regulations of general application governing mining and processing, land tenure and use, environmental requirements, including site-specific environmental licenses, permits and statutory authorizations, workplace health and safety, trade and export, competition, access to infrastructure, foreign investment and taxation. These regulations may be implemented by various federal, state and local government departments and authorities including the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, and the National Native Title Tribunal. Regulatory oversight from these authorities and agencies may affect the following aspects of our operations, among others:

• the use and granting of mining rights;

• access to land for mining and mining-related purposes;

• exploration and production licenses;

• rehabilitation of mining sites and surrounding areas;

• mining recovery rates;

• pricing of our transportation services for coal in China;

• taxes, levies and fees on our business;

• return on investments;

• application of capital investments;

• pension fund contributions;

• technological innovations;

• preferential tax treatment; and

• environmental and safety standards.

As a result of the foregoing regulation, our ability to execute our business strategies or to carry out or expand our business operations may be restricted. We are still in the process of obtaining or renewing some of the regulatory approvals, permits and licenses required for our business operations, and may experience substantial delays in obtaining such regulatory approvals, permits and licenses.

        Our business may also be adversely affected by future changes in PRC or Australian regulations and policies that affect the coal industry. The adoption of new legislation or regulations or the new interpretation of existing legislation or regulations or changes in conditions attaching to approvals may materially and adversely affect our operations, our tax costs and cost structure or product demand. The occurrence of any of the foregoing may cause us to substantially change our existing operations, incur significant compliance costs and increase the risk of our future investment or prevent us from carrying out mining operations, which could have a material adverse effect on the profitability of our operations in Australia and our overall business, results of operations and financial condition. See “— Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected by present or future environmental regulations” and “— Our business, results of operations and financial condition are subject to resource taxes and we may not be able to pass on our increased costs relating to resource taxes to our customers.”

We may be required to allocate additional funds for mining right fees.

In September 2006, the State Council approved the Implementation Plan for the Compensation System Reform Testing in Relation to Deepening Coal Resources, jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, Ministry of Land and Resources of the PRC and the NDRC (the “Implementation Plan”). According to the Implementation Plan, enterprises that obtain mining rights as a result of state-funded exploration must pay mining right fees based on the valuation of its reserves. Our operations in Shandong Province are subject to this mining right fee. However, as of the date of the Annual Report, the detailed implementation rules, which would include information such as whether this fee will be based on reserves extracted or remaining reserves, has not yet been announced and, consequently, the amount of mining right fees for our operations in Shandong Province remains uncertain.

Since 2008, in anticipation of Shandong Province’s implementation of detailed rules for resource compensation fees, we have made provisions of RMB5.0 per tonne of coal extracted to recover any resource compensation fees that may arise from the mining rights of the five relevant coal mines. For the year ended December 31, 2011, our provisions for resource compensation fees for the five mines were approximately RMB139.8 million. As discussed above, the provision of RMB5.0 per tonne is based on discussions with governmental authorities and by reference to the assessments of nearby coal mines. In this regard, we currently provide a compensation fee based on the amount of coal extracted. However, the actual implementation of the resource compensation policy may provide a different basis for the fee (e.g., based on the coal reserves not yet extracted). As such, additional provisions may be necessary upon the official promulgation of the formal implementation rules in the near future if the amounts of our actual payments and provisions differ from our expectations.

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We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain all necessary approvals, permits and licenses.

Pursuant to applicable laws and regulations in China, we are required to obtain or renew approvals, permits and licenses with respect to our exploration activities, mining operations and environmental protection. As of the date of this annual report, the following material approvals, permits and licenses have expired or need to be renewed:

• We are in the process of obtaining the permit for our acquisition of Anyuan Coal Mine, which is pending regulatory review and approval by the Inner Mongolia government authorities. In addition, we have not obtained the renewed mining license and coal production license for our operations at Anyuan Coal Mine after we expanded the production capacity in 2011. Furthermore, we have not renewed the scope of our business license to include coal mining and sales of coal at Anyuan Coal Mine, which we expect to renew after we obtain the renewed mining license and coal production license for Anyuan Coal Mine. Moreover, until we receive such approvals, we are prohibited from transferring or disposing of this mine. As of the date of this annual report, we are not aware of any pending administrative action, fines or penalties for the continued operation of Anyuan Coal Mine; however, until we obtain the relevant approvals, we remain subject to penalties imposed by the relevant government authorities, including a fine of up to RMB100,000 and the revocation of the business license of Anyuan Coal Mine.

• We are in the process of obtaining the mining license for Zhuanlongwan Project.

• We are in the process of obtaining the exploration licenses for Yingpanhao Project and Wanfu Project.

• We are in the process of renewing the water pollution discharge permits for the Six Coal Mines, Zhaolou Coal Mine and Wanfu Project.

Further, some of our PRC subsidiaries are in the process of applying for or will apply for land-use rights certificates or building ownership certificates. In addition, some PRC subsidiaries lease properties whose owners do not possess valid land-use rights certificates or building ownership certificates. We do not expect that our rights to use or occupy such properties will be challenged by third parties and as of the date of this annual report, we are not aware of any administrative or legal action with respect to these properties. However, we are prohibited from the transfer, lease, mortgage, or disposal of such properties until we obtain relevant real estate or building ownership certificates. In addition, we cannot assure you that administrative or legal action will not arise with respect to these properties, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

In addition to the above, a number of material Australian regulatory approvals, permits and licenses are pending, outstanding, have not been applied for as yet or have expired, including:

• surface mining leases for the development of proposed additional stages of the Moolarben Coal Mine, as well as agreements with affected landholders (including a competitor of Yancoal Australia), which are still in process;

• planning approval for the proposed additional “South East Open Cut” project of the Ashton Coal Mine, which has been refused by the relevant regulatory authority and as a result, Yancoal Australia has commenced a court appeal. In addition to the required planning approval, other approvals, permits and licenses, as well as agreement with affected landholders, will be required for this project; and

• approvals, permits and licenses relevant to the mines and projects operated by Gloucester, including new mining leases for the proposed longwall mining operations at two of its Donaldson mines, which are still in process. These outstanding Gloucester approvals, permits and licenses will only be relevant to use if the Merger is implemented.

If any of these or our other mining licenses, coal production licenses, safety production licenses or other certificates, approvals or permits are revoked, not renewed or not obtained, we could be required to cease operations of the affected mine or production facility. The loss of some or all of our mining licenses, coal production licenses, safety production licenses or other certificates, approvals or permits may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected by present or future environmental regulations.

Our coal mining operations produce waste water, gas emissions and solid waste materials. In addition, surface mining operations also produce noise pollution. As a PRC and Australian coal producer, we are subject to extensive and increasingly stringent environmental protection laws and regulations. These laws and regulations:

• impose fees for the discharge of waste substances;

• require provisions for land reclamation and rehabilitation;

• impose fines and other penalties for serious environmental offenses;

• authorize the government to close any facility that fails to comply with environmental regulations and suspend any coal operation that causes excessive environmental damage; and

• establish the conditions (including environmental requirements) for domestic mining operations.

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Due to the increasing awareness of environmental issues, the PRC government has tightened its enforcement of applicable laws and regulations and adopted more stringent environmental standards. In November 2009, the State Council announced that the PRC was committed to reducing carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40% to 45% by 2020 from the level in 2005. In order to achieve this target, the PRC government plans to reduce reliance on fossil fuel-based energy and encourage the development of the clean energy industry and the non-fossil fuel-based energy industry. The PRC government has issued several plans relating to renewable energy development, energy conservation and emissions reduction. In particular, the PRC government has committed to increasing the proportion of total energy consumption from non-fossil fuel sources from the current level of 3% to 15% by 2020. On December 1, 2011, the State Council issued the Working Plan for the Control of Discharge of Greenhouse Gases under the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (“the Working Plan”), pursuant to which China plans to continue to increase the proportion of non-fossil fuels used as an overall primary energy source to 11.4% by 2015 and reduce the proportion of coal used as an overall primary energy source. In addition, pursuant to the Working Plan, the PRC government aims to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 17% by 2015 compared to 2010.

Similarly, our Australian operations are subject to Australia’s stringent federal and state and territory environmental laws and regulations. In March 2012, the Australian government enacted a carbon pricing mechanism (or carbon tax) law, effective July 1, 2012, which will impose a charge on the amount of carbon dioxide emissions of enterprises with significant emissions, with an eventual transition to a “cap and trade” carbon emissions scheme. The carbon tax law imposes a charge based on tonnage of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) emissions, which is intended to disincentivize the use of fossil fuels such as coal.

In addition, there have recently been cases in New South Wales and Queensland relating to the environmental effects of greenhouse gas emissions produced as a result of coal mining. Compliance with laws and involvement in litigation can be expensive, lengthy and disruptive to normal business operations. If this area of law develops further, more stringent regulations may be developed, particularly in relation to greenhouse gas emissions, which could increase the costs of using coal and reduce demand for coal as a fuel source, thus adversely affecting the sales volumes and prices of our coal.

If efforts to increase energy efficiency, control greenhouse gas emissions and enhance environmental protection result in a decrease in coal consumption, our revenue may decrease and our business may be adversely affected. In addition, our budgeted amount for environmental regulatory compliance may not be sufficient, and we may need to allocate additional funds for this purpose. If we fail to comply with current or future environmental laws and regulations, we may be required to pay penalties or fines or take corrective actions, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Moreover, Australian environmental approval processes require a technical environmental assessment to be prepared prior to granting approval, as well as public consultation. Community groups may lobby for more restrictive conditions to be imposed on approvals granted or for the approval to be declined, either of which may result in a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our ability to operate effectively could be impaired if we lose key personnel, including mine planners, or if we are unable to attract and retain skilled and qualified personnel.

Our operations, to a substantial extent, rely on the services of our key employees with professional skills, qualifications and experience, including mine planners. We may not be able to continue to employ our key personnel or attract and retain skilled and qualified personnel and the loss of any of these personnel could materially and adversely affect our operations.

As our mining operations expand, we believe our success will depend on our continued ability to attract and retain skilled and qualified personnel. Any difficulty in attracting, recruiting, training and retaining skilled and qualified personnel could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations may be affected by uncertain mining conditions.

Our operations are subject to certain risks inherent in underground mining, which may affect the safety of our workforce or cost of producing coal, including without limitation, roof collapses, deterioration in the quality or variations in the thickness of coal seams, mine water discharge and flooding, inclement weather, explosions from methane gas or coal dust, ground falls and other mining hazards. Additionally, we are exposed to operational risks associated with industrial or engineering activities, such as maintenance problems or equipment failures. Although we conduct geological assessments on mining conditions and adapt our mining plans to the mining conditions at each mine, adverse mining conditions may endanger our workforce, increase our production costs, reduce our coal output or temporarily suspend our operations. The occurrence of any of the foregoing events or conditions would have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We may suffer losses resulting from mining safety incidents.

Our coal mines and operating facilities may be damaged by water, gas, fire or cave-ins due to unstable geological structures. In addition, operations at our mining sites involve the operation of heavy machinery and explosives. Like other coal mining companies, we have experienced accidents that have resulted in property damage and personal injuries. Although we have implemented safety measures at our mining sites, trained our employees on occupational safety and maintain liability insurance for personal injuries as well as limited property damage for certain of our operations, safety incidents may occur. Any significant accident, business disruption or safety incident could harm our reputation, result in substantial uninsured costs and the diversion of our resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We face price volatility and intense competition in our methanol operations.

We entered the PRC methanol market and commenced production of coal-based methanol at Tianhao Chemicals and Yulin Nenghua in September 2008 and August 2009, respectively. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, we generated revenue of RMB258.9 million, RMB629.3 million and RMB1,059.3 million from sales of methanol, respectively, which represented 1.3%, 1.9% and 2.3% of our total revenue for the same periods, respectively.

The methanol business is a cyclical and competitive commodity industry with rapidly changing supply and demand fundamentals. In recent years, the domestic methanol industry suffered from significant overcapacity following a period of rapid expansion. In addition, stagnant market demand for methanol further exacerbated the oversupply. Although the PRC methanol benchmark price continued to increase from 2009 to 2011, the market demand of methanol is not expected to grow significantly in the short term, primarily because the conventional methanol downstream market shrinks and the emerging methanol downstream market are subject to policy and technology constraints.

We expect our methanol prices to be affected by a number of factors, including, without limitation:

• global and domestic methanol production;

• global energy prices;

• methanol plant utilization rates, capacity expansions and shutdowns;

• global economic conditions;

• compliance costs and environmental risks; and

• competition from low-cost methanol producers.

As of the end of 2011, we had a total methanol production capacity of 700,000 tonnes. We may not be able to optimize the utilization of our new facilities as planned. For example, Tianhao Chemicals has not been able to procure a steady supply of key raw material from its sole supplier of coke oven waste gas and has not been able to maintain steady operations, which significantly curtailed its production in 2010 and 2011. We are currently seeking to secure a supply of key raw material from different suppliers. However, we may not be able to successfully do so, which could affect our operations and result in decreased production in 2012. In addition, we are currently constructing a 600,000-tonne methanol project in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, which we expect to become operational in 2013. If our projections for the domestic methanol market prove incorrect or if we are unable to otherwise compete effectively, we may not recover the capital and resources we have invested in our methanol operations and realize the intended benefits of our business expansion. In either event, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be adversely affected.

Our insurance will not cover all the potential risks associated with our operations.

Our business is subject to a number of risks and hazards generally, including adverse environmental conditions, industrial accidents, labor disputes, unusual or unexpected geological conditions, ground or slope failures, changes in regulatory environment and natural phenomena such as inclement weather conditions, floods, earthquakes and fires. Such occurrences could result in damage to mineral properties or production facilities, personal injury or death, environmental damage to our properties or properties of others, delays in development or mining, monetary losses and possible legal liability. Customary to what we believe to be industry practice, we have maintained insurance to protect against certain risks in such amounts we consider to be reasonable. However, our insurance may not cover all potential risks associated with our operations. We may also be unable to maintain insurance to cover these risks at economically feasible premiums and may not be able to pass on any increased costs relating to insurance to our customers. If such costs exceed the levels which we expect, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We may not be able to protect our patents or other intellectual property rights, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

From 2009 to 2011, we completed 166 technology improvement projects, and obtained 64 patents and over 150 technology-advancement prizes, which have enhanced our coal mining and related business operations. Further, we own other intellectual property such as proprietary technologies procedures and processes. We believe our patents and other intellectual property rights are important to our success. Existing laws in China offer limited protection for our intellectual property rights. We rely upon a combination of patents, confidentiality policies, nondisclosure and other contractual arrangements to protect our intellectual property rights. We cannot assure you that we will be able to detect any unauthorized use of, or take appropriate, adequate and timely actions to enforce, our intellectual property rights. Consequently, we may not be able to effectively prevent unauthorized use of our patents in other countries where such patents are not registered.

Historically, China has not protected intellectual property rights to the same extent as has the United States and Hong Kong. The measures we take to protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate, and monitoring and preventing unauthorized use is difficult. The protection of our intellectual property may be compromised as a result of (i) expiration of the protection period of our registered intellectual property rights, (ii) infringement by others of our intellectual property rights; (iii) refusal by relevant regulatory authorities to approve our pending patent applications. Furthermore, the application of laws governing intellectual property rights in China and abroad is uncertain and evolving, and could involve substantial risks to us. If we are unable to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, our reputation may be negatively impacted and our business may be materially and adversely affected.

The audit report included in this annual report is prepared by an auditor who is not inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as such, you are deprived of the benefits of such inspection.

Auditors of companies that are registered with the SEC and traded publicly in the United States, including our independent registered public accounting firm, must be registered with the United States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) and are required by the laws of the United States to undergo regular inspections by the PCAOB to assess their compliance with the laws of the United States and professional standards in connection with their audits of financial statements filed with the SEC. Because we have substantial operations within the Peoples’ Republic of China and the PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections of the work of our auditors as it relates to those operations without the approval of the Chinese authorities, our auditor’s work related to our operations in China is not currently inspected by the PCAOB.

This lack of PCAOB inspections of audit work performed in China prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating the audits performed by Grant Thornton and its quality control procedures. As a result, investors are deprived of the full benefits of PCAOB inspections of auditors.

The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of audit work performed in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures as compared to auditors in other jurisdictions that are subject to PCAOB inspections on all of their work. Investors may lose confidence in our reported financial information and procedures and the quality of our financial statements.

Risks Relating to the PRC

Changes in China’s economic, political and social conditions as well as governmental policies could affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

China’s economy differs from the economies of more developed countries in many aspects, including the structure of the economy, level of government involvement, level of development, growth rate, control of capital investment, control of foreign currency and allocation of resources. China’s economy has been in transition from a planned economy to a more market-oriented economy. For the past three decades, the PRC government authorities have implemented economic reform measures to emphasize market forces in economic development. The PRC government authorities from time to time implement various macroeconomic and other policies and measures, including contractionary and expansionary policies and measures at times of, or in anticipation of, changes in China’s economic conditions. Economic reform measures, however, may be adjusted, modified or applied inconsistently from industry to industry or across different regions of the country. As a result, we may not continue to benefit from all, or any, of these measures. We cannot predict whether changes in the PRC’s political, economic and social conditions, laws, regulations and policies will have any adverse effect on our current or future business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could limit the protections available to us.

The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value. Since 1979, PRC legislation and regulations have significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various forms of foreign investments in China. However, since many laws, rules and regulations are relatively new, and as the PRC legal system continues to evolve rapidly, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform. Enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involve uncertainties, which may limit legal protections available to us. For example, we may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce legal protections under law or contract. Since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate and predict the outcome of PRC administrative and court proceedings and the enforceability of rights in China as compared to more developed legal systems. These uncertainties may impede our ability to enforce contracts with future partners, service providers and suppliers. We cannot predict the effect of future developments in the PRC legal system, particularly with regard to the coal mining industry in China, including the promulgation of new laws, changes to existing laws or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, or the preemption of local regulations by national laws. These uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to us. In addition, any litigation in China may be protracted and result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources and management attention.

Government control of currency conversion and future movements in exchange rates may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

A portion of our Renminbi revenue may need to be converted into other currencies to meet our substantial requirements for foreign currencies, including debt service on foreign currency denominated debt, overseas acquisitions of mining properties, purchases of imported equipment, and payment of dividends declared in respect of shares held by international investors.

Foreign exchange transactions under the capital account, including principal payments with respect to foreign currency denominated obligations, are subject to the approval requirements of SAFE. In addition, the value of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions. Fluctuations in the exchange rate of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar, the Australian dollar and certain other foreign currencies may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. For further information, please see “Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures of Market Risks — Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk.”

Our subsidiaries are subject to restrictions on the payment of dividends to us.

Our ability to meet our payment obligations under the Guarantees partially depends on the dividends that we receive from our subsidiaries. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends to their shareholders is subject to, among other things, distributable earnings and restrictions contained in the articles of association of our subsidiaries. The ability of our subsidiaries in the PRC to pay dividends to us is subject to the requirements of PRC laws and regulations. PRC laws and regulations permit payment of dividends only out of accumulated profits as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Such profits differ from profits determined in accordance with IFRS in certain significant respects, including the use of different bases of recognition of revenue and expenses. Our PRC subsidiaries are also required to set aside a portion of their after-tax profits according to PRC accounting standards and regulations to fund certain reserves that are not distributable as such dividends.

Risks Relating to Australia

Coal mining operations in Australia have inherent title risks associated with renewal and native title rights.

Interests in tenements in Australia are governed by the respective State and Territory legislation and are evidenced by the granting of licenses or leases. Each license or lease is for a specific term and carries with it annual expenditure and reporting commitments, as well as other conditions requiring compliance. Consequently, we could lose title to or our interest in tenements if license or lease conditions are not met or if insufficient funds are available to meet expenditure commitments.

It is also possible that, in relation to tenements which we have an interest in or will in the future acquire, there may be areas over which legitimate native title rights of Aboriginal Australians exist. If native title rights do exist, our ability to gain access to tenements (through obtaining consent of any relevant landowner), or to progress from the exploration phase to the development and mining phases of operations, may be adversely affected. The tenements in which we have an interest are subject to applications for renewal. There is a risk that these applications will not be granted or transfers not approved.

All of the granted tenements in which we have or may earn an interest in will be subject to applications for renewal or grant (as the case may be). The renewal or grant of each tenement or license is usually at the discretion of the relevant government authority which will consider various factors, including our compliance with any conditions placed on an existing license, when making its decisions. It is possible that the government authority may reject our applications for renewal or grant, in which case, our operations in Australia may be adversely affected.

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Additionally, tenements are subject to a number of specific legislative conditions including payment of rent and meeting minimum annual expenditure and reporting commitments. Our inability to meet these conditions could affect the standing of a tenement or restrict its ability to be renewed. If a tenement is not renewed, we may suffer significant damage through loss of the opportunity to discover and/or develop any mineral resources on that tenement.

Coal mining operations in Australia are subject to certain domestic operational risks.

Our coal mining operations in Australia are subject to certain domestic operational risks, which include the following.

Land access. The granting of mining tenure does not remove the need to enter into land access arrangements with third-party land holders (where the land underlying the mining tenure is owned by a third party). In some cases, the underlying land may be owned by a competitor, pastoralist or other third parties. In addition, elements of the agricultural industry and other groups are opposed to the future development of land for mining or mining-related purposes. These groups are actively lobbying the relevant government entities or seeking public support in an effort to limit the amount of land available for mining, and to make access arrangements for mines more difficult.

Coordination agreements. Coal mining tenure in Australia is frequently granted over land over which coal seam gas tenure has or may be granted. Where coal mining and coal seam gas tenures overlap, it is necessary for the coal miner and coal seam gas producer to enter into a coordination agreement. Where overlapping tenure exists, mining operations cannot commence without a coordination agreement. In some cases, the interests of the coal miner and coal seam gas producer may not be aligned and accordingly, mining operations may be delayed or adversely affected.

Environmental conditions and action groups. Before any mining tenure is granted in Australia, it is required that a comprehensive public environmental assessment on the impact of the proposed mining operations be undertaken. Such an assessment involves a public consultation process, which often involves encountering organized environmental or community groups that seek to restrict or block contemplated mining operations. Generally, where environmental approvals are granted, conditions are frequently imposed that materially affect mining operations.

The risks associated with our joint ventures in Australia may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Yancoal Australia, through Yancoal Resources, holds majority equity interests in joint ventures including the Moolarben joint venture, Ashton joint venture and Athena joint venture. Following the Merger, Yancoal Australia, through Gloucester, will also have an approximately 50% interest in the Middle mount joint venture, and Yancoal Australia’s interest in the Athena joint venture will be transferred to the Company or another subsidiary. We may continue to seek opportunities to form additional joint ventures with third parties to develop business. Risks associated with joint ventures include the possibility that the joint venture partners, which in certain cases may be our competitors, may:

• have economic or business interests or goals that are inconsistent with ours;

• take actions contrary to our policies or objectives with respect to their investments, for instance, by vetoing proposals in respect of the joint venture operations;

• be unable or unwilling to fulfill their obligations under the joint venture or other agreements; or

• experience financial or other difficulties.

Any of the foregoing may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the termination of any joint venture agreements, if not replaced on similar terms, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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ITEM 4 INFORMATION ON COMPANY

B. Business Overview

We are one of the primary coal producers in China with rapidly growing coal mining operations in China and Australia. We primarily engage in the mining, washing, processing and distribution of coal through railway transportation. We offer a wide variety of coal products including thermal coal, semi-hard coking coal, semi-soft coking coal, pulverized coal injection (“PCI”) coal and other mixed coal products which are sold to power plants, metallurgical mills, chemical manufacturers, construction material manufacturers and fuel trading companies in China and other countries, including Japan and South Korea. Since 2004, we have expanded our operations to include the production of coal chemicals, the generation of electricity and heat and the potash exploration business.

As of December 31, 2011, we owned and operated 16 coal mines across regions with abundant and quality coal resources, including Shandong, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia in China, as well as Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. In addition, as of December 31, 2011, we had eight developmental-stage projects in China and Australia and 17 exploration tenements in Australia that might be potentially developed.

We directly own and operate six coal mines in the PRC, namely, Nantun, Xinglongzhuang, Baodian, Dongtan, Jining II and Jining III, which produced approximately 61.1% of our total coal output in 2011. As of December 31, 2011, the Six Coal Mines had approximately 1,762.8 million tonnes of in-place proven and probable reserves. Through our subsidiaries, we also hold equity interests in a number of coal mines in China. Shanxi Nenghua operates Tianchi Coal Mine, which holds approximately 26.6 million tonnes of recoverable reserves, and Heze Nenghua operates Zhaolou Coal Mine, which holds approximately 103.6 million tonnes of recoverable reserves. Since December 1, 2010, Ordos Neng Hua has operated Anyuan Coal Mine and Wenyu Coal Mine. In addition, we had four projects in China that were under development as of December 31, 2011.

The map below shows the approximate locations of the Domestic Coal Mines.

We conduct our operation in Australia primarily through our subsidiary, Yancoal Australia. Yancoal Australia currently operates ten coal mines in Australia. These include the operational coal mines Austar, Yarrabee, Ashton and Moolarben, which collectively held approximately 473.6 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of June 30, 2011, Cameby Downs, which held approximately 409.0 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of December 1, 2011, and Premier Coal Mine which held approximately 141.0 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of December 31, 2010, as well as the developmental-stage projects Athena, Harrybrandt, Wilpeena and Wilga. In addition, we had 17 exploration tenements in Australia with potential for developments as of December 31, 2011.

The map below shows the approximate locations of the Australian Coal Mines.

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As of December 31, 2011, we were 52.86% owned by our parent, the Yankuang Group, which is wholly owned by the Shandong Provincial Government under the control of SASAC of the Shandong Provincial Government. The Yankuang Group was founded in 1973 to focus on coal mining and sales, the coal chemical industry, power generation, aluminum production and machinery manufacturing. We were established in 1997 and listed on the SSE, HKSE and NYSE in 1998.

Our revenue increased from RMB20,677.1 million in 2009 to RMB33,944.3 million in 2010 and further to RMB47,065.8 million in 2011, representing a CAGR of 50.9%. Our profit attributable to our equity shareholders increased significantly from RMB4,117.3 million in 2009 to RMB9,281.4 million in 2010 but slightly decreased to RMB8,928.1 million in 2011.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe we have the following competitive strengths.

We are one of the leading coal mining companies in the PRC with a successful operating track record and strong industry reputation.

We commenced operations in the PRC in 1997, and expanded overseas to Australia in 2004 and Canada in 2011. We were the third-largest listed coal producer in the PRC in terms of total coal reserves and coal production in 2011. We have built a successful operating track record and have experienced significant growth since our inception. Our revenue increased from RMB20,677.1 million in 2009 to RMB33,944.3 million in 2010 and further to RMB47,065.8 million in 2011, representing a CAGR of 50.9%. Our profit attributable to our equity shareholders increased significantly from RMB4,117.3 million in 2009 to RMB9,281.4 million in 2010 but slightly decreased to RMB8,975.6 million in 2011. We have received several significant awards and recognitions, including:

• ranking 407th in the Global Top 500 among all companies in all industries globally in terms of total market value according to the Financial Times in 2011;

• ranking 22nd in the Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings in 2011;

• Best Board of Directors Award for Main Board Listed Companies in China awarded by Money Week in 2011;

• National Quality Award awarded by the China Association for Quality in 2011; and

• Best Corporate Governance Award for Listed Companies awarded by the Corporate Governance Net and the Research Center of Corporate Governance of Nankai University in 2010.

We have an abundant and diversified portfolio of coal reserves and resources strategically located in key areas in the PRC and Australia.

We are one of the primary coal producers in the PRC, with rapidly growing coal mining operations in Australia and China. Our mines have significant coal reserves and resources. As of December 31, 2011, in China, we had total proven and probable reserves of 1,762.8 million tonnes and recoverable reserves of 130.2 million tonnes. Our total raw coal production in 2011 was 55.7 million tonnes. We directly operate the Six Coal Mines and have control of, and mining and exploration rights to, four operational coal mines and four developmental-stage projects in Shandong, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia through our operating subsidiaries in China. We have expanded and upgraded our mining operations by deploying advanced technologies developed from multiple sources, including those from our research and development initiatives, in the coal production process. We are positioned to take advantage of coal demand in the PRC as our mines in Shandong and Shanxi are strategically located in close proximity to end customers that are situated in economically developed areas of Eastern China where there is strong demand for thermal and coking coal. In addition, the developed infrastructure of the region, with railways, ports and roads, self-owned railways, and abundant port capacity, provides valuable access to transport and enables us to quickly respond to customer demand while controlling our transportation and logistics costs. At the same time, our growing operations in Inner Mongolia are expected to provide us with increased access to markets in Northern China.

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In addition, as of December 31, 2011, we have control of, and mining and exploration rights to, six operational coal mines and four developmental-stage projects in Australia through our operating subsidiaries. Our operational coal mines Austar, Yarrabee, Ashton and Moolarben collectively held approximately 473.6 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of June 30, 2011, Cameby Downs held approximately 409.0 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of December 1, 2011, and Premier held approximately 141.0 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of December 31, 2010. In addition, we had 17 exploration tenements in Australia that might be potentially developed as of December 31, 2011. Our Australian coal mines are strategically located in close proximity to ports where we have secured sufficient long-term port capacity for our exports. Yancoal Australia owns a 15.4% interest in Newcastle Infrastructure Group (“NCIG”), a joint venture responsible for constructing and operating the third export terminal at Newcastle Port, the largest coal export port in New South Wales, and will have an annual port capacity of 8.3 million tonnes through NCIG’s facility when it reaches its full design capacity. Yancoal Australia also has an annual port capacity of 5.3 million tonnes at Newcastle Port through Port Warratah Coal Services (“PWCS”) facility in 2012 pursuant to the agreement between Yancoal Australia and PWCS and 5.7 million tonnes per year starting from 2013. Upon the completion of the development of PWCS terminal 4 in 2016, Yancoal Australia is expected to obtain additional allocated annual port capacity through that new terminal. In addition, Yancoal Australia owns a 5.6% interest in Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal Holdings Pty Limited, which is the parent company of the developer of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal, and has been allocated an annual port capacity of 1.5 million tonnes in 2014 through that terminal at Gladstone Port. We believe these allocated port capacities will support our current export sales and our future growth for the next five years.

We have a strong track record of acquisitions and expansions domestically and overseas to secure and grow our coal reserves and business scale.

We have successfully expanded our domestic and overseas operations through acquisitions and expansions of our coal mine operations. Our acquisitions have transformed our Company from a regional Chinese coal company to an international enterprise with a well-diversified assets portfolio in the PRC and Australia. We have organically grown through the development of our domestic coal mines and projects, mining technologies, research and development and commitment to quality control. From 2006 to 2011, we successfully increased our raw coal production from 36.0 million tonnes to 55.7 million tonnes. These measures have enabled us to build a strong base from which we have expanded overseas. In addition, the success of our expansion activities has also been facilitated by our consistent execution of our acquisition strategy. The first component of this strategy has been to expand our operations in the PRC. Beginning in 2006, we have completed a number of acquisitions of coal mine and mining-related assets in the PRC, including Shanxi Nenghua and Heze Nenghua. In 2010, we acquired 51% of the equity interest in Haosheng Company and acquired an additional 10% equity interest in 2011. In 2010, we established Ordos Neng Hua, our investment management platform for coal mining, coal chemicals and a coal power project in Inner Mongolia, which in 2010 acquired 100% of the equity interest in a 600,000 tonne per annum methanol project and all the assets of Anyuan Coal Mine in the same year. In January 2011, Ordos Neng Hua obtained the mining rights of Zhuanlongwan coalfield through public bidding and in July 2011 acquired 80% of the equity interest in Inner Mongolia Xintai, which operates the Wenyu Coal Mine.

In addition to our PRC acquisitions, we have rapidly expanded our operations in Australia to secure the region’s abundant high-quality coal reserves. In this regard, in 2004, we had the insight and execution capability to become the first PRC coal company to acquire and operate an overseas coal mine, the Austar Coal Mine. We subsequently acquired Felix in 2009, which had equity interests in three operational mines with total JORC-compliant reserves of 429.4 million tonnes as of June 30, 2011 and three exploration mines in Australia. We successfully brought Moolarben, one of the three exploration projects, into production in 2010. In 2011, we acquired Cameby Downs which held approximately 409.0 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of December 1, 2011 and Premier Coal Mine which held approximately 141.0 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of December 31, 2010. We and our subsidiary Yancoal Australia also entered into a merger proposal deed in December 2011 with Gloucester, which currently has control of, and equity interests in three operational mines and an exploratory project in Australia and holds 343.7 million tonnes of JORC-compliant reserves as of February 23, 2012. After the completion of the Merger, Yancoal Australia is expected to be the largest listed Australian pure-play coal mining enterprise in terms of saleable coal production in 2011. To further diversify our product portfolio and grow our business operations, we acquired 19 potash mineral exploration permits in Canada in 2011.

We have strong support from the PRC government.

We were established by the Yankuang Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of SASAC of the Shandong Provincial Government, upon approval by the Ministry of Coal Industry in 1997. From then, the majority of our directors and senior management have maintained close professional relationships with the PRC government decision-makers, regulatory authorities and industry experts. The majority of directors and officers of Yankuang Group are jointly appointed by the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China and SASAC of the Shandong Provincial Government.

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As a significant state-owned enterprise based in Shandong Province, we receive and have benefited from various forms of government support. In 2011, our total assets and revenue were both the fourth largest in Shandong Province, and our total profit was the second-largest among all PRC coal enterprises. As a result of our strong domestic performance, the PRC government has encouraged our overseas development through its “Go Out” policy, which has facilitated our overseas expansion and acquisitions. We have received priority foreign investment review and “green channel” arrangements from the relevant government entities, which allow us to enjoy substantially shortened governmental review and approval periods for our expansion and acquisition plans, enabling us to quickly respond to acquisition opportunities as they arise. These policies have facilitated our overseas growth, as we expanded to Australia through the establishment of Yancoal Australia in 2004 and the acquisition of Felix in 2009, and further to Canada, through the acquisition of the mining and exploration rights to potash resources in Canada in 2011. Upon the expected acquisition of Gloucester, Yancoal Australia will likely become the largest coal mining company in Australia in terms of saleable coal production in 2011. Upon the expected acquisition of Gloucester, we would further expand our operations in Australia.

In addition, we have received government support for our domestic operations and foreign expansion, including financing arrangements at reduced costs, preferential tax and foreign exchange treatment and governmental subsidies for our foreign investment projects. These measures have enabled us to rapidly grow and to maintain our competitiveness, while reducing our investment and acquisition costs, which enable us to increase our profits.

We have industry-leading research and development capabilities.

We maintain our competitiveness, increase the efficiency of our mining operations and reduce costs through technology and innovation. In line with our development strategy with a focus on technology innovation, we have established a multi-layer development system consisting of various entities, including technology and professional committees and technology centers, as well as cooperation with external research institutions and organizations with specialized technology-development capabilities. We have accumulated extensive experience and expertise in coal mining and coal processing, particularly with respect to underground raw coal mining technology. For example, we have patented our independently developed technology for longwall top caving mining in the PRC, Australia and South Africa and received the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Place) by the National Office for Science and Technology Awards of the PRC in 2009. Our longwall top caving mining method has been adopted by various international coal mining enterprises, such as DBT. In addition, Bucyrus International, one of the largest coal mining equipment suppliers worldwide, entered into a technology license agreement with us in 2010 to manufacture and implement our longwall top caving coal mining equipment in Australia. Furthermore, Peabody, one of the world’s largest coal companies, entered into a license agreement in 2011 with us to develop and commercialize longwall top caving coal mining equipment. From 2009 to 2011, we completed 166 technology improvement projects, and obtained 64 patents and over 150 technology-advancement prizes, which have enhanced our coal mining and related business operations. We believe our achievements in, and capabilities with respect to, research and development, will enable us to continue increasing our production efficiency and utilization rates of our coal resources, while reducing our operating costs.

We have established strong relationships with our diversified and stable customer base.

As a result of our superior product quality and competitive position, we have established strong long-standing relationships with our diversified customer base, which comprises power plants, metallurgical mills, chemical manufacturers and construction material manufacturers with strong market reputations and good credit quality. As of December 31, 2011, our top five customers were Huadian Power International Corporation Limited (“Huadian International”), Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., POSCO, Yankuang Meihua Gongxiao Co., Ltd. and Linyi Yehua Coking Co., Ltd. We have cooperated with these customers for an average of nine years. For the year ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, our sales income to our top five customers accounted for 28.7%, 24.7% and 19.4%, respectively, of our total sales income. In addition to the stable revenue base founded on the long-standing relationships with our top five customers, we also have a large, diversified customer base in the PRC. Outside of China, we substantially increased revenues generated in Japan and South Korea from 3.6% of overall revenues in 2009 to 13.2% in 2011. We believe the secure, long-term nature of our relationships with key customers, as well as our diversified revenue generation sources across China and the Asia region, will help manage market and cyclical fluctuations and support stable growth.

We have a strong and experienced management team with a proven track record.

Our senior management team has extensive industry knowledge and management experience. LI Weimin, the Chairman of our Company and WANG Xin, the Vice-Chairman of our Company, both have approximately 30 years of experience in the coal mining and engineering industries, and have been instrumental to our achievements and development to date. Other members of our senior management team provide strong strategic direction and leadership for our Company, which we believe will sustain our success and position us for continued growth. A majority of our senior management team have over 20 years of experience in the coal, coal mining and engineering industries and general business management. Our day-to-day operations are managed by a capable team with significant operational experience and management ability. We have a strong on-the-ground management team at Yancoal Australia, which has enabled us to grow our Australian operations. We have a highly skilled and loyal workforce comprising individuals with significant industry experience.

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Our Business Strategies

Our long-term objective is to maintain our leading position in the PRC and global coal industry and diversity our operations to sustain our growth. The principal components of our strategy are to:

Maintain our leading domestic industry position and expand our operations overseas by increasing our coal reserves and resources and developing our projects.

In accordance with our twelfth five-year development strategy, we plan to continue to expand our coal reserves and resources through organic growth by taking advantage of the exploration potential under our existing coal mines and exploration permits. In the PRC, in addition to stabilizing coal production within Shandong Province and increasing production outside of Shandong Province, we are dedicated to further exploring and developing new coal resources and constructing or upgrading projects to optimize our coal production. We are currently developing four projects in China: Wanfu, Shilawusu, Zhuanlongwan and Yingpanhao. In addition, we are currently applying to the relevant PRC government authorities for new exploration permits to exploit new coal reserves.

Since 2004, we have acquired six new coal mines, four developmental-stage projects as well as 17 exploration tenements that might be potentially developed in Australia. We plan to continue to expand our coal reserves, resources and production scale through organic growth by pursuing exploration potential, developing and constructing new projects and upgrading our existing mines. In the PRC, we are dedicated to bringing our four development projects, Wanfu, Shilawusu, Zhuanlongwan and Yingpanhao, into successful production. We also plan to increase and optimize production at our existing mining operations. In addition, we are currently applying to the relevant PRC government authorities for new exploration permits to identify and exploit new coal reserves.

In Australia, we intend to execute our strategy by fully developing our significant portfolio of high-quality assets containing abundant reserves and resources. Upon the expected completion of the Merger, and not including the Excluded Assets, Yancoal Australia is expected to be the largest listed Australian pure-play coal mining enterprise in terms of saleable coal production in 2011, on an equity basis. Assuming the Merger proceeds and not including the Excluded Assets, we expect to increase our total annual saleable coal production to 16 million tonnes in 2012, as well as ramp-up production at Moolarben and optimize production profiles at other mines. Leveraging our increased economies of scales and stronger internal cash flow generation capabilities, we plan on developing the resource potential at our four projects: Athena, Harrybrandt, Wilpeena and Wilga, through additional exploration and ongoing project development. Upon completing the Merger, we will include the ASX as the fourth stock exchange on which the securities of our Company or a subsidiary of our Company are listed, which currently include the SSE, HKSE and NYSE. In addition, we anticipate that being listed on four stock exchanges in four separate jurisdictions will enhance our ability to raise capital and our market profile. Furthermore, we intend to construct the necessary facilities and plan the commencement of operations of four coal projects in Australia: Athena, Harrybrandt, Wilpeena and Wilga. We believe our organic growth will enable us to enhance our market profile.

Continue to explore, evaluate and pursue future acquisition opportunities.

We plan to expand our asset portfolio through exploring and pursuing future mergers and acquisitions in China and Australia in a disciplined manner. To further increase our coal reserves and strengthen our competitiveness in China, we plan to capture opportunities provided by coal industry trends and government initiatives to evaluate opportunities to acquire and integrate small-scale coal mines. By leveraging our scale, management and technological strengths, we believe we can efficiently integrate and optimize these acquisitions.

Building on the proposed Merger with Gloucester, we plan to leverage our strong market position and industry experience to continuously identify and selectively evaluate available acquisition opportunities. We intend to pursue the acquisition of additional coal mines in Australia at a well-managed pace to complement our organic growth strategies, while expanding production at our existing coal mines, which we believe will enable us to achieve greater economies of scale. We are also currently applying to the relevant Australian government authorities for new exploration permits to exploit new coal reserves.

Continue to enhance our operating efficiency to lower our costs.

We believe improving our efficiency and cost control measures are critical elements for maximizing our profitability and maintaining our competitiveness. We intend to continue our research and development efforts to improve our coal production systems, processing technologies and coal mine designs, which will allow us to increase our resource utilization rates and production efficiency while reducing our costs. To this end, we expect to continue deploying advanced mining facilities and technologies, such as our mechanized top caving coal mining equipment and other advanced mining techniques. We also intend to continue enhancing the management efforts of, and conduct periodic reviews of, certain coal mines to improve productivity and reduce costs.

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Continue to leverage our technical and industry expertise to pursue product improvement and enhance our competitive position domestically and abroad.

Since our inception in 1997, we have accumulated extensive technical and industry expertise through our internal research and development efforts, which have yielded award-winning mining technologies that have improved coal recoverability, mining efficiency and operational safety. We plan to build upon these achievements by continuing our internal research and development efforts and cooperating with third parties to bolster our methods and technology. We expect to leverage our technical and industry expertise to improve the mining recovery rates of our mines, which will allow us to generate additional income. In the domestic and international markets, we plan to explore cooperative opportunities including providing our technical and industry expertise to other coal mining companies in the PRC and Australia that have mining operations characterized by thick coal seams.

Continue to diversify our operations.

To grow our business and maintain our competitiveness, we expect to further diversify our operations. Currently, we are able to offer our customers thermal coal and metallurgical coal products as a result of our diversified coal resources. We intend to develop and introduce new coal products to meet market demand. In addition to our coal products, we have diversified our operations in recent years to include railway transportation, methanol operations and electricity and heat operations. We also intend to further expand our methanol operations and develop new products and services such as coal liquefaction. In addition, we have recently acquired potash mineral exploration permits in Saskatchewan Province in Canada. We expect to further develop these potash assets and bring to market selected potash products in the near future, which we believe will further diversify our product offerings, and enable us to secure a new source of revenue. We believe that by enhancing our product portfolio and maintaining our competitive pricing and value-added coal processing services, we will be able to continue building strong relationships with diverse customers. In addition, a more balanced product portfolio will also enable us to minimize the effects of market fluctuations of certain products and stabilize our sales, while allowing us to adjust our product portfolio as necessary, which will enable us to take advantage of favorable pricing trends of specific products.

Strengthen our existing customer relationships while diversifying our customer base.

Our long operating history, industry reputation, product quality and strategic location in Shandong have allowed us to build stable, long-standing relationships with a strong customer base in the PRC. We intend to preserve this competitive advantage by strengthening our existing customer relationships through, among other efforts, evaluating and entering into long-term supply agreements. We expect our senior management’s industry network and customer connections with large coal end users in the PRC and customer and supplier enterprises overseas in Australia and Canada to complement and further support our customer relationship enhancement strategy.

With the strengthening of Yancoal Australia’s production profile, we have and will continue to explore export opportunities to key coal-consuming nations across the Asia-Pacific region. Leveraging our existing market reach and industry position in markets to which we currently sell, we intend to further diversify our revenue sources by developing relationships with selected new coal end user customers with market reputations and credit profiles consistent with our existing customer base.

Continue to prioritize production safety and environmental protection in our domestic and overseas operations.

We are committed to production safety and protecting the environment. In our PRC operations, we have implemented a safety control program to achieve the targets set in our internal guidelines for safety and risk control management and to maintain compliance with the PRC Coal Industry Law and the National Mining Safety Law in China. In Australia, we have been continuously reviewing and evaluating safety control and performance. We will continue our efforts in this regard by enhancing our internal safety measures and ensuring that our employees are familiar with occupational safety and health guidelines. We will continue to enhance our internal control systems and regularly inspect our mining operations to ensure they comply with the relevant mining laws and regulations of the jurisdiction where the mining operation is located. In addition, we are committed to conducting our operations in a manner that fully complies with environmental laws and regulations. While mining processes inherently generate certain pollution and wastes, we will continue to implement measures, such as environmental remediation and other clean-up measures, to mitigate the adverse effect of our operations on the environment.

Coal Business

We are primarily engaged in the production of coal, which involves the mining, washing, processing and distribution of coal. Historically, our coal operations were primarily based in the PRC, but we began our operations in Australia in 2004 after we acquired the Austar Coal Mine, and have rapidly expanded our Australian coal operations since the fourth quarter of 2009 when we acquired Felix. Our products consist primarily of thermal coal, semi-soft coking coal, semi-hard coking coal, PCI coal and other mixed coal products which are suitable for power generation and metallurgical production. The following table sets forth the specifications and principal applications of our coal products.

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	Sulfur Content	Range of and Average Ash Content	Calorific Value	Washed	Principal Applications
	%	%	(megajoule/ kilogram)
The Company
No. 1 clean coal	0.43	7-8 average 7.75	26-28 average 28	Yes	Metallurgical production
No. 2 clean coal	0.52	8-9 average 8.55	26-28 average 27.73	Yes	Metallurgical production, construction, liquefied coal production
No. 3 clean coal	0.57	10-11 average 10.32	26.3-26.9 average 26.79	Yes	Electricity generation and coal chemical production
Lump coal	0.48	9-14 average 9.81	25-28 average 27.86	Yes	Construction, power generation, coal for oven application
Screened raw coal	0.6	18-27 average 25.7	20-23.5 average 21.36	No	Power generation
Mixed coal	0.94	22-30 average 29.42	18-22 average 19.89	Yes	Power generation
Shanxi Nenghua
Screened raw coal	0.96	27-30, average 29.01	21-23, average 21.38	No	Power generation
Heze Nenghua
No. 2 clean coal	0.63	8-9, average 8.45	average 29.23	Yes	Metallurgical production, construction, coal slurry
Mixed coal and others	1.12	average 33.85	average 18.15	Yes	Power generation
Ordos Neng Hua
Screened raw coal	<0.60	7.85-13.00	20.90-21.33	No	Power generation
Yancoal Australia
Semi-hard coking coal	1.30	5.0	average 33.18	Yes	Metallurgical production
Semi-soft coking coal	0.65	9.5	average 29.82	Yes	Metallurgical production, construction
PCI coal	0.7	9.5-10.5	average 30.66	Yes	Metallurgical production
Thermal coal	0.5-0.6	13.5-17.0	27.30-27.93	No	Power generation

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The following table sets forth our principal coal products by sales volume and sales income of coal for the periods indicated. For the purposes of the table below, the figures of sales income and sales volume include inter-segment sales.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2009				2010				2011
	Sales volume (‘000 tonnes)		Sales income(1) (RMB in millions)		Sales volume (‘000 tonnes)		Sales income(1) (RMB in millions)		Sales volume (‘000 tonnes)		Sales income(1) (RMB in millions)
The Company		33,330		17,507.3		33,657		21,324.8		33,276		22,827.6
No. 1 clean coal		694		526.6		691		677.2		534		587.9
No. 2 clean coal		8,362		6,414.4		9,002		8,771.2		8,950		9,373.4
No. 3 clean coal		1,717		1,156		1,560		1,293.7		2,222		1,969.3
Lump coal		1,402		1,036.8		1,297		1,206		1,786		1,845.5
Screened raw coal		17,100		7,359.6		16,726		8,085.5		13,495		6,714.0
Mixed coal and others		4,055		1,013.4		4,381		1,290.7		6,289		2,337.5
Shanxi Nenghua		986		289.5		1,498		572.3		1,223		572.1
Screened raw coal		986		289.5		1,498		572.3		1,223		572.1
Heze Nenghua		16		8.3		1,079		833.0		2,004		1,829.2
No. 2 clean coal		5		4.9		546		603.2		1,211		1,471.0
Screened raw coal		2		1.2		119		62.6		37		19.7
Mixed coal and others		9		2.2		414		167.2		756		338.4
Ordos Neng Hua		—		—		—		—		4,379		1,273.0
Screened raw coal		—		—		—		—		4,379		1,273.0
Yancoal Australia		1,627		1,199.3		8,022		6,210.2		10,060		9,353.4
Semi-hard coking coal		1,627		1,199.3		1,146		1,043.3		914		1,023.2
Semi-soft coking coal		—		—		1,279		1,202.3		1,049		1,319.6
PCI coal		—		—		2,046		1,893.8		2,333		2,988.9
Thermal coal		—		—		3,551		2,070.8		5,764		4,021.7
Externally purchased coal		2,058		1,112.5		5,378		3,990.0		13,308		9,613.2
Total		38,017		20,116.9		49,634		32,930.3		64,250		45,468.5

(1) Sales income comprises the invoiced amount of coal sold net of returns and discounts.

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Sales and Marketing

We sell the majority of our domestic coal products to power plants, metallurgical mills, coking manufacturers, chemical manufacturers and construction material manufacturers with whom we have established long-standing and stable relationships. The majority of the coal sales of our Australian subsidiary, Yancoal Australia, are to power plants and metallurgical mills. The following table sets forth a breakdown of our sales income, which represents the invoiced amount of products sold net of returns and discounts of coal by the industry of our customers for the periods indicated. For the purposes of the table below, the figures of sales income include inter-segment sales.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2009				2010				2011
	Sales income(1)		% of  sales  income		Sales income(1)		% of sales  income		Sales income(1)		% of sales income
	(RMB in millions)				(RMB in millions)				(RMB in millions)
Power plants		5,845.4		29.1		7,493.8		22.8		8,875.0		19.5
Metallurgical mills		2,085.3		10.4		5,200.2		15.8		6,445.7		14.2
Chemical manufacturers		2,764.3		13.7		1,405.3		4.3		1,740.6		3.8
Others(2)		9,421.9		46.8		18,831.0		57.2		28,407.2		62.5
Total		20,116.9		100.0		32,930.3		100.0		45,468.5		100.0

(1) Sales income comprises the invoiced amount of coal sold net of returns and discounts.

(2) Others comprises industries such as coking and construction material manufacturing.

The following table sets forth a breakdown of sales income of coal by geographical region for the periods indicated. For the purposes of the table below, the figures of sales income include inter-segment sales.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2009				2010				2011
	Sales income(1)		% of  sales income		Sales income(1)		% of sales income		Sales income(1)		% of sales income
	(RMB in millions)				(RMB in millions)				(RMB in millions)
China		19,081.7		94.9		27,619.7		83.9		36,703.8		80.7
Eastern China		14,573.1		72.4		21,861.5		66.4		28,464.1		62.6
Northern China		254.3		1.3		511.9		1.6		2,449.6		5.4
Southern China		340.8		1.7		251.1		0.8		211.4		0.5
Other regions		3,913.4		19.5		4,995.2		15.2		5,578.8		12.3
South Korea		235.2		1.2		2,349.0		7.1		4,030.3		8.9
Japan		479.8		2.4		1,920.0		5.8		1,972.4		4.3
Australia		44.8		0.2		482.2		1.5		271.0		0.6
Others		275.4		1.4		559.3		1.7		2,490.9		5.5
Total		20,116.9		100.0		32,930.3		100.0		45,468.5		100.0

(1) Sales income comprises the invoiced amount of coal sold net of returns and discounts.

Our domestic coal sales are concentrated primarily in Eastern China, particularly in Shandong and, to a lesser extent, in Northern China. Our Company’s sales income, which represents the invoiced amount of products sold net of returns and discounts, generated from Eastern China as a percentage of total sales income was 72.4%, 66.4% and 62.6% in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively. The majority of our sales income is in the PRC. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, we generated 94.9%, 83.9% and 80.7%, respectively, of our sales income from the PRC.

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The following table sets forth a breakdown of export sales of our Company and Yancoal Australia for the periods indicated.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2009				2010				2011
	Sales income(1)		% of  total sales income		Sales income(1)		% of total sales income		Sales income (1)		% of total sales income
	(RMB in millions)				(RMB in millions)				(RMB in millions)
Our Company
Japan		50.7		4.2		9.7		0.2		14.3		0.2
Yancoal Australia
South Korea		232.5		19.3		2,349.0		38.5		4,030.3		44.2
Japan		440.1		36.5		1,910.3		31.3		1,958.1		21.5
China		209.9		17.4		909.4		14.9		603.0		6.6
Others		271.6		22.5		926.4		15.2		2,506.7		27.5
Total		1,204.8		100.0		6,104.8		100.0		9,112.4		100.0

(1) Sales income comprises the invoiced amount of coal sold net of returns and discounts.

Export sales represent only a small percentage of our total coal sales income. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, we generated 6.0%, 18.5% and 20.0%, respectively, of our sales income from export sales. Our major overseas markets include South Korea, Japan and Australia. The majority of our overseas customers are located in Asia, and South Korea is our biggest market in this region. Even though we conduct all of our export sales from the PRC through export agents, we maintain close relationships with our overseas customers.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Yancoal Australia’s domestic sales income was 3.8%, 1.9% and 2.7%, respectively, of its total sales income and in these same years its export sales income was 96.2%, 98.1% and 97.3%, respectively, of its total sales income. Yancoal Australia’s export sales income represented 95.8%, 99.8% and 99.8% of our total export sales income in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively. Yancoal Australia primarily conducts its export sales directly by entering into agreements with end user customers. Yancoal Australia also exports a small portion of coal through export agents with which Yancoal Australia has established long-standing relationships. The primary destinations for the export sales of Yancoal Australia are South Korea, Japan and China.

A significant portion of our PRC domestic sales is made on the spot market or pursuant to letters of intent, while the remainder of our coal sales are made pursuant to sales contracts generally for a term not exceeding one year. These sales contracts or letters of intent generally specify the quantity and delivery schedule of the coal to be purchased. The contract price in sales contracts is the result of market-based negotiations between the contracting parties, while the contract prices for letters of intent are generally determined at the time of sale to reflect prevailing market prices. As of March 31, 2012, we have entered into domestic sales contracts and letters of intent to sell a total of approximately 33.0 million tonnes of coal, including contracts to sell approximately 7.7 million tonnes of coal at a tax-inclusive price of RMB589.1 per tonne, representing a decrease of approximately RMB 74.4 per tonne, or 11.2%, from our average selling price in 2010. The sales price under the letters of intent will be determined at the time of sale. In addition, as of March 31, 2012, Yancoal Australia has entered into agreements to sell approximately 3.0 million tonnes of coal in the first quarter of 2012 at a tax-exclusive price of US$133.7 per tonne, which remained relatively stable as compared with the price of US$133.4 per tonne in the first quarter of 2011. These customers primarily included power plants and metallurgical mills outside Australia. These agreements include terms with respect to the quantity and delivery schedule of the coal to be purchased. The prices of the coal are generally subject to negotiation between the contracting parties, on a monthly or quarterly basis, based on prevailing market prices.

Customers

As of December 31, 2011, our major customers include Huadian International, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., POSCO, Yankuang Meihua Gongxiao Co., Ltd. and Linyi Yehua Coking Co., Ltd., among which Huadian International was our largest customer. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, sales to our top five largest customers accounted for 28.7%, 24.7% and 19.4% of our sales income, respectively. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, sales to our largest customer, Huadian International, accounted for 15.4%, 13.0% and 8.5%, respectively, of our sales income. A substantial portion of Huadian International’s coal purchases was, in turn, supplied to Zouxian Power Plant.

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Leveraging the high quality of our products and the strength of our brand, we have established long-term relationships with our customers. We make significant efforts to establish and maintain long-term cooperative relationships with our customers, and in particular, with our key customers. We have annual evaluations of our customers to identify key customers. To maintain the relationships with our key customers, we generally provide favorable price terms and product delivery priority. Our sales and marketing department conducts routine customer visits and customer surveys to keep abreast of market developments, collect and evaluate customers’ responses, maintain customer relationships and continually improve our business. In addition, we closely monitor the market information about Eastern China, South Korea, Japan and other regions, which we use for business planning and execution.

We have a flexible credit policy, and the credit terms we grant to our customers may vary from customer to customer depending on each customer’s creditworthiness, historical relationship with the Company and the credit amount involved. We may allow open accounts, require acceptance bills or require cash on delivery. We rely on data from our enterprise resource planning system to determine the appropriate payment arrangement and credit terms for each customer, which generally do not exceed 180 days. We evaluate the creditworthiness of potential new customers before entering into a sales contract with them and reassess the creditworthiness of all of our customers on an annual basis. For customers without a strong credit history, we require them to settle their accounts upon delivery.

Pricing

The pricing for our coal products sold in the PRC is generally based on negotiations between the contracting parties that reflect market conditions. However, a portion of our thermal coal sales may be affected by pricing guidelines announced by the PRC government from time to time or subject to temporary price controls. For example, the State Council and the NDRC adopted measures to control the prices of thermal coal in 2010 and 2011, pursuant to which prices of thermal coal supplied to power generating enterprises in 2012 may not increase by more than 5% from 2011 prices, and the spot prices of thermal coal (5,500 kcal/kg) received at major domestic ports must be less than RMB800 per tonne. See “— Regulatory Oversight of Our Group.” For our Australian operations, the pricing of our coal products is dependent on negotiations between the contracting parties, as well as prevailing market prices. There are no price control schemes in Australia. In both our PRC and Australian markets, to price our coal products, we consider the prevailing prices in the relevant local coal markets, the grade and quality of the coal and our relationship with the purchaser. Our sales and marketing department monitors domestic and international market information, enabling us to keep abreast of pricing developments in our principal markets.

Transportation

Most of our major coal customers are located in Eastern China and our remaining domestic customers are located in Southern and Northern China. We deliver coal to our customers primarily by railways and highways. We also deliver our coal by domestic and international shipping lanes. With our private railway network, we are able to connect to the national railway system or deliver coal directly to Zouxian Power Plant.

We also ship coal on the national railway system to ports, such as Rizhao, Qingdao and Lianyungang, for delivery to customers. Rizhao Port is our main port for shipping coal. We also use the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to ship coal on barges to customers located in the area serviced by the canal, primarily Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In Shanxi, we rely on the Yangshe Railway, which intersects the Tianchi Coal Mine, and trucks to deliver coal to Hebei, Shandong and other nearby areas. We rely on the Baoshen Railway and trucks to deliver coal from Anyuan Coal Mine and Wenyu Coal Mine to Hebei and the surrounding areas.

We plan to construct a privately operated railway to connect Zhaolou Coal Mine with the national railway system. Before completing the construction, we will continue to rely on trucks to deliver coal from Zhaolou Coal Mine to the national railway and customers.

We transport Yancoal Australia’s coal products to Newcastle Port and Gladstone Port in Australia at our cost using Australia’s state and private railway networks. These coal products are then exported to South Korea, Japan and other destinations via sea transportation primarily on FOB terms. Yancoal Australia owns a 15.4% interest in NCIG, a joint venture responsible for constructing and operating the third export terminal at Newcastle Port, and has an annual port capacity of 8.3 million tonnes through NCIG’s facility when it reaches its full design capacity. Yancoal Australia also has an annual port capacity of 5.3 million tonnes at Newcastle Port through PWCS’s facility also at Newcastle Port in 2012 pursuant to the agreement between Yancoal Australia and PWCS, increasing to 5.7 million tonnes per year from 2013. Upon the completion of the development of PWCS’s terminal 4 in 2016, Yancoal Australia is expected to obtain additional allocated annual port capacity through that new terminal. In addition, Yancoal Australia owns a 5.6% interest in Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal Holdings Pty Limited in Queensland, which is the parent company of the developer of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal and has been allocated an annual port capacity of 1.5 million tonnes in 2014 through that terminal at Gladstone Port. We believe these allocated port capacities will support current export sales and our future growth over the next five years.

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Mining process

The geological characteristics of our reserves largely determine the coal mining method that we employ. We use two primary methods to mine coal: underground mining and open-pit mining.

Domestic underground mining operations

Our domestic underground mining operations consist of four main steps: tunneling, coal extraction, transportation and coal preparation. The tunneling process is necessary for the construction of underground roadways, which are required for the installation of mining equipment. We conduct a majority of our tunneling using high-powered headers and use this method whenever geological conditions permit. When the use of headers is not feasible, we use explosives to excavate tunnels. Coal extracted during tunneling is carried by conveyor adhesive tapes to our underground storage bunkers to be stored together with other extracted coal. Rock and other minerals produced during the excavation of roadways are separated and transported out of the mine.

The extraction process is undertaken by a standardized and fully mechanized longwall operation, which includes shearers that work in conjunction with conveyers to cut and transport the coal away from the longwall work face. For coal seams up to 4.5 meters thick, we use a fully mechanized method to extract coal. Generally, for coal seams that are thicker than 4.5 meters, we add a caving method to the fully mechanized longwall mining operation, whereby coal that is beyond the reach of our shearers collapses in a controlled manner onto our conveyers as the coal support underneath it is removed by our shearers. Coal is then transported away from a longwall work face by a series of conveyors positioned in front of and behind the system of roof supports. Roof supports provide continuous support for and protection along the length of the longwall work face and move the conveyors and shearers forward after each pass of the shearers along the work face using horizontal hydraulic rams positioned at the base of each support. Our hydraulic roof supports were manufactured in the PRC.

The shaft hoist system equipment that we use at most of our mines was imported. Coal is transported from the coal shaft either to a surface storage or directly to a coal preparation plant. In addition to the main coal shaft, our mines also have a service shaft and supplemental roadways and rail systems within the mines that provide a means of underground transportation for workers and equipment.

After raw coal is carried to the surface, it undergoes a mechanized selection process that separates coal from other mineral materials. A small portion of such selected coal is directly sold to customers as raw coal, and the remainder is transported to our coal preparation plants for further processing and classification. Each of the Six Coal Mines, Zhaolou Coal Mine, Austar Coal Mine, Yarrabee Coal Mine, Moolarben Coal Mine and Ashton Coal Mine has a coal preparation plant. In general, the coal washing conducted in our coal preparation plants includes a water bed washing and separation process by jig machines, a sink-and-float separation process and a final floating separation process. Most of the equipment used in our coal preparation plants is automated, enabling us to control the ash content and grade of our processed coal. The average recovery rate of our coal preparation plants was 69.1%, 69.5% and 67.0% in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.

Domestic open-pit mining operations

The open-pit mining process involves the removal of topsoil and overburden (earth and rock covering the coal), tunneling and extraction of coal from coal seams. The extracted coal undergoes selection and is then transported to treatment facilities for preparation. After coal is removed, we restore the affected land by replacing the overburden and topsoil.

Australian mining operations

With respect to underground mines in our Yancoal Australia mining operations, we conduct continuous tunneling, longwall operations and coal extraction by the fully mechanized caving method. Open-pit mining is used when coal is found relatively close to the surface, which is the same as our domestic open-pit mining operations.

Materials, Water and Energy Supply

Domestic mining operations

The primary materials we use to conduct our coal mining and processing operations are steel to support work faces and underground tunnels, cement for the construction of underground tunnels and ground structures and water used in our production process. We procure steel primarily from Jinan Iron and Steel Company Ltd., Laiwu Iron & Steel Group Corp., Ltd. and Shandong Shiheng Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. and cement primarily from Shandong Lucheng Cement Company, Ltd. and China United Cement Taishan Co., Ltd. We procure water primarily from the Yankuang Group pursuant to the Materials Supply Agreement and its supplemental agreements, and, to a lesser extent, from local water companies. The prices of steel, cement and water is set at market rates or determined through negotiations. We believe that we have well-established, cooperative relationships with our suppliers, enabling us to secure reliable supplies of materials required in our production process. We believe that a number of alternative suppliers exist for our key materials in our coal operations, accordingly, we do not foresee any difficulty in obtaining adequate supplies.

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We use a significant amount of electricity in our operations. Electricity prices in China are regulated by the government. Even though we have not experienced any material disruptions in our electricity supply in the past, we acquired Hua Ju Energy to secure a stable supply of energy for our Six Coal Mines and to reduce our electricity costs. After we commenced selling substantially all of the electricity generated by Hua Ju Energy to the local grid company in 2011, we began to purchase electricity from the local grid company for our Six Coal Mines.

Australian mining operations

Similar to our domestic coal mining and preparation operations, the primary materials we use in our Australian mining operations are steel, cement, explosives and water. We procure such materials primarily from local suppliers with which we have established long-standing relationships, and are able to procure sufficient materials for our mining and preparation operations.

Competition

Domestic mining operations

Our primary market, the PRC domestic coal market, is characterized by numerous small-scale coal suppliers. Although the domestic coal market is segmented principally by geographic regions due to the wide distribution of coal reserves, the domestic market in China is dominated by a number of large-scale coal producers. We compete principally on the basis of the availability and cost of transportation, coal quality and timely deliveries.

Our domestic competitors primarily include a number of coal mines located in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. Certain of our competitors from these regions have substantial reserves and favorable geological conditions. However, these competitors incur significant transportation costs when they supply to their end-user customers located in Eastern China. In addition to coal mines located in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia, we also compete with local mines located in close proximity to our customers. In particular, Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd. (“Shandong Energy”), which was established in March 2011, is our sole competitor in Shandong. Shandong Energy has a large-scale production capacity and marketing capability. Although we have strengths in the quality of our coal product and our sales network, we may not be able to compete effectively with Shandong Energy in this region. Our failure to compete effectively may in turn materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

Australian mining operations

We primarily compete with several large coal mining enterprises in Australia, including BHP Billiton, Peabody Energy Australia, Rio Tinto Coal, Xstrata and Whitehaven Coal. Given that we mainly export our coal production in Australia to other Asian countries, particularly South Korea and Japan, we also compete with other mining enterprises located in China, Indonesia and Inner Mongolia, some of which are located in close proximity to our customers. Some of our competitors are large mining companies with a longer operating history, greater financial resources, stronger brand recognition and greater economies of scale as compared to our Company. However, we believe we are able to maintain our competitiveness. Through the use of our independently developed longwall top caving mining method, we believe we are able to extract coal more efficiently in our mining operation than our competitors, particularly those competitors with mining operations that involve coal extraction from thick coal seams.

Seasonality

Our coal business is not affected by seasonality.

Quality control

We have implemented a quality assurance program at each of our PRC coal mines to control quality throughout our coal operations from production to transportation. Utilizing advanced processing technology and management techniques, our coal preparation plants are able to separate both metal and non-metal impurities from coal. Our quality inspection division within our sales and marketing department conducts spot inspections on our coal production to maintain high quality standards.

Each of Nantun Coal Mine, Xinglongzhuang Coal Mine, Baodian Coal Mine, Dongtan Coal Mine, Jining II Coal Mine and Jining III Coal Mine has obtained ISO 9002 quality and ISO 14000 environmental management certification. Tianchi Coal Mine has obtained ISO 9000 quality and ISO 14000 environmental management certification, and Zhaolou Coal Mine has obtained ISO 9001 quality and ISO 14001 environmental management certification. We believe we are the only Chinese coal company to have ever won a National Quality Management Award, a China Quality Tripod and an Asia-Pacific International Quality Gold Medal.

Yancoal Australia has engaged Bureau Veritas, Societe Generale De Surveillance and ALS Laboratory Group to supervise and inspect the quality of the coal produced from the respective mines in Australia to ensure quality control and advise on quality improvement.

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Safety control

In our PRC operations, we have implemented a safety control program to achieve the targets set in our internal guidelines for safety and risk control management and to maintain compliance with the PRC Coal Industry Law and the National Mining Safety Law in China. In Australia, our operations in New South Wales comply with the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 (NSW) and Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW), and our operations in Queensland comply with the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (QLD).

Our safety control program combines close supervision and routine inspection of mining conditions with continual implementation of safety features and procedures at our mines and safety training for our production team. In addition, in our PRC operations, the compensation of the officers and managers of each division reflects the division’s safety record. Each of our mines has a safety inspection unit which is responsible for the supervision and inspection of our mining activities. We reward employees who report unsafe mining conditions to encourage accident prevention.

As a result of our safety control program, we have been able to maintain a zero fatality rate in our PRC operations since 2007 compared with the national average of 0.564 fatalities per million tonnes of coal produced in 2011 according to the State Administration of Work Safety of the PRC. In 2011, we produced approximately 55.7 million tonnes of coal and did not experience any production accidents that involved serious work injuries or death in our PRC operations. Following our acquisition of Felix in December 2009, we have been continuously reviewing and evaluating its safety control and performance. With respect to our Australian operations in 2011, our lost time injury frequency rate, measured as the number of lost time injuries per million man-hours worked, was 6.6 for open-pit mines and 16.7 for underground mines. We had no fatalities in our Australian operations in 2011.

Environmental protection

We are subject to PRC environmental protection laws and regulations which impose fees for the discharge of waste substances and require the payment of fines for serious pollution. PRC regulations also authorize government agencies to close any facility that fails to comply with orders to cease, or bring into compliance with relevant laws and regulations, operations that cause environmental damage. In addition, the operations of Yancoal Australia must comply with relevant Australian environmental protection laws and regulations. In 2011, we incurred expenses related to environmental protection of RMB83.7 million.

Railway Transportation Business

In addition to transporting coal to support our own operations, we also provide railway transportation services to our customers, including the Yankuang Group, for fees. In 2011, we transported 18.1 million tonnes of coal on our railway network, representing a decrease of 1.6 million tonnes or 8.1% from 19.7 million tonnes in 2010. We generated sales income of RMB476.9 million from railway transportation services in 2011, representing a decrease of RMB36.4 million, or 7.1%, from RMB513.3 million in 2010.

We own 15 diesel locomotives, 10 steam locomotives, 360 rail cars, and approximately 204 kilometers of railway tracks constructed for coal transportation that connect most of our coal mines with Zouxian Power Plant located in Jining City, Shandong. Our railway network also connects to two major national railways, namely, Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Yanzhou-Shijiugang Railway. As of December 31, 2011, our railway transportation business had 3,849 employees.

We maintain ISO 9001 quality accreditation, ISO 14001 environmental management certification, OHS 18000 occupational safety and health certificate and ISO 10012:2003 management certification for the operation of our railway network.

Coal Chemical Business

Our coal chemical business focuses on the production of methanol, a liquid commodity that can be produced from coal or natural gas. We operate our coal chemical business through Yulin Nenghua and Tianhao Chemicals. In 2011, we produced 532,000 tonnes of methanol and sold 529,000 tonnes of methanol. We generated sales income of RMB1,059.3 million in 2011, representing an increase of RMB430.0 million, or 68.3%, from RMB629.3 million in 2010. Yulin Nenghua produced 459,000 tonnes of methanol and Tianhao Chemicals produced 73,000 tonnes of methanol in 2011.

Sales and marketing

Our coal chemical sales are made pursuant to sales contracts that we enter into from time to time with customers. We sell our methanol exclusively in China and predominately to chemical producers in Northern and Eastern China and methanol distributors. We rely on regional highways to deliver our products.

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Pricing

The pricing for our methanol product is generally based on negotiation between the contracting parties, taking into consideration prevailing market prices, market conditions and the customer’s creditworthiness.

Production process

Yulin Nenghua. At Yunlin Nenghua’s plant, raw coal is pulverized, cleaned and then fed to a gasifier bed where it reacts with oxygen and steam. The product is synthesized into crude methanol and then purified through distillation.

Tianhao Chemicals. Tianhao Chemicals uses coke oven waste gas as its primary raw material. We reduce the sulphur contained in coke oven waste gas and then convert the treated gas into synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is further processed into crude methanol and then purified through distillation.

Materials, water and energy supply

Coal and coke oven waste gas are the primary materials in our methanol production. Production at Yulin Nenghua is reliant on thermal coal, which it currently sources from local coal mines owned by third party. We plan to source thermal coal internally once our adjoining Yushuwan Coal Mine is registered and commences operations. Yulin Nenghua sources water from a local reservoir.

Production at Tianhao Chemicals is dependent on receiving coke oven waste gas from one supplier whose facility is connected to Tianhao Chemicals’ plant through transmission pipelines. Production at Tianhao Chemicals was disrupted twice in 2010 when this supplier was not able to provide sufficient coke oven waste gas. As of the date of this annual report, we have not been able to find an alternative supplier.

Quality control

We have implemented a series of quality control measures for our coal chemical operations to ensure product quality and obtained AAA measurement management system, ISO 9001 quality accreditation and ISO 14001 environmental management certification in November 2009. We perform regular inspections and maintenance on our methanol plants.

Tianhao Chemicals has implemented a series of management measures beginning in 2010, covering various areas including the evaluation of quality control, environmental protection and occupational health and safety measures. As of the date of this annual report, the relevant certifications regarding the foregoing management systems were ongoing.

Safety control

For our coal chemical operations, we have implemented safety control measures in compliance with the People’s Republic of China Production Safety Law, the People’s Republic of China Regulations on the Safe Administration of Dangerous Chemicals and other safety guidelines for chemical manufacturers.

Competition

We compete with domestic methanol manufacturers in Shanxi and Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. We expect to benefit from economies of scale as Yulin Nenghua’s 600,000-tonne methanol project achieves optimal utilization of its facilities and we further expand our coal chemical operations with the construction of Ordos Neng Hua’s methanol plant.

Seasonality

Our coal chemical operations are not affected by seasonality.

Electric Power and Heat Supply Business

As of the date of this annual report, we owned and operated eight power plants, which generate electricity for internal use and external sales. In addition, we have one power plant currently under construction. In 2011, we generated a total of 1,367.1 million KWh of electricity and we sold externally 932.7 million KWh. We generated sales income of RMB328.0 million in 2011, representing an increase of RMB142.5 million, or 76.8%, from RMB185.5 million in 2010.

Hua Ju Energy operates coal-fired power plants whose main facilities consist of energy conversion CFB boilers and extraction and condensing steam turbines. The power plants at Hua Ju Energy have an aggregate installed capacity of 144 MW. In 2011, Hua Ju Energy generated 1,028.8 million KWh and sold externally 895.5 million KWh of electricity. From 2011, we sold substantially all of the electricity generated by Hua Ju Energy to the local power grid company.

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The power plants at Yulin Nenghua and Tianhao Chemicals were established with the primary intention to satisfy the power demand of the methanol projects of these two entities while we sell a small amount of electricity externally. Together they had an aggregate installed capacity of 84 MW as of the date of this annual report. In 2011, the power plants operated by Yulin Nenghua generated 258.7 million KWh of electricity and sold externally 33.1 million KWh of electricity. Tianhao Chemicals generated 79.6 million KWh of electricity and sold externally 4.0 million kWh in 2011.

We commenced the construction of the Zhaolou Coal Mine power plant for Zhaolou Coal Mine in March 2010. The integrated power plant has two phases with a designed capacity of 300 MW for each phase. As of the date of this annual report, phase I was under construction. For further information on the Zhaolou Coal Mine power plants, please see “D. Property, Plant and Equipment — Methanol and Cogeneration Power Plants — Zhaolou Coal Mine Power Plants.”

We commenced heat supply operations, which consist of the production and sale of heat supply, following our acquisition of Hua Ju Energy in 2009. In 2011, Hua Ju Energy generated 1.3 million steam tonnes of heat energy. We consume internally the substantial majority of heat energy produced by Hua Ju Energy by our coal mines. In addition, we sold externally 0.2 million steam tonnes of heat and generated sales income of RMB20.5 million.

Sales and marketing

In addition to our own use, we sold 68.2% of the electric power we produced to other end-users through power grids in 2011. We consume most of the heat generated by our power plants and, to a lesser extent, sell to the Yankuang Group.

Pricing

The pricing and adjustments for the on-grid tariff are determined by the PRC government. The pricing of our heat products is determined in accordance with regulations set by price administration authorities.

Production process

Yulin Nenghua. We select, break, grind and feed coal to a boiler where the coal is burned to generate steam, which is converted by steam turbines into electricity.

Tianhao Chemical. Middling is carried by belts and fuel feeding devices to a fluidized-bed boiler, where the coal is burned to generate steam, which is converted by steam turbines into electricity. Tianhao Chemical owns two power plants with an installed capacity of 12 MW each to satisfy the electricity demand for methanol production or even the electricity demand for the whole factory.

Hua Ju Energy. We recycle by-products of our coal mining operations, such as coal gangue and coal slurry, to generate electricity. Coal gangue and coal slurry are fed to a CFB boiler by means of a conveyer belt and fuel-feeding device where they are burned to generate steam, which is converted by steam turbines into electricity. The power plants of Hua Ju Energy are cogeneration systems that are able to produce heat simultaneously with power generation. Part of the steam produced in power generation is extracted from the steam turbines and provided to our mining operations via a heat supply system.

In the production processes, we filter the exhaust gas that we produce and recycle the cinder for future use.

Materials, water and energy supply

Our power plants are all coal-fired power plants. The power plants of Hua Ju Energy generate electricity by recycling coal gangue and coal slurry. Tianhao Chemicals and Yulin Nenghua currently source thermal coal from local coal mines.

Quality control

Hua Ju Energy obtained ISO 9001 quality accreditation and ISO 14001 environmental management certification in November 2003 and has maintained its certification since then. Yulin Nenghua obtained AAA measurement management system, ISO 9001 quality accreditation and ISO 14001 environmental management certification in November 2009. Tianhao Chemicals implemented a series of internal evaluation and management measurement systems for quality control, environmental management and health and safety control in 2010. The management measurement system certification is being processed.

Safety control

Safety measures for our electric power and heat supply operations were designed to meet the requirement of the Electricity Law and other related laws.

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Seasonality

Our electric power operations are not affected by seasonality. Our heat supply operations are affected by seasonality and experience higher demand during winter.

Regulatory Oversight of Our Group

Regulation of the PRC Coal Industry

To establish a coal mining enterprise under the Coal Industry Law of the People’s Republic of China, amended in 2011 (the “PRC Coal Industry Law”), the applicant must submit an application to the relevant department in charge of the coal industry. After obtaining approval to establish a coal mining enterprise, the applicant will be granted a mining permit by the MLR. Thereafter, the applicant must obtain a coal production permit before it commences coal production. Coal mining enterprises that have legally obtained coal production licenses will have the right to sell the coal that they produce. To establish a coal trading enterprise, an applicant must apply for a different business license and may engage in coal trading only after it obtains a trading license from the relevant administrative department of industry and commerce.

Mining activities in the PRC are also subject to the MLR. The Mineral Resources Law of the PRC (the “Mineral Resources Law”) regulates any matters relating to the planning or the exploration, exploitation and mining of mineral resources. According to the Mineral Resources Law, all mineral resources in China, including coal, are owned by the State. Any enterprise planning to engage in the exploration, development and mining of mineral resources must obtain exploration rights and mining rights before commencing the relevant activities. The transfer of exploration and exploitation rights shall be subject to governmental approval pursuant to the PRC Coal Industry Law, the Mineral Resources Law and other relevant regulations.

We are principally subject to supervision and regulation by the following agencies of the PRC government:

• the State Council, the highest level of the executive branch, which is responsible for (i) examining and approving of major investment projects specified in the Catalogue of Investment Projects released by the PRC government in 2004 and as amended from time to time; and (ii) promoting the integration and development of coal resources through the acquisition of mergers, restructuring and reorganizations of coalmining enterprises through the General Office of the State Council’s Notice of Forwarding the National Development and Reform Commission’s Certain Opinions on Accelerating and BoostingMergers and Reorganizations of CoalMining Enterprises (Guo Ban Fa [2010] No. 46) on October 16, 2010;

• the NDRC, which formulates and implements major policies concerning China’s economic and social development, examines and approves investment projects exceeding certain capital expenditure amounts or in specified industry sectors, including the examination and approval of foreign investment projects, and formulates industrial policies and investment guidelines for natural resource industries, such as the coal industry. In addition, the NDRC administers coal export activities and export quotas jointly with the MOC. The NDRC is also responsible for the evaluation and implementation of the pricing mechanism that links the prices of coal and power;

• the MLR, which has the authority to grant land use licenses and mining right permits, approve the transfer and lease of mining rights, and review the transfer price of mining rights and reserve estimates;

• the SACMS, which is responsible for the implementation and supervision of the relevant safety laws and regulations applicable to coal mines and coal mining operations;

• the MOR, which supervises China’s railway operations and provides strategic development plans for railway transportation. The MOR, together with the NDRC, reviews all applications for railway construction plans, including railways designated or used for coal transportation; and

• the MEP, which supervises and controls environmental protection and monitors China’s environmental system at the national level.

The following is a summary of the principal laws, regulations, policies and administrative directives to which we are subject.

Pricing Laws

Until 2002, the production and pricing of coal was generally subject to the close control and supervision of the PRC government, which centrally managed the production and pricing of coal. To transition from a planned economy to market economy practices, the PRC government eliminated the state guidelines for coal prices on January 1, 2002 and took other measures intended to establish a pricing mechanism that would reflect market demand.

Under the Price Law of the PRC, the PRC government reserves the right to intervene in price fluctuations of important commodities such as coal. The State Council and the provincial governments, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the PRC government may adopt intervention measures, such as restricting margins or profits, and imposing price limits. Since 2002, the NDRC has executed temporary measures several times to prevent and control unusual fluctuations in thermal coal prices.

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To ensure a stable supply of thermal coal and reduce pricing pressure on electric power companies, the NDRC issued Announcement No. 46 on June 19, 2008 to implement temporary price caps on thermal coal until December 31, 2008. On December 3, 2008, the NDRC issued the Notice Relating to the Good Preparation for Inter-Provincial Coal Production Transportation Works (Fa Gai Yun Xing [2008] No. 3294), which announced the elimination of the price control measures implemented in June 2008. On December 30, 2008, the NDRC issued an announcement (No. 67) to abolish the temporary price intervention measures on thermal coal, effective January 1, 2009. On December 14, 2009, the NDRC published the Guidance on the Improvement of Linking Up Coal Manufacture, Transportation and Demand, which provides measures by which enterprises may choose the manner in which they transport coal. The Guidance reiterates the government’s support for the market orientation of the coal industry.

We sell our coal both on the spot market and under sales contracts and letters of intent. We set the purchase volume and schedule in a period of time (generally, within one year) in the sales contracts and letters of intent with our customers. The purchase price in a sales contract is set at the time of execution of the contract. the purchase price in a letter of intent, however, is set at the time of an actual sale.

Regulation of fees and taxes

The table below sets forth material taxes and fees that are imposed upon coal producers in China, as well as reserves which we are required to set aside.

Item	Base	Rate
Corporate income tax	Taxable income	25%
VAT (coal and other commodity)	Sales revenue	17%
VAT (heating supply)	Sales revenue	13%
Business tax	Revenue from service	3% or 5%
City construction tax	Amount of VAT and business tax	7%
Education surcharge	Amount of VAT and business tax	3%
Local education surcharge	Amount of VAT and business tax	2%
Water conservancy fund	Amount of VAT and business tax	1%
Resource tax	Aggregate volume of raw coal sold or used (1)	RMB3.6 per tonne (Shandong Province) RMB3.2 per tonne (Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia)
Compensation for the depletion of coal resources	Revenue from coal produced by us	1%
Price adjustment fund	Volume of raw coal produced or sales volume of merchantable coal	1. Jining City, Shandong Province: RMB8 per tonne based on volume of raw coal produced; 2. Heze City, Shandong Province: (1) RMB1.5 per tonne for 20% of the sales volume of clean coal and RMB20 per tonne for 80% of the sales volume of clean coal; (2) RMB1 per tonne for 20% of the sales volume of other types of coal and RMB15 per tonne for 80% of the sales volume of other types of coal.
Real estate tax	70% of original value of real estate	1.2%

(1) The resource tax applicable to our coal operation in Shandong and Shanxi Provinces is calculated by multiplying the aggregate volume of raw coal sold and raw coal consumed in the production of clean coal by the applicable per tonne resource tax in the respective province.

Coal producers may be fined if they damage the environment, arable land, grasslands or forest areas. Under the Mineral Resources Law, if a mining enterprise’s mining activities result in damage to arable land, grasslands or forest areas, the mining enterprise must return the land to an arable state or plant trees or grass or take other restorative measures. The Mineral Resources Law and other applicable laws and regulations also state that anyone who causes others to suffer loss in terms of production or living standards is liable for the loss and must compensate the affected persons and remedy the situation.

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Additionally, all coal producers are subject to PRC environmental protection laws and regulations which currently impose fees for the discharge of waste substances, require the payment of fines for serious pollution and provide for the discretion of the PRC government to close any facility which fails to comply with orders requiring it to cease or cure operations causing environmental damage.

Foreign exchange laws

The Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Deciding the External Financing Guarantee Balance Quota of Domestic Banks in 2011 (Huifa [2011] No. 30), promulgated by the SAFE on July 27, 2011, provides that the SAFE will conduct a strict review of any application from a domestic enterprise with respect to external financing guarantees. In addition, when domestic banks provide offshore financing guarantees, the SAFE will conduct a strict review of the financing measures with respect to the external financing guarantee. The proceeds of any offshore financing under an offshore financing guarantee must not be repatriated into the PRC, directly or indirectly, either in the form of equity or debt interests, through, including but not limited to, the following methods:

• financing applied towards the repayment of the original loans of the enterprise or other offshore companies which were repatriated into the PRC through equity or debt interests;

• financing directly applied towards the acquisition of the equity of an offshore target company, and the principal assets of the target company are predominantly located in the PRC; or

other methods of repatriation recognized by the SAFE.

Import and export laws

According to the Foreign Trade Law, the Cargo Import and Export Ordinance and the Administrative Measures of Coal Export Quota, coal exports remain subject to State control and require governmental approval.

Our company has not been authorized as a PRC coal exporter. Our coal exports are conducted through three export agents, namely China National Coal Industry Import and Export Corporation, China National Minerals Import and Export Company Limited and Shanxi Coal Import and Export Group Company.

Pursuant to the Administrative Measures of Coal Export Quota, the NDRC and the MOC are responsible for determining China’s national coal export quota and allocating the quota among authorized coal exporters. Upon receiving a quota approval, authorized coal exporters may apply for coal export permits to the relevant authority designated by the MOC. Authorized coal exporters are also required to report their monthly quota usage to the NDRC.

The regulations provide that quotas may be adjusted in the event of:

• a major change in the international market;

• a major change in domestic coal resources;

• an imbalance in the usage of the coal export quota by an authorized coal exporter compared to its allocation of the coal export quota; and

• other circumstances which require an adjustment to the coal export quotas.

The total national quotas approved for coal exports in 2010 and 2011 were 25.5 million tonnes and 38.0 million tonnes, respectively. The total national quota approved for coal export in 2012 is 38.0 million tonnes with the first 18.0 million tonnes’ quota already granted to exporters.

According to the Notice of the Customs Tariff Committee of the State Council on Tariff Adjustment on Certain Export Commodities (Notice 2008 No. 56), beginning August 20, 2008, the provisional tariff rate of coke, coking coal and soft coal will be 40%, 10% and 10%, respectively. Export tariffs are generally passed on to the purchaser. Therefore, changes in export tariffs do not directly affect us.

Domestic trading regulations

Pursuant to the Measures for the Regulation of Coal Operations promulgated by the NDRC on December 27, 2004, the State implemented a system to examine the qualifications of an entity to engage in coal operations, including the wholesale and retail of raw coal and processed coal products and the processing and distribution of coal for civilian use. Before an entity can engage in coal operations, it must obtain a coal operation qualification certificate. A coal production enterprise that deals in coal products produced and processed by a third party is required to obtain a coal operation qualification.

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Environmental protection

Pursuant to the Environmental Protection Law, the MEP is authorized to formulate national environmental quality and discharge standards and to monitor China’s environmental system at the national level to protect the environment. Environmental protection bureaus at the county level and above are responsible for environmental protection within their respective jurisdictions.

China has promulgated a series of laws and regulations which establish national and local legal frameworks for environmental protection. These laws and regulations include standards applicable to emission controls, discharges of wastes and pollutants to the environment, generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste materials by production facilities, land rehabilitation and reforestation.

The Environmental Protection Law requires any entity operating a facility that produces pollutants or may create a hazard to incorporate environmental protection measures into its operations and to establish an environmental protection responsibility system which includes effective measures to control and properly dispose of waste materials.

In the environmental impact statement of a construction project, the project operator must assess the pollution and environmental hazards the project is likely to produce and its impact on the ecosystem and measures for the prevention and control of such hazards. The statement shall, after initial examination by the authorities in charge of the construction project, be submitted by a specified procedure to the competent department of environmental protection administration for approval. Facilities for the prevention and control of pollution must be designed, constructed and implemented simultaneously with the primary construction contemplated by a project. These facilities must be inspected by the competent environmental protection authority and determined to conform with specified requirements before they can be implemented.

Enterprises that discharge pollutants must report to and register with the relevant authorities in accordance with the provisions of a department of environmental protection administration under the State Council. Enterprises that discharge pollutants in excess of the prescribed national or local standards will be fined for excessive discharge according to State provisions and will be responsible for eliminating and controlling the pollution.

According to the Law on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution of the PRC, and the Administrative Regulations on the Levy and Use of Discharge Fees, any new construction projects which directly or indirectly discharge pollutants to water, such as coal mines and coking plants, must conduct an environmental impact assessment. Every new production facility must be equipped with wastewater processing facilities which must be put in use together with the production facilities. Construction projects that discharge pollutants into water shall pay a pollutant discharge fee in accordance with state regulations.

Violators of the Environmental Protection Law and various environmental regulations may be subject to warnings, payment of damages and fines. Any entity undertaking construction work or manufacturing activities before the pollution and waste control and processing facilities are inspected and approved by the environmental protection department may be ordered to suspend production or operations and may be fined. The violators of relevant environment protection laws and regulations may be exposed to criminal liability if violations result in severe loss of property, personal injuries or death.

The rehabilitation of mining sites is another priority of the PRC government. Under the Law of Land Administration of the PRC as amended on August 28, 2004 and the Regulation on Land Reclamation effected on March 5, 2011, issued by the State Council in 1988, coal producers must undertake measures to restore a mining site to its original state within a prescribed time frame if their mining activities result in damage to arable land, grassland or forest. The rehabilitated land must meet rehabilitation standards, as required by law from time to time, and may only be subsequently used upon examination and approval by the land authorities. A coal producer’s failure to comply with this requirement or its failure to return the mining site to its original state will result in the imposition of fines, rehabilitation fees and/or rejection of applications for land use rights by the local bureau of land and resources.

In addition to the PRC environmental laws and regulations, China is a signatory to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1998 Kyoto Protocol, which propose emission targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol came into force in 2005. At present, the Kyoto Protocol has not set any specific emission targets for certain countries, including China.

Mining safety

On June 7, 2005, the State Council promulgated Several Opinions on Promoting the Healthy Development of the Coal Industry, which contains the PRC government’s policies with respect to the development and restructuring of the coal industry. The opinions reiterated the PRC government’s policies with respect to the administration of coal reserves, enhancement of coal mine safety, encouragement of industry consolidation among coal producers, acceleration of the construction of large coal production bases, improvement of mining techniques and equipment for coal production and the organization and regulation of small coal mines.

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According to the Measures for Implementing Work Safety Permits in Coal Mine Enterprises issued by the State Administration of Work Safety and the SACMS, a coal mine enterprise without a work safety permit may not engage in coal production activities. Coal mining enterprises and their mines that do not satisfy the safety conditions set forth in this document, or those that violate the provisions of this document, may be punished by fines, warnings, temporary suspension of the work safety permit, mandatory remediation measures, orders to cease production and cancellation of the work safety permit. Coal mine enterprises that remain compliant with the requirements set in these documents may apply for administrative approval to extend the validity period of their Work Safety Permits.

The Special Regulations by the State Council on Preventing Work Safety Related Accidents in Coal Mines were promulgated and entered into effect on September 3, 2005. These regulations specify that coal mine enterprises are responsible for preventing coal mine work safety-related accidents. If a coal mine has not obtained, in accordance with the law, a mining right permit, work safety permit, coal production permit or business license and if the mine manager has not obtained, in accordance with the law, a mine manager qualification certificate and a mine manager safety qualification certificate, the coal mine may not engage in production. Coal mining enterprises should establish a sound system for the detection, elimination, treatment and reporting of latent work safety-related dangers. If a major latent work safety-related danger exists in a coal mine, the enterprise should immediately suspend production and eliminate the latent danger. Coal mining enterprises should provide their personnel working underground and their special operation personnel with safety education and training in accordance with relevant state regulations. The person in charge of a coal mine and the production and operation management personnel should go into mines and act as foremen on a rotating basis in accordance with state regulations, and a file recording their entry into the mine should be maintained.

In addition, on September 24, 2005, the State Administration of Work Safety issued the Measures for Rewarding the Reporting of Major Latent Work Safety Related Dangers in, and Violations of the Law by, Coal Mines (for Trial Implementation). Subsequently, the State Administration of Work Safety issued three sets of measures on September 26, 2005: (i) the Measures for Determining Major Latent Work Safety Related Dangers in Coal Mines (for Trial Implementation); (ii) the Implementing Measures for the Detection and Elimination of Latent Dangers in Coal Mines and the Rectification and Closure of Such Mines (for Trial Implementation); and (iii) the Measures for the Supervision and Inspection of Coal Mine Safety Training (for Trial Implementation). On October 31, 2005, the State Administration of Work Safety issued the Guiding Opinions on Persons in Charge of Coal Mines and Production and Operation Management Personnel Going into Mines as Foremen.

Moreover, the Shandong Provincial Government issued the Opinions regarding Integration of Mineral Resources and Implementation of Intensive Exploitation (Lu Zheng Ban Fa [2006] No. 52) on June 21, 2006, which encourages the integration of mineral resources and the upgrading of safety production standards and the efficient exploitation of mineral resources.

Coal mining industry and resources integration

Several measures have been enacted by various PRC government and provincial authorities to promote the integration and enhancement of mineral resources to maximize domestic coal production and encourage developmental efficiency.

The General Office of the Shandong Provincial Government issued the Notice to Implement Circular Guo Fa Ban [2006] No. 108 and Notice to Effectively Implement Integration of Mineral Resources (Lu Zheng Ban Fa [2007] No. 37), on June 19, 2007, which further implement Circular Guo Fa Ban [2006] No. 108 and promote the integration of mineral resources in Shandong Province.

In addition, the Shandong Provincial Government issued the Notice to Deepen Integration Works of Mineral Resources (Lu Zheng Ban Fa [2010] No. 1), on January 4, 2010, which requires further promotion of integration of mineral resources, reduces the number of mines and mining approvals, and enhances intensive production in Shandong Province. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shandong Province issued the Notice Regarding Document Lu Zheng Ban Fa [2010] No. 1 from the General Office of Provincial Government to Deepen the Integration Work of Integrated Exploitation of Mineral Resources (Lu Guozi Guihua [2010] No. 1) on February 3, 2010, which requires enterprises under provincial administration to review and integrate resources, as well as actively participate in the integration of mineral resources province-wide.

The government authorities of Inner Mongolia issued the Notice of Printing and Distributing the Work Plan of Mergers and Reorganizations of Coal Mining Enterprises in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Nei Zheng Fa [2011] No. 32) on March 15, 2011, which sets forth the guiding principles, integrative approach, applicable policies, regulations and working requirements for coal resources in the region. By the end of 2013, the notice indicates that coal mining enterprises located in Inner Mongolia must achieve production of 1.2 million tonnes per annum (three million tonnes per annum may apply to certain regions upon certain conditions) or be required to merge with other enterprises. Enterprises with a production capacity of more than five million tonnes of raw coal, among others, or enterprises with at least either one underground coal mine with a singular well production capacity of more than 1.2 million tonnes or an open-pit coal mine with a singular well production capacity of more than three million tonnes, subject to certain operational safety conditions, will be given preference as entities into which other smaller entities may merge.

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In addition, the government authorities of Inner Mongolia issued the Notice of Working Well on the Related Issues Concerning Integration of Coal Resources (Nei Zheng Ban Fa [2011] No. 92) on October 9, 2011, which sets forth supplemental information on the determination of the status of coal mining entities and the scope of coal resources to be integrated in the region.

These mining industry and resources integration regulations will affect the production capacity and rates of our mines that are located in the particular provinces or regions.

Regulation of the Australian Coal Industry

Our operations in Australia are subject to laws and regulations of general application governing mining and processing, land tenure and use, environmental requirements, including site-specific environmental licenses, permits and statutory authorizations, industrial relations, workplace health and safety, trade and export, competition, access to infrastructure, foreign investment and taxation. These regulations are implemented by various federal, state and local government departments and authorities, including the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and the National Native Title Tribunal.

Environmental and planning issues

Our mining operations in Australia are regulated by Australian federal, state and local governments with respect to environmental issues (such as water quality, air quality, dust impact, noise impact) and planning issues (such as approvals to expand existing mines or to develop new mines or to change mining interests). Australian state governments require coal companies to post deposits or give other security on the land which is being used for mining and exploration, with those deposits being returned or security released after satisfactory reclamation is completed.

The particular provisions of the various state and territory environment and planning legal regimes vary depending upon the jurisdiction. Despite variation in details, each state and territory has a system involving broadly at least two major phases, including: (i) obtaining major environment/planning developmental approval addressing planning and significant environmental issues and (ii) obtaining pollution control approvals regarding pollution control issues such as emissions to the atmosphere; emissions in waters; noise impact, impact from blasting; dust impact; and the generation, handling, storage and transportation of waste.

The federal environmental protection regime will apply if matters of national environmental significance are likely to be significantly impacted. If so, federal regulatory approval will be required. Most coal projects require such federal approval.

Occupational health and safety

The combined effect of various state and federal statutes requires an employer to ensure that persons employed in a mine are safe from injury by providing a safe working environment and systems of work; safety machinery; safety equipment, plant and work materials; and appropriate information, instruction, training and supervision.

In recognition of the specialized nature of mining and mining activities, specific occupational health and safety obligations have been mandated under law and legislation that deals specifically with the coal mining industry. Mining employers, owners, directors and managers, persons in control of work places, mine managers, supervisors and employees are all subject to these duties. The Australian federal government is currently conducting a review of health and safety legislation with a view to harmonizing requirements across the country.

It is mandatory for an employer to have insurance coverage with respect to the compensation of injured workers. Similar coverage is in effect throughout Australia which is of a no-fault nature and which provides for benefits up to a prescribed level. The specific benefits vary by jurisdiction, but generally include the payment of weekly compensation to an injured employee, together with payment of medical, hospital and related expenses. The injured employee may have a right to sue his or her employer for further damages if a case of negligence can be established (but on the condition that the injured employee waives his or her right to the insurance coverage).

MRRT

On March 29, 2012, the Australian MRRT became law, effective July 1, 2012. The MRRT is a profits-based tax that will be charged at an effective rate of 22.5% on the assessable profits (excess of annual mining revenue over annual mining expenditures with respect to mineral interests, less certain allowances) of, among others, coal mining enterprises. At this stage, the extent to which the implementation of the foregoing tax will affect our operations in Australia is yet to be determined. However, the MRRT has the potential to increase the overall tax liability of Yancoal Australia.

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Carbon tax scheme

A number of countries, including Australia have ratified the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Australian government has devoted efforts in meeting the emissions target for Australia as set forth in the Kyoto Protocol. To this end, the Australian federal government has recently passed laws imposing a tax on the amount of carbon dioxide emissions by enterprises having significant emissions, which may include coal mining enterprises in Australia. In addition, the Australian federal government intends to gradually shift from a carbon tax scheme to a “cap and trade” carbon emissions scheme. The legislation will become effective from July 1, 2012.

Foreign investment

There are no specific restrictions on foreign investment in Australia’s coal industry. However, under Australian law and Australia’s foreign investment policy, certain acquisitions require prior approval of the Treasurer of Australia. Generally, these include acquisitions of substantial interests (15% or more) in an Australian business where the value of the business’ total assets is, or the proposal value is, above A$244 million. However, since the Controlling Shareholder is owned or controlled by the PRC government, the Company and each of its subsidiaries (including Yancoal Australia) is a “related entity” of a “foreign government” for the purposes of Australia’s foreign investment policy. Accordingly, these entities must notify the Australian federal government and obtain the Treasurer’s prior approval before making any direct investment in Australia (generally, investment of 10% or more), regardless of the value of the investment, as well as before starting a new business or acquiring an interest in land, including any interest in a prospecting, exploration, mining or production tenement.

Power generation industry

The Electric Power Law and the Electric Power Regulatory Ordinance

The Electric Power Law of the PRC (the “Electric Power Law”) sets out the regulatory framework of the power industry. The Electric Power Law encourages power plant operators to focus on environmental protection and adopt new technology to decrease waste discharge.

In 2005, the State Council promulgated the Electric Power Regulatory Ordinance. The Electric Power Regulatory Ordinance sets forth regulatory requirements for many aspects of the power industry, including, among others, the issuance of electric power business permits, the regulatory inspections of power generators and grid companies and the legal liabilities resulting from violations of the regulatory requirements.

Approvals and licenses for power plants

Applications for all new coal-fired power plants are required to be submitted to the NDRC for approval, as well as to the State Council for significant power plant projects. According to the Provisions on the Administration of Electric Power Business Licenses, applicants are also required to obtain requisite permits, including an Electric Power Business for Power Generation and approvals related to plant site, land use rights, construction and the environment.

Pricing

Since 1996, the Electric Power Law has set forth general principles for determining power tariffs. The Interim Provisions for the Administration of Grid Power Price promulgated by NDRC states that tariffs are to be formulated to provide reasonable compensation for costs and a reasonable return on investment, to share expenses fairly and to promote the construction of power projects. With the exception of grid power prices set by governmental bids or power plans that produce alternative energy, grid power prices of new power plants within the same region should be uniform. The on-grid tariffs for planned output and excess output are subject to a review and approval process involving the NDRC and the provincial price bureaus. In 2004, the NDRC, with the approval of the State Council, issued a policy to link thermal coal and power prices. This policy allows on-grid tariffs to increase if the average price of coal increases by more than 5% within a six-month period.

Safety

In accordance with the Measures for Supervising the Safe Production of Electricity, issued by the SERC, power plants are responsible for maintaining safe operations in accordance with requirements set by the regional grid in which they are located. Power plants are required to report worker fatalities or serious or extraordinary accidents to the SERC and relevant local government authorities.

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Coal chemical processing industry

The PRC Coal Industry Law, encourages and supports coal mining enterprises and other enterprises to produce both coal and electricity, coking coal and coal chemicals. The NDRC issued the Notice of Strengthening the Administration of Coal Chemical Processing Industry and Improving the Healthy Development of the Industry, which was aimed at strengthening the coal chemical processing industry through the promotion of transportation safety, risk prevention and management standardization. According to the Enterprise Income Tax Law (the “EIT Law”) and its implementation regulations, enterprises that produce products which are not restricted by the State and satisfy State and industry standards by using resources encouraged by industrial policies of the State are eligible for preferential tax treatment. If an enterprise uses any of the materials that are listed in the Catalogue of Income Tax Preference for Enterprises of Comprehensive Utilization of Resources as a major raw material in its product, 90% of the total income derived from such product will be treated as taxable income under the preferential tax arrangement. Coke oven gas, one of the primary raw materials at one of our methanol production facilities, is one of the materials listed in the catalogue.

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D. Property, Plant and Equipment

Real Property and Leasehold Property

As of December 31, 2011, the net book value of our property, plant and equipment was RMB31,273.8 million. The properties for which we own land-use rights in China occupy an area of approximately 6.8 million square meters, while the coalfields to which we possess mining rights in Australia occupy an area of approximately 1,214.6 million square meters. Under PRC law, our land-use rights for properties in China are granted for 50 years commencing from the respective grant dates of such land use rights and are freely transferable. In addition, the land ownership rights held by Yancoal Australia are held in perpetuity pursuant to Australian law.

As of the date of this annual report, we have not obtained certain land-use rights and building ownership certificates which comprise certain land with an aggregate site area of approximately 301,300 square meters and certain properties with an aggregate gross floor area of approximately 140,000 square meters in China. In addition, we have not completed the registration procedure with relevant real estate administrative authorities with respect to certain properties we lease in China. We do not expect that our rights to use or occupy such properties will be challenged by third parties and as of the date of this annual report, we are not aware of any administrative or legal action with respect to these properties. However, we are prohibited from the transfer, lease, mortgage, or disposal of such properties until we obtain relevant real estate or building ownership certificates.

Coal Mines and Coal Production Facilities

The Six Coal Mines are all located in the southwestern part of Shandong. All of these mines are connected by our railway network, which directly connect to our customers or the PRC national railway or highway systems. We acquired Heze Nenghua, the operator of Tianchi Coal Mine in 2006 and subsequently the mining rights of Zhaolou Coal Mine through Heze Nenghua in 2008. Our wholly owned subsidiary Ordos Neng Hua acquired Anyuan Coal Mine in 2010 and acquired the mining rights of Zhuanlongwan coalfield through public bidding in 2011. As of the date of this annual report, we are in the process of obtaining the approval, permit and registration for the acquisition of Anyuan Coal Mine and obtaining the mining rights for Zhuanlongwan Project. We expect to obtain the relevant approvals and mining rights by 2013. In addition, Ordos Neng Hua acquired 80% of the equity interest in Inner Mongolia Xintai, which has operated Wenyu Coal Mine since July 2011.

We acquired Austar Coal Mine in Australia in 2004 and we acquired the entire equity interest in Felix through Yancoal Australia in 2009. Felix (Yancoal Resources) is a company incorporated in Australia whose principal activities include the exploration, mining and sale of coal. The major coal assets currently owned by Yancoal Resources are located in New South Wales and Queensland. As of the date of this annual report, Yancoal Resources had an ownership interest in the following operational coal mines: Ashton Coal Mine, Yarrabee Coal Mine and Moolarben Coal Mine. Yancoal Resources also holds ownership interests in three exploratory mine projects and 15.4% interest of the equity in Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group. We acquired an additional 30% of the equity interest in the Ashton Coal Mine Joint Venture and disposed of 51% of the equity interest in the Minerva Coal Mine Joint Venture in 2011. As of December 31, 2011, we held 90% of the equity interest in the Ashton Coal Mine Joint Venture. In August 2011, we acquired the entire equity interest of both Syntech Holdings Pty Ltd. and Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd., which operate the Cameby Downs Coal Mine and have 5 exploration tenements that can be potentially developed. In September 2011, we acquired the entire equity interest of both Premier Coal which operates the Premier Coal Mine and Wilga Exploration Area and Premier Char. In addition, in December 2011, we and our subsidiary Yancoal Australia entered into a merger proposal deed with Gloucester (amended in March 2012), pursuant to which Yancoal Australia intends to implement a merger by way of a scheme of arrangement under Australian law. After the completion of the Merger, Yancoal Australia is expected to be the largest listed Australian pure-play coal mining enterprise in terms of saleable coal production in 2011. See “— A. History and Development of Our Company — Merger Proposal with Gloucester.”

We operate all of our mines either directly or through our subsidiaries and we have not contracted the mining operations at any of our mines to third-party contractors.

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The map below shows the location of the Six Coal Mines and our railway system:

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The map below shows the location of Tianchi Coal Mine:

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The map below shows the location of Zhaolou Coal Mine:

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The map below shows the location of Anyuan Coal Mine and Wenyu Coal Mine operated by Ordos Neng Hua:

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The map below shows the location of Austar Coal Mine and coal mines and projects owned (directly or indirectly) by Yancoal Resources:

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The map below shows the location of Cameby Downs Coal Mine owned by Syntech:

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The map below shows the location of Premier Coal Mine owned by Premier Coal Limited:

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The Six Coal Mines

The following table sets forth information about each of the Six Coal Mines, which are directly owned and operated by the Company:

	Nantun	Xinglong- zhuang	Baodian	Dongtan	Jining II	Jining III	Total
Background data:
Commencement of construction	1966	1975	1977	1979	1989	1993	N/A
Commencement of commercial production	1973	1981	1986	1989	1997	2000	N/A
Coalfield area (square kilometers)	35.2	59.8	36.4	60.0	87.1	105.1	383.6
Reserve data (millions of tonnes as of December 31, 2011)
Total in-place proven and probable reserves(1)	111.1	311.7	276.4	443.8	404.3	215.5	1,762.8
Mining recovery rate (%)(2)	81.28	80.80	81.57	83.88	79.83	80.91	N/A
Coal preparation plant recovery rate (%)(3)	67.59	87.40	62.12	60.96	69.43	62.55	69.52
Depth of mine (meters underground)	397.0	429.2	474.7	710.0	593.0	556.0	N/A
Average thickness of main coal seam (meters)	8.6	8.3	8.8	8.4	6.8	6.2	N/A
Type of coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	N/A
Leased/owned	owned	owned	owned	owned	owned	owned	N/A
Assigned/unassigned (4)	assigned	assigned	assigned	assigned	assigned	assigned	N/A
Average calorific value (Kcal/kg)	5,572	5,881	5,890	5,586	5,467	5,412	N/A
Sulfur content (%)	0.60	0.47	0.52	0.60	0.56	0.52	N/A
Production data:(millions of tonnes)
Designed raw coal production capacity	2.4	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	5.0	21.4
Designed washing capacity	1.8	3.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	19.8
Raw coal production
2006	3.9	7.2	5.6	8.0	4.0	6.8	35.5
2007	3.9	6.8	5.8	7.6	3.4	5.3	32.8
2008	3.5	6.6	6.0	7.0	3.9	6.1	33.1
2009	3.8	6.6	5.7	7.5	3.6	6.2	33.4
2010	3.6	6.8	6.1	7.4	4.2	6.2	34.3
2011	3.3	6.8	6.1	7.3	4.4	6.0	34.0
Cumulative raw coal production as of December 31, 2011	47.8	81.7	72.5	90.9	53.0	74.2	420.1

(1) The proven and probable reserves of the above coal mines are based on the report dated February 6, 1998 prepared by International Mining Consultants Limited, a UK-based company, in accordance with the standards in Industry Guide 7.

Under Industry Guide 7, “proven reserves” are reserves for which (a) quantity is computed from dimensions revealed in outcrops, trenches, workings or drill holes, grade and/or quality are computed from the results of detailed sampling and (b) the sites for inspection, sampling and measurement are spaced so closely and the geologic character is so well defined that size, shape, depth and mineral content of reserves are well-established. “Probable reserves” are reserves for which quantity and grade and/or quality are computed from information similar to that used for proven reserves, but the sites for inspection, sampling, and measurement are further apart or are otherwise less adequately spaced. The degree of assurance of “probable reserves,” although lower than that for proven reserves, is high enough to assume continuity between points of observation.

The total proven and probable reserves as of the end of a year are derived by deducting the proven and probable reserves consumed in the coal production in the same year from the proven and probable reserves as of the end of the immediately preceding year.

(2) The mining recovery rate is the rate of the amount of coal recovered from a determined amount of proven and probable reserves, which is calculated by dividing the actual volume of coal recovered in a year by the volume of proven and probable reserves mined and consumed in the same year.

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(3) “Coal preparation plant recovery rate” refers to the wash plant recovery rate of raw coal used during the production of our coal products.

(4) “Assigned” refers to coal reserves which have been committed to a particular mining complex (mine shafts, mining equipment, and plant facilities), and all coal which has been leased by the company to others. “Unassigned” refer to coal reserves which have not been committed, and which would require new mine shafts, mining equipment or plant facilities before operations could begin on the property.

Nantun Coal Mine

Nantun is located in the southern portion of our coalfield, with a coalfield area of approximately 35.2 square kilometers. Nantun began commercial production in 1973 with a designed annual raw coal production capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of coal. The main coal seam of Nantun is divided into two leaves. The thickness of the upper leaf averages 5.35 meters and the thickness of the lower leaf averages 3.21 meters. As of December 31, 2011, the total in-place proven and probable reserves on the main coal layer were approximately 111.1 million tonnes.

We primarily use the fully mechanized sublevel caving mining method to extract coal from the upper layer of the coal seam and use a fully mechanized longwall system to mine the lower layer of the coal seam. As of December 31, 2011, Nantun produced coal from three work faces. Nantun’s coal preparation plant produces mainly No. 2 Clean Coal and employs movable-sieve jig machines and jig machines. Most of the equipment used in the Nantun coal preparation plant was manufactured in the PRC.

Xinglongzhuang Coal Mine

Xinglongzhuang is located in the northern portion of our coalfield, with coalfield area of approximately 59.8 square kilometers. Xinglongzhuang began commercial production in 1986 with a designed annual raw coal production capacity of 3.0 million tonnes. The main coal seam of Xinglongzhuang is concentrated in one leaf with an average thickness of 8.3 meters. As of December 31, 2011, the total in-place proven and probable reserves on the main coal layer were approximately 311.7 million tonnes.

We primarily use the fully mechanized sublevel caving method to extract coal from the coal seam of Xinglongzhuang Coal Mine. At this coal mine, we produced coal from two work faces as of December 31, 2011. The Xinglongzhuang coal preparation plant produces No. 1 and No. 2 Clean Coal and lump coal. The majority of the equipment in the Xinglongzhuang coal preparation plant, including its jig machines and movable-sieve jig machines, was manufactured in the PRC while a small portion of the equipment was imported.

Baodian Coal Mine

Baodian is located in the central western portion of our coalfield, with coalfield area of approximately 36.4 square kilometers. Baodian began commercial production in 1986 with a designed annual raw coal production capacity of 3.0 million tonnes. Certain sections of the main coal seam of Baodian are concentrated in one leaf, with an average thickness of 8.81 meters. The remaining sections are divided into two leaves with an average thickness of 5.74 meters for the upper leaf and 3.38 meters for the lower leaf. As of December 31, 2011, the total in-place proven and probable reserves on the main coal layer were approximately 276.4 million tonnes.

We primarily use the fully mechanized sublevel caving method to extract coal from the upper layer of the coal seam and use mechanized longwall faces to mine the lower layer of the coal seam. At this coal mine, we maintained two work faces as of December 31, 2011. The Baodian coal preparation plant produces No. 2 Clean Coal and lump coal. The majority of equipment in the Baodian coal preparation plant, including its slanted wheel, cyclones and jig machines, was manufactured in the PRC.

Dongtan Coal Mine

Dongtan is located in the central eastern portion of our coalfield, with coalfield area of approximately 60.0 square kilometers. Baodian began commercial production in 1989 with a designed annual raw coal production capacity of 4.0 million tonnes. Certain sections of the main coal seam consist of one layer with an average thickness of 8.41 meters, and the remaining sections are divided into two layers, with an average thickness of 5.38 meters for the upper layer and 3.22 meters for the lower layer. As of December 31, 2011, the main coal layer held approximately 443.8 million tonnes of in-place proven and probable reserves.

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We primarily use the fully mechanized sublevel caving method to extract coal from the sections of the coal seam with one layer of coal and the upper layer in the sections with two layers of coal. At this mine, we maintained two work faces as of December 31, 2011. The Baodian coal preparation plant produces No. 2 and No. 3 Clean Coal and lump coal. The principal pieces of equipment in the Baodian coal preparation plant, including its slanted wheel, cyclones and jig machines, were manufactured in the PRC.

Jining II Coal Mine

Jining II is located in the northern portion of the Jining coalfield, with coalfield area of approximately 87.1 square kilometers. Baodian began commercial production in 1997 with a designed annual raw coal production capacity of 4.0 million tonnes. Certain sections of the main coal seam of Jining II are concentrated in one layer, with an average thickness of 6.78 meters. The remaining sections are divided into two layers, with an average thickness of 2.1 meters for the upper leaf and an average thickness of 4.68 meters for the lower leaf. As of December 31, 2011, the total in-place proven and probable reserves on the main coal layer were approximately 404.3 million tonnes.

We primarily use the fully mechanized sublevel caving method to extract coal from the upper layer of the coal seam and use mechanized longwall mining method to mine the lower layer of the coal seam. At this coal mine, we produced coal from two work faces as of December 31, 2011. The main equipment used in Jining II are movable-sieve jig machines and jig machines, most of which were manufactured in the PRC. The principal product of the coal preparation plant of Jining II is No. 2 Clean Coal.

Jining III Coal Mine

Jining III is located in the southern portion of the Jining coalfield and covers an area of 105.0 square kilometers. Jining III had a designed annual raw coal production capacity of 5 million tonnes in 2000. The average thickness of the main coal seam of Jining III is 6.2 meters. As of December 31, 2011, the total in-place proven and probable reserves on the main coal layer were approximately 215.5 million tonnes.

We primarily use the fully mechanized sublevel caving method to extract coal from three work faces in Jining III Coal Mine as of December 31, 2011. The main pieces of equipment used in Jining III are slanted wheel, cyclones and movable-sieve jig machines, which were manufactured in the PRC. The principal products of the coal preparation plant of Jining III are No. 2 and No. 3 Clean Coal. In 2010, Jining III made technical improvements which provided it with washing capacity.

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Coal Mines operated by Shanxi Nenghua and Heze Nenghua

The following table sets forth information about Tianchi Coal Mine and Zhaolou Coal Mine in China that are operated by Shanxi Nenghua and Heze Nenghua:

	Tianchi	Zhaolou	Total
Background data:
Commencement of construction(1)	2004	2004	N/A
Commencement of commercial production(1)	2006	2009	N/A
Coalfield area (square kilometers)	20.0	143.4	163.4
Reserve data: (millions of tonnes as of December 31, 2011)
Recoverable reserves(2)	26.6	103.6	130.2
Mining recovery rate (%)(3)	82.5	79.7	N/A
Coal preparation plant recovery rate (%)(4)	N/A	69.2	N/A
Depth of mine (meters underground)	225	905	N/A
Average thickness of main coal seam (meters)	4.6	5.2	N/A
Type of coal	thermal coal	1/3 coking coal	N/A
Leased/owned	owned	owned	N/A
Assigned/unassigned (5)	assigned	assigned	N/A
Average calorific value (Kcal/kg)	5,177	6,937	N/A
Sulfur content (%)	0.90	0.53	N/A
Production data: (millions of tonnes)
Designed raw coal production capacity	1.2	3.0	4.2
Designed coal preparation input washing capacity	—	3.0	3.0
Raw coal production
2006	0.1	—	0.1
2007	1.2	—	1.2
2008	1.1	—	1.1
2009	1.0	0.04	1.04
2010	1.5	1.6	3.1
2011	1.2	3.0	4.2
Cumulative raw coal production as of December 31, 2011	6.1	4.64	10.74

(1) With respect to the Tianchi Coal Mine, the “commencement of construction” refers to capacity expansion and technology upgrade undertaken after our 2006 acquisition; the “commencement of commercial production” refers to the resumption of production after completion of the foregoing expansion and upgrade.

(2) The recoverable reserves of the above coal mines are based on the report prepared by Minarco AsiaPacific Pty Limited in May 2006 in accordance with the standards in the JORC Code.

“Recoverable reserves” generally refer to proved and probable reserves under the JORC Code as revised in 2004,. “Proved reserves” are the economically mineable part of a measured coal resource and “probable reserves” are the economically mineable part of an indicated, and in some circumstances, measured coal resource. Both “proved reserves” and “probable reserves” incorporate mining dilution and allow for mining losses and are based on an appropriate level of mine planning, mine design and scheduling.

(3) The mining recovery rate is the rate of the amount of coal recovered from a determined amount of proven and probable reserves, which is calculated by dividing the actual volume of coal recovered in a year by the volume of proven and probable reserves mined and consumed in the same year.

(4) “Coal preparation plant recovery rate” refers to the wash plant recovery rate of raw coal used during the production of our coal products.

(5) “Assigned” refer to coal reserves which have been committed to a particular mining complex (mine shafts, mining equipment and plant facilities), and all coal which has been leased by the company to others. “Unassigned” refers to coal reserves which has not been committed, and which would require new mine shafts, mining equipment, or plant facilities before operations could begin on the property.

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Tianchi Coal Mine

Tianchi Coal Mine is an underground mine located in Heshun County of Shanxi, with an area of approximately 20 square kilometers. Tianchi Coal Mine commenced commercial production in 2006 and the designed production capacity was increased to 1.2 million tonnes per annum in the same year. Tianchi Coal Mine is operated by inclined shaft development and primarily produces thermal coal and lump coal. The average thickness of the target coal seam is 4.6 meters. As of December 31, 2011, the total recoverable reserves of Tianchi Coal Mine were approximately 26.6 million tonnes.

We primarily used the longwall caving mining method to extract coal from one work face at Tianchi Coal Mine as of December 31, 2011. The primary piece of equipment in this system is a slanted wheel, which was manufactured in China. The operations at Tianchi Coal Mine are powered by electricity from local power grids. We ship coal products from the Tianchi Coal Mine to Hebei and surrounding areas on the Yangshe Railway and the national railway network, as well as the highway network.

Zhaolou Coal Mine

Zhaolou Coal Mine is an underground longwall mine located in the central portion of Juye Coal Field in Shandong. Zhaolou Coal Mine covers an area of approximately 143.4 square kilometers, and is accessible by roadway and railway.

Zhaolou Coal Mine commenced commercial production in December 2009 and has a designed annual raw coal production capacity of 3.0 million tonnes. Zhaolou Coal Mine produces 1/3 coking coal. The average thickness of the main coal seam of Zhaolou Coal Mine is 5.2 meters. The total recoverable reserves of Zhaolou Coal Mine were approximately 103.6 million tonnes as of December 31, 2011, which was net of coal preparation and plant recovery losses.

We primarily used the longwall caving mining method to extract coal from the two work faces at Zhaolou Coal Mine as of December 31, 2011. The coal preparation plant at Zhaolou Coal Mine commenced commercial production in September 2009. The main equipment used in the coal preparation plant was a slanted wheel, cyclone machines and TBS separators, which were mainly produced in China. The main product of Zhaolou’s coal preparation plant is No. 2 Clean Coal. The operations at Zhaolou Coal Mine are powered by electricity from local power grids. We ship coal products to Hebei and surrounding areas by truck.

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Coal Mines operated by Ordos Neng Hua

The following table sets forth information about Anyuan Coal Mine and Wenyu Coal Mine in China that are operated by Ordos Neng Hua:

	Anyuan	Wenyu	Total
Background data:
Commencement of construction	—	1996	N/A
Commencement of commercial production	2004	1997	N/A
Coalfield area (square kilometers)	9.3	9.4	18.7
Reserve data: (millions of tonnes as of December 31, 2011)
Mining recovery rate (%)(1)	89.0	89.3	N/A
Coal preparation plant recovery rate (%)(2)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Depth of mine (meters underground)	68	59	N/A
Average thickness of main coal seam (meters)	2.8	3.9	N/A
Type of coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	N/A
Leased/owned	owned	owned	N/A
Assigned/unassigned (3)	assigned	assigned	N/A
Average calorific value (Kcal/kg)	5,350	6,385	N/A
Sulfur content (%)	0.65	0.42	N/A
Production data: (millions of tonnes)
Designed raw coal production capacity	1.2	3.0	4.2
Designed coal preparation input washing capacity	—	—	—
Raw coal production
2011	2.3	2.1	4.4
Cumulative raw coal production as of December 31, 2011	2.3	2.1	4.4

(1) The mining recovery rate is the rate of the amount of coal recovered from a determined amount of proven and probable reserves, which is calculated by dividing the actual volume of coal recovered in a year by the volume of proven and probable reserves mined and consumed in the same year.

(2) “Coal preparation plant recovery rate” refers to the wash plant recovery rate of raw coal used during the production of our coal products.

(3) “Assigned” reserves refer to coal reserves which have been committed to a particular mining complex (mine shafts, mining equipment and plant facilities), and all coal which has been leased by the company to others. “Unassigned” reserves refers to coal reserves which have not been committed, and which would require new mine shafts, mining equipment, or plant facilities before operations could begin on the property.

Anyuan Coal Mine

Through Ordos Neng Hua, we wholly control Anyuan Coal Mine, which is located in Yijinhuoluoqi of Ordos City in Inner Mongolia, and covers an area of approximately 9.3 square kilometers. Ordos Neng Hua commenced commercial production in 2011.

In 2011, we increased the annual production capacity of Anyuan Coal Mine the designed annual production capacity of 600,000 tonnes to 1.2 million tonnes through reconstruction and expansion in 2011. Anyuan Coal Mine primarily produces thermal coal. The average thickness of the main coal seam of Anyuan Coal Mine is 2.8 meters. We principally extract coal from one work face at Anyuan Coal Mine as of December 31, 2011. Anyuan Coal Mine is located in close proximity to railway and road transportation. The provincial highway and Baoshen railway are located approximately six kilometers to the west of the coalfield.

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Wenyu Coal Mine

Through our subsidiary, Inner Mongolia Xintai, we operate Wenyu Coal Mine, which is located in Ordos City in Inner Mongolia, and covers an area of approximately 9.36 square kilometers.

The original designed annual raw coal production capacity of Wenyu Coal Mine was 1.1 million tonnes. Inner Mongolia Xintai obtained the approvals from the relevant administrative authority to increase the annual production capacity to 3.0 million tonnes in September 2011. As of December 31, 2011, we have completed production capacity expansion and commenced commercial production. The average thickness of the main seam of Wenyu Coal Mine is 4.0 meters. The type of coal is thermal coal. We principally extract coal from two work faces at Wenyu Coal Mine as of December 31, 2011. Wenyu Coal Mine is located in close proximity to Anyuan Coal Mine and railway and road transportation.

Coal Mines operated by Yancoal Australia

The following two tables set forth information about our operational coal mines in Australia, which are directly or indirectly held by Yancoal Australia:

	Austar	Yarrabee	Ashton	Moolarben	Cameby Downs	Premier	Total
Background data:
Commencement of construction(1)	1998	1981	2003	2009	2009	1996	N/A
Commencement of commercial production(1)	2000	1982	2004	2010	2010	1996	N/A
Coalfield area(2) (square kilometers)	63	62.7	19.2	17.4	27.2	141.8	1,214.64
Reserve data (millions of tonnes)(3):
Recoverable reserves(4)	44.2	57.2	57.2	315.0	409.0	141.0	1,023.6
Depth of mine (5) (meters underground)	500	N/A	190-280	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Type of coal	semi-hard coking coal	PCI coal	semi-soft coking coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	thermal coal	N/A
Leased/owned	owned	owned	owned	owned	owned	owned	N/A
Assigned/unassigned (6)	assigned	assigned	assigned	assigned	assigned	assigned	N/A
Average calorific value (Kcal/kg)	7,350	7,300	7,100	6,650	6,100	4,442	N/A
Sulfur content (%)	1.80	0.70	0.65	0.50	0.5	0.5	N/A
Production data: (millions of tonnes)
Designed raw coal production capacity	3.6	3.0	5.2	16.0	1.80	5.0	34.6
Designed coal preparation input washing capacity	3.3	2.4	6.5	16.0	1.8	N/A	30.0
Raw coal production
2006	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
2007	1.6	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
2008	1.9	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
2009	1.9	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
2010	1.7	2.3	2.7	3.9	—	—	10.6
2011	1.9	3.1	1.7	5.6	0.8	—	13.1
Cumulative raw coal production as of December 31, 2011	9.4	5.4	4.4	9.5	0.8	—	29.5

(1) The Austar Coal Mine was closed in 2003 as the result of an underground fire. We acquired Austar Coal Mine in 2004 and implemented a production expansion and technology upgrade in 2005. Austar Coal Mine resumed part of its operations in October 2006. Each of the Ashton Coal Mine and Moolarben Coal Mine has an open-pit coal mine and an underground coal mine. The “commencement of commercial production” indicates the time when the open-pit mines, the earlier of the two types of mines, commenced commercial production.

(2) The coalfield area refers to the area of current leased land for mining, excluding the area on which we own prospecting rights. The coalfield area of Harry-Brandt refers to the area on which we own prospecting rights.

(3) The reserve data for the Austar, Yarrabee, Ashton and Moolarben coal mines are their reported reserve data as of June 30, 2011. The reserve data for Cameby Downs Coal Mine are its reported reserve data as of December 1, 2011. The reserve data for Premier Coal Mine are its reported reserve data as of December 31, 2010.

(4) The recoverable reserves of the above coal mines are based on the report prepared by the competent persons appointed by Yancoal Australia or Yancoal Resources and other companies which have been acquired by Yancoal Australia and such reserves refer to total proved and probable reserves that were prepared in accordance with the standards in the JORC Code.

(5) Ashton Coal Mine has both open-pit and underground coal mines. The depth of mine indicates the depth of the underground mines.

(6) “Assigned” refers to coal reserves which have been committed to a particular mining complex (mine shafts, mining equipment and plant facilities), and all coal which has been leased by the company to others. “Unassigned” refers to coal reserves which have not been committed, and which would require new mine shafts, mining equipment, or plant facilities before operations could begin on the property.

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Austar Coal Mine

Austar Coal Mine is an underground mine located in Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia and is accessible by railway. Austar Coal Mine covers an area of 63.0 square kilometers. Austar Coal Mine was constructed in 1998 and commenced commercial production in 2000.

In 2003, an underground fire occurred at Austar Coal Mine when it was still owned by Southland Coal Pty Limited, resulting in the closure of the mine. On December 24, 2004, we acquired the entire interest in the Austar Coal Mine for approximately A$32.0 million from Southland Coal Pty Limited, an independent third party. After we invested approximately A$230.3 million in the reconstruction, capacity expansion and technology upgrade of Austar Coal Mine in 2005, which included funding for equipment and machinery, the mine resumed commercial production of semi-hard coking coal in October 2006.

The average thickness of the main coal seam of Austar Coal Mine is 5.30 meters. As of June 30, 2011, the mine’s JORC-compliant reserves were approximately 44.2 million tonnes. As of the same date, the mine’s marketable coal reserves, representing beneficiated or otherwise enhanced coal products where modifications resulting from mining, dilution and processing have been considered, was approximately 34.2 million tonnes.

We principally use the fully mechanized longwall top coal caving mining method to extract coal from the underground mine. The main equipment used in the coal handling preparation plant consists of coal crushing equipment, cyclones and other associated equipment which were generally manufactured in Australia. The operations at Austar Coal Mine are powered by electricity from local power grids. We transport coal products from Austar Coal Mine to Newcastle Port via railway.

Yarrabee Coal Mine

Yarrabee Coal Mine is an open-pit mine located in Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia and is accessible by railway to the Gladstone Port. Yarrabee Coal Mine covers an area of 62.7 square kilometers. The construction of Yarrabee Coal Mine started in 1981 and commercial production commenced in 1982.

Through Yancoal Resources, Yancoal Australia wholly owns Yarrabee Coal Mine. Currently, the designed annual capacity of Yarrabee Coal Mine is approximately 3.2 million tonnes. Yarrabee Coal Mine mainly produces low volatility PCI coal. The thickness of the main coal seam of Yarrabee Coal Mine ranges from 3.2 to 4 meters. As of June 30, 2011, the mine’s JORC-compliant reserves were approximately 57.2 million tonnes. As of the same date, the mine’s marketable coal reserves was approximately 45.9 million tonnes. We utilize conventional truck shovel and open-pit mining methods to extract coal at Yarrabee Coal Mine.

Yarrabee Coal Mine has a coal preparation plant. The main pieces of equipment used in the coal preparation plant are heavy-medium cyclone machines and floating separation machines, which were generally manufactured in Australia. The operations at Yarrabee Coal Mine are powered by electricity from local power grids. We transport coal products from Yarrabee Coal Mine to Gladstone Port via railway.

Ashton Coal Mine

Ashton Coal Mine consists of an underground mine and an open-pit mine located in Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia and is accessible by railway to Newcastle Port. Ashton Coal Mine covers an area of approximately 19.2 square kilometers. The construction of the open-pit and underground mines of Ashton Coal Mine started in 2003 and commercial production commenced in 2004.

The designed annual capacity of Ashton Coal Mine is approximately 5.2 million tonnes of coal. Ashton Coal Mine mainly produces semi-soft coking coal. The thickness of the main coal seams of the open-pit mine and the underground mine of Ashton Coal Mine ranges from 2.1 to 2.3 meters and 1.7 to 2.4 meters, respectively. As of June 30, 2011, the mine’s JORC-compliant reserves were approximately 57.2 million tonnes. As of the same date, the mine’s marketable coal reserves was approximately 35.2 million tonnes, according to our internal estimates. We principally use longwall operations to extract coal from the underground coal seam and use conventional truck shovel mining methods at the open-pit mine of Ashton Coal Mine.

The main pieces of equipment used in the coal preparation plant of Ashton Coal Mine are heavy-medium cyclone machines and floating separation machines, which were generally manufactured in Australia. The operations at Ashton Coal Mine are powered by electricity from local power grids. We transport coal products from Ashton Coal Mine to Newcastle Port via railway.

Moolarben Coal Mine

Moolarben Coal Mine consists of an open-pit mine and an underground development project and is located near Mudgee in central western New South Wales. It is connected by railway to Newcastle Port. Moolarben Coal Mine covers an area of 17.4 square kilometers. Construction of the open-pit mine commenced in 2009 with commercial production starting in mid-2010. The construction of the underground mine at Moolarben is expected to commence in early 2013 and commercial production is expected to commence in 2014.

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Yancoal Australia holds 80% of the equity interest in Moolarben Coal Mine through its subsidiary, Moolarben Coal Mines Pty Limited. The designed annual capacity of Moolarben Coal Mine is approximately 17.0 million tonnes, of which the annual capacity of the underground mine is expected to be approximately 4.0 million tonnes and the annual capacity of the open-pit mine is approximately 13.0 million tonnes. Moolarben Coal Mine produces thermal coal. The average thickness of the main coal seam of the open-pit mine of Moolarben Coal Mine is 5.5 to 11.7 meters. As of June 30, 2011, the mine’s JORC-compliant reserves were approximately 315.0 million tonnes. As of the same date, the mine’s marketable coal reserves was approximately 240.3 million tonnes. We use conventional truck shovel mining methods in the open-pit mine and expect to use longwall machines to extract coal in the underground mine project.

Moolarben Coal Mine has a coal handling preparation plant with a capacity of approximately 1,800 TPH, and utilizes conventional equipment including medium-heavy cyclones and flotation cells which are primarily manufactured in Australia. The operations at Moolarben Coal Mine are powered by electricity from local power grids. We transport thermal coal products from Moolarben Coal Mine to Newcastle Port via railway.

Cameby Downs Coal Mine

Cameby Downs Coal Mine consists of an open-pit mine and is located near Chinchilla in Southwest Queensland. Cameby Downs Coal Mine covers an area of approximately 27.2 square kilometers. The construction of Cameby Downs Coal Mine commenced in 2009 and commercial production started in late 2010. Yancoal Australia owns 100% of Cameby Downs Coal Mine. Cameby Downs Mine produces thermal coal and the average thickness of Cameby Downs Coal Mine ranges from 1.0 to 3.5 meters. As of December 1, 2011, Cameby Downs Coal Mine had JORC-compliant reserves of approximately 409.0 million tonnes. As of the same date, the mine’s marketable coal reserves was approximately 259.0 million tonnes.

The phase 1 stage of Cameby Downs Coal Mine has raw coal annual production capacity of 1.8 million tonnes and product capacity of approximately 1.4 million tonnes product coal. We intend to increase annual raw coal annual production capacity to approximately 16 million tonnes and annual commercial coal production capacity to approximately 11.4 million tonnes subject to positive feasibility studies and obtaining port allocation through the construction of the phase II at Cameby Downs Coal Mine in the future.

Cameby Downs Coal Mine has a coal handling preparation plant with an annual capacity of approximately 220 TPH, and utilizes medium-heavy cyclones and flotation cells which are primarily manufactured in Australia. The operations at Cameby Downs Coal Mine are powered by electricity from the local power grid. We transport coal products from Cameby Downs Coal Mine to Brisbane Port via railway.

Premier Coal Mine

Premier Coal Mine, located in Perth, is an open-pit coal mine covering an area of approximately 141.8 square kilometers. The construction of Premier Coal Mine began in 1996 and commercial production commenced in the same year. Yancoal Australia indirectly wholly owns Premier Coal Mine. The annual production capacity of Premier Coal Mine is approximately 5.0 million tonnes. Premier Coal Mine primarily produces low ash and low sulfur sub-bituminous coal. As of December 31, 2010, Premier Coal Mine had JORC-compliant reserves of approximately 141.0 million tonnes. We utilize conventional truck shovel open-pit mining methods to mine the coal from a number of seams at the mine. The coal mined at Premier Coal Mine is crushed and sold without washing. As a result, the mine’s marketable coal reserves was approximately 141.0 million tonnes as of December 31, 2010, the same amount as its JORC-compliant reserves.

The operations at Premier Coal Mine are powered by electricity from local power grids. As there are only two main coal mines in Western Australia, namely, Premier Coal Mine and Griffin Coal Mine, we entered into a long-term sales agreement with Verve Energy, a power generator owned by the Western Australian Government, to supply Verve Energy with up to five million tonnes of coal per year, making Verve Energy the largest customer of Premier Coal Mine. We transport coal products from Premier Coal Mine by conveyors to power stations and by railway to other domestic customers.

Mining and Exploration Rights

Nantun, Xinglongzhuang, Baodian, Dongtan and Jining II

According to the approvals from the State-owned Asset Supervision Department and the Coal Industry Supervision Department obtained at the establishment of the Company, and the Mining Agreement entered into between the Yankuang Group and us in 1997 and its supplemental agreement, we undertook to make ten annual payments of approximately RMB13.0 million to the Yankuang Group commencing in 1997, as compensation for the depletion of coal resources at the Nantun, Xinglongzhuang, Baodian, Dongtan and Jining II coal mines. We fulfilled this obligation in 2007 after we made the final installment payment and we are not obligated to make further payment under this arrangement.

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In September 2006, the State Council approved the Implementation Plan for the Compensation System Reform Testing in Relation to Deepening Coal Resources, jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, Ministry of Land and Resources of the PRC and the NDRC (the “Implementation Plan”). According to the Implementation Plan, enterprises that obtain mining rights as a result of state-funded exploration must pay mining right fees based on the valuation of its reserves. Our operations in Shandong Province are subject to this mining right fee. However, as of the date of the Annual Report, the detailed implementation rules, which would include information such as whether this fee will be based on reserves extracted or remaining reserves, has not yet been announced and, consequently, the amount of mining right fees for our operations in Shandong Province remains uncertain.

Since 2008, in anticipation of Shandong Province’s implementation of detailed rules for resource compensation fees, we have made provisions of RMB5.0 per tonne of coal extracted to recover any resource compensation fees that may arise from the mining rights of the five relevant coal mines. For the year ended December 31, 2011, our provisions for resource compensation fees for the five mines were approximately RMB139.8 million. As discussed above, the provision of RMB5.0 per tonne is based on discussions with governmental authorities and by reference to the assessments of nearby coal mines. In this regard, we currently provide a compensation fee based on the amount of coal extracted. However, the actual implementation of the resource compensation policy may provide a different basis for the fee (e.g., based on the coal reserves not yet extracted). As such, additional provisions may be necessary upon the official promulgation of the formal implementation rules in the near future if the amounts of our actual payments and provisions differ from our expectations.

Jining III Coal Mine

Pursuant to the Jining III Coal Mine Acquisition Agreement dated August 4, 2000 that we entered into with the Yankuang Group, the consideration for the mining right of Jining III Coal Mine was approximately RMB132.5 million, which was to be paid to the Yankuang Group in ten equal interest-free annual installments commencing in 2001. We fully paid the consideration for the mining rights of Jining III Coal Mine in 2010.

Austar Coal Mine

We obtained an exploration license for Austar Coal Mine from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries in 2005. Pursuant to the underlying Asset Sale Agreement, we paid A$32.0 million to the receivers of Gympie Gold for the mine after we obtained the exploration license to the new exploration site adjacent to the Austar Coal Mine in 2006.

Tianchi Coal Mine

We acquired Shanxi Nenghua for RMB748.3 million, of which RMB136.6 million was consideration for the mining rights of Tianchi Coal Mine.

Zhaolou Coal Mine

We purchased the mining rights of Zhaolou Coal Mine for a consideration of RMB747.3 million in 2008.

Anyuan Coal Mine

We acquired the entire equity interest in Anyuan Coal Mine for a consideration of approximately RMB143.5 million in November 2010. The fair market value of the mining rights for Anyuan Coal Mine was approximately RMB131.3 million as of October 31, 2010. As of the date of this annual report, we were in the process of obtaining of the approval, permit and registration of the acquisition of Anyuan Coal Mine, and have confirmed with the relevant mining authorities that our approval, permit and registration of Anyuan Coal Mine is pending regulatory review. Despite the outstanding approvals and lack of mining license, we have received confirmation from the relevant mining authorities to continue our coal mining operations at Anyuan CoalMine. Until we receive such approvals, we are prohibited from transferring or disposing of this mine. As of the date of this annual report, we are not aware of any pending administrative action, fines or penalties for the continued operation of Anyuan Coal Mine.

Wenyu Coal Mine

In July 2011, Ordos Neng Hua acquired 80% of the equity interest in Inner Mongolia Xintai, which operates Wenyu Coal Mine, for a consideration of RMB2,801.6 million.

Zhuanlongwan Coalfield

Ordos Neng Hua won the bid for the mining rights of Zhuanlongwan coalfield of Dongsheng Coal Field in Inner Mongolia for a consideration of RMB7,800 million on January 28, 2011. Ordos Neng Hua paid the first installment of RMB3,120 million (representing 40% of the total consideration) on February 25, 2011. Ordos Neng Hua is obligated to pay the second installment of RMB2,340 million (representing 30% of the total consideration) by November 30, 2011 and the third installment of RMB2,340 million (representing 30% of the total consideration) by November 30, 2012. As of the date of this annual report, we are in the process of obtaining the mining rights for Zhuanlongwan Project. We expect to obtain the mining rights by 2013.

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Coal Mines Owned by Yancoal Resources

We acquired the entire equity interest in Felix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yancoal Australia, for A$3,333 million in 2009. The fair market value of our attributable reserves and attributable resources was A$2,845.2 million as of December 23, 2009. The acquisition included all mining rights to the coal mines owned by Felix (now Yancoal Resources), environment protection licenses, exploration licenses and mining leases.

Yancoal Resources sold 51% of the equity interest in Minerva Coal Joint Venture to Sojitz Coal Resources Pty Ltd, an independent third party on December 30, 2010. The value of the equity interest sold by Yancoal Resources was estimated to be between approximately A$188.0 million to A$201.0 million according to an evaluation report issued by an independent evaluator dated September 9, 2010.

In May 2010, through Yancoal Resources, Yancoal Australia acquired 30% of the equity interest in the Ashton Coal Mine Joint Venture originally held by Austral-Asia Coal Holdings Pty Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore IMC Group, for a consideration of US$250 million. According to an evaluation report issued by an independent evaluator dated January 20, 2012, 30% of the equity interest Ashton Coal Mine Joint Venture was valued at approximately A$230.0 million. Upon completion of this acquisition, our equity interest in the Ashton Coal Mine Joint Venture increased from 60% to 90%. The remaining 10% interest is held by ICRA Ashton Pty Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Itochu Coal Resources Australia Pty Ltd.

Cameby Downs Coal Mine

We acquired Cameby Downs Coal Mine and Syntech’s exploration tenements through the acquisition of the entire equity interest in Syntech Resources Pty Ltd. and Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd., for a consideration of A$201.6 million on August 1, 2011. In addition to the Cameby Downs Coal Mine, Syntech Resources Pty Ltd. and Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd. also have five exploration tenements that might be potentially developed. According to an evaluation report issued by an independent evaluator dated February 14, 2012, the fair market value of the reserves, resources and mining rights of the five exploration tenements was A$65.8 million as of August 1, 2011. Currently, the Syntech project is the phase I of Cameby Downs Coal Mine operation.

Premier Coal Mine and Wilga Exploration Area

We acquired the Premier Coal Mine and the Wilga Exploration Area through the acquisition of Premier Coal Limited (then called Wesfarmers Premier Coal Limited) and Premier Char Ltd. (then called Wesfarmers Char Pty Ltd.), for a consideration of A$313.5 million in September 2011. The fair market value of the reserves, resources and mining rights of the coal mines owned by Premier Coal Limited was A$49.9 million as of December 31, 2011 according to an evaluation report issued by an independent evaluator.

Potash Mineral Exploration Permits in Canada

We acquired 11 potash mineral exploration permits from Devonian Potash Inc. and eight potash mineral exploration permits from North Atlantic Potash Inc. for a total consideration of US$260 million in September 2011. The 19 potash mineral exploration permits cover an aggregate area of approximately 5,363.84 square kilometers in Saskatchewan, Canada. According to the preliminary exploration report, we expect that the permitted area may have abundant potash resources. We intend to conduct further in-depth exploration work to produce formal estimates of potash resources in compliance with internationally recognized reporting standards.

Railway Assets

We own and operate a railway transportation network that connects our coal mines in Shandong to the national railway system and Zouxian Power Plant in Jining City of Shandong. As of the date of this annual report, our railway network spans a total length of approximately 204 kilometers. Our railway network provides us with a substantial control over a major means of transportation for our key product, allowing us to benefit from the synergies from coal production, sales and transportation.

Methanol and Cogeneration Power Plants

Yulin Nenghua. Yulin Nenghua, located in Yunlin City of Shanxi, operates a 600,000-tonne methanol plant and a supporting power plant. The primary pieces of equipment at the methanol plant include boilers, steam turbines, air compressors and booster set, GEA air-cooler exchangers, gasifiers and gasification compressors, synthetic compressors, a methanol synthetic gas-cooled reactor, a methanol synthetic water-cooled reactor and propylene refrigeration compressors. Yulin Nenghua also operates a supporting power plant with an installed capacity of 60 MW for its methanol production.

Tianhao Chemicals. Tianhao Chemicals, located in Xiaoyi City of Shanxi, operates a 100,000-tonne methanol plant and a supporting power plant. The primary pieces of equipment at the methanol plant include low pressure wet type spiral gas cabinets, coke oven gas compressors, reformers and converters. Tianhao Chemicals also operates a supporting power plant with an installed capacity of 24 MW for its methanol production.

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Hua Ju Energy. Hua Ju Energy is headquartered in Zoucheng City, Shandong. Hua Ju Energy owns and operates six cogeneration power plants, each of which is able to supply electric power and heat to our coal mines in its proximity. The power plants consist of the Nantun power plant, Xinglongzhuang power plant, Baodian power plant, Dongtan power plant, Jining II power plant and Jidongxincun power plant. The aggregate installed capacity of these six power plants is 144 MW and the annual power generation capacity and heat supply capacity are 1.0 to 1.1 billion KWh and 1.0 to 1.2 million steam tonnes, respectively. The main pieces of equipment used at Hua Ju Energy include energy conversion CFB boilers and extraction and condensing steam turbines.

Zhaolou Coal Mine Power Plants. Zhaolou Coal Mine power plants are intended to be integrated power plants for Zhaolou Coal Mine, located in Heze City of Shandong. The power plants are being constructed in two phases with designed capacity of 300 MW for each phase. We commenced construction of phase I of the power plants which utilize a power generator of 300 MW and a circulating fluidized-bed boiler with capacity of 1,025 tonnes per hour in March 2010. The main pieces of equipment used at Zhaolou Coal Mine power plants include extraction and condensing steam turbines, water hydrogen generators and CFB boilers.

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SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

	YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED
	(Registrant)
Date: September 20, 2012	By:	/s/    ZHANG YINGMIN
	Name:	Zhang Yingmin
	Title:	General Manager

YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009

AND REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

CONTENTS	PAGE(S)
REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM	F-1 - F-4
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS	F-5
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	F-6
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS	F-7
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY	F-8
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS	F-9 & F-10
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	F-11 - F-104

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF

YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED 兖州煤业股份有限公司

(A joint stock company with limited liability established in the People’s Republic of China)

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated income statements, statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2011. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Group’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated April 26, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion on the Group’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Grant Thornton

Beijing, People’s Republic of China

April 26, 2012

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF

YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED 兖州煤业股份有限公司

(A joint stock company with limited liability established in the People’s Republic of China)

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as of December 31, 2011, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting disclosed in Item 15 of the Form 20-F (“Management’s Report”). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Group’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, the Group maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011 of the Group and our report dated April 26, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

/s/ Grant Thornton

Beijing, People’s Republic of China

April 26, 2012

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited

We have audited the accompanying consolidated income statement, statement of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the year ended December 31, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and its cash flows of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2009 in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

/s/ JBPB & Co. (formerly known as GRANT THORNTON)

Hong Kong

June 29, 2010

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

			Year ended December 31,
	NOTES		2011			2010			2009
			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
GROSS SALES OF COAL		7		45,181,229			32,590,911			19,947,748
RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INCOME				476,852			513,282			267,345
GROSS SALES OF ELECTRICITY POWER				327,969			185,542			187,540
GROSS SALES OF METHANOL				1,059,323			629,290			258,867
GROSS SALES OF HEAT SUPPLY				20,467			25,227			15,638
TOTAL REVENUE				47,065,840			33,944,252			20,677,138
TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF COAL		7		(1,248,268	)		(1,160,470	)		(403,311	)
COST OF SALES AND SERVICE PROVIDED		8		(25,725,294	)		(16,801,323	)		(10,589,991	)
COST OF ELECTRICITY POWER				(362,472	)		(195,536	)		(190,802	)
COST OF METHANOL				(930,239	)		(716,802	)		(352,943	)
COST OF HEAT SUPPLY				(13,777	)		(12,490	)		(9,734	)
GROSS PROFIT				18,785,790			15,057,631			9,130,357
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES		9		(6,570,203	)		(5,093,904	)		(3,820,241	)
SHARE OF INCOME OF ASSOCIATES		28		68,939			8,870			109,786
OTHER INCOME		10		1,075,765			3,108,081			311,019
INTEREST EXPENSE		11		(839,305	)		(603,343	)		(45,115	)
PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAXES				12,520,986			12,477,335			5,685,806
INCOME TAXES		12		(3,545,379	)		(3,171,043	)		(1,553,312	)
PROFIT FOR THE YEAR		13		8,975,607			9,306,292			4,132,494
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Company				8,928,102			9,281,386			4,117,322
Non-controlling interests				47,505			24,906			15,172
				8,975,607			9,306,292			4,132,494
EARNINGS PER SHARE, BASIC		16		RMB 1.82			RMB 1.89			RMB 0.84
EARNINGS PER ADS, BASIC		16		RMB 18.15			RMB 18.87			RMB 8.37

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Year ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
Profit for the year		8,975,607			9,306,292			4,132,494
Other comprehensive income (after income tax):
Available-for-sales investments:
Change in fair value		(20,763	)		(87,270	)		125,225
Deferred taxes		5,190			21,818			(31,306	)
		(15,573	)		(65,452	)		93,919
Cash flow hedges:
Cash flow hedge amounts recognized in other comprehensive income		(213,459	)		54,532			12,280
Reclassification adjustments for amounts transferred to income statement (included in selling, general and administrative expenses)		12,627			(6,576	)		18,118
Deferred taxes		62,073			(24,350	)		(11,780	)
		(138,759	)		23,606			18,618
Share of other comprehensive income of associates		—			1,107			—
Exchange difference arising on translation of foreign operations		(569,310	)		173,415			134,184
Other comprehensive (loss) income for the year		(723,642	)		132,676			246,721
Total comprehensive income for the year		8,251,965			9,438,968			4,379,215
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Company		8,204,460			9,414,110			4,364,043
Non-controlling interests		47,505			24,858			15,172
		8,251,965			9,438,968			4,379,215

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

			At December 31,
	NOTES		2011		2010
			RMB’000		RMB’000
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Bank balances and cash		17		8,145,297		6,771,314
Term deposits		17		9,543,214		2,567,722
Restricted cash		17		21,076		85,188
Bills and accounts receivable		18		7,312,074		10,017,260
Inventories		19		1,391,247		1,646,116
Prepayments and other receivables		20		3,624,879		2,613,686
Prepaid lease payments		21		18,975		18,280
Prepayment for resources compensation fees		22		3,356		3,948
Derivative financial instruments		37		104,910		239,476
Tax recoverable				4,637		169,013
Overburden in advance		25		261,441		149,351
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS				30,431,106		24,281,354
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Intangible assets		23		26,205,619		19,633,164
Prepaid lease payments		21		713,425		728,082
Prepayment for resources compensation fees		22		5,309		8,072
Property, plant and equipment		24		31,273,824		19,874,615
Goodwill		26		1,866,037		1,196,586
Investments in securities		27		372,800		224,442
Interests in associates		28		1,683,897		1,074,958
Interests in jointly controlled entities		31		19,453		751
Restricted cash		17		387,066		1,365,995
Long term receivables		29		300,083		—
Deposits made on investments		30		2,557,807		3,243,679
Deferred tax assets		39		1,335,165		1,124,166
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS				66,720,485		48,474,510
TOTAL ASSETS				97,151,591		72,755,864
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Bills and accounts payable		33		2,240,844		1,554,444
Other payables and accrued expenses		34		7,344,815		3,820,971
Provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs		35		2,856,229		2,300,637
Amounts due to Parent Company and its subsidiary companies		52		352,625		438,783
Borrowings - due within one year		36		19,588,496		614,925
Current portion of long term payable - due within one year		38		3,205		6,536
Derivative financial instruments		37		222,089		166,178
Tax payable				2,113,168		1,231,388
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES				34,721,471		10,133,862
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Borrowings - due after one year		36		14,869,324		22,400,833
Deferred tax liability		39		3,895,304		2,601,207
Provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs		35		325,414		152,594
Non-current portion of long term payable - due after one year		38		15,028		28,917
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES				19,105,070		25,183,551
TOTAL LIABILITIES				53,826,541		35,317,413
Capital and reserves
Share capital		40		4,918,400		4,918,400
Reserves				37,716,090		32,413,486
Equity attributable to equity holders of the Company				42,634,490		37,331,886
Non-controlling interests				690,560		106,565
TOTAL EQUITY				43,325,050		37,438,451
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY				97,151,591		72,755,864

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

	Share capital		Share premium		Future development fund		Statutory common reserve fund		Translation reserve			Investment revaluation reserve			Cash flow hedge reserve			Retained earnings			Attributable to equity holders of the Company			Non- controlling interests			Total
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
	(note 40)				(note 40)		(note 40)
Balance at January 1, 2009		4,918,400		2,981,002		2,969,324		2,823,175		(115,169	)		57,949			(11,736	)		13,132,179			26,755,124			61,486			26,816,610
Profit for the year		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			4,117,322			4,117,322			15,172			4,132,494
Other comprehensive income :
- Fair value change of available-for-sale investments		—		—		—		—		—			93,919			—			—			93,919			—			93,919
- Cash flow hedge reserve recognized		—		—		—		—		—			—			18,618			—			18,618			—			18,618
- Exchange difference arising on translation of foreign operations		—		—		—		—		134,184			—			—			—			134,184			—			134,184
Total comprehensive income for the year		—		—		—		—		134,184			93,919			18,618			4,117,322			4,364,043			15,172			4,379,215
Transactions with owners
- Appropriations to reserves		—		—		292,550		381,280		—			—			—			(673,830	)		—			—			—
- Dividends		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			(1,967,360	)		(1,967,360	)		(466	)		(1,967,826	)
- Acquisition of non-controlling interests		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(134,820	)		(134,820	)
- Acquisition of subsidiaries		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			161,114			161,114
Total transactions with owners		—		—		292,550		381,280		—			—			—			(2,641,190	)		(1,967,360	)		25,828			(1,941,532	)
Balance at December 31, 2009		4,918,400		2,981,002		3,261,874		3,204,455		19,015			151,868			6,882			14,608,311			29,151,807			102,486			29,254,293
Balance at January 1, 2010		4,918,400		2,981,002		3,261,874		3,204,455		19,015			151,868			6,882			14,608,311			29,151,807			102,486			29,254,293
Profit for the year		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			9,281,386			9,281,386			24,906			9,306,292
Other comprehensive income :
- Fair value change of available-for-sale investments		—		—		—		—		—			(65,452	)		—			—			(65,452	)		—			(65,452	)
- Cash flow hedge reserve recognized		—		—		—		—		—			—			23,606			—			23,606			—			23,606
- Exchange difference arising on translation of foreign operations		—		—		—		—		173,463			—			—			—			173,463			(48	)		173,415
- Share of other comprehensive income of associates		—		—		—		—		—			1,107			—			—			1,107			—			1,107
Total comprehensive income for the year		—		—		—		—		173,463			(64,345	)		23,606			9,281,386			9,414,110			24,858			9,438,968
Transactions with owners
- Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(23,325	)		(23,325	)
- Appropriations to reserves		—		—		398,750		665,965		—			—			—			(1,064,715	)		—			—			—
- Dividends		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			(1,229,600	)		(1,229,600	)		(1,871	)		(1,231,471	)
- Acquisition of non-controlling interests		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			(4,431	)		(4,431	)		4,417			(14	)
Total transactions with owners		—		—		398,750		665,965		—			—			—			(2,298,746	)		(1,234,031	)		(20,779	)		(1,254,810	)
Balance at December 31, 2010		4,918,400		2,981,002		3,660,624		3,870,420		192,478			87,523			30,488			21,590,951			37,331,886			106,565			37,438,451
Balance at January 1, 2011		4,918,400		2,981,002		3,660,624		3,870,420		192,478			87,523			30,488			21,590,951			37,331,886			106,565			37,438,451
Profit for the year		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			8,928,102			8,928,102			47,505			8,975,607
Other comprehensive income :
- Fair value change of available-for-sale investments		—		—		—		—		—			(15,573	)		—			—			(15,573	)		—			(15,573	)
- Cash flow hedge reserve recognized		—		—		—		—		—			—			(138,759	)		—			(138,759	)		—			(138,759	)
- Exchange difference arising on translation of foreign operations		—		—		—		—		(569,310	)		—			—			—			(569,310	)		—			(569,310	)
Total comprehensive income for the year		—		—		—		—		(569,310	)		(15,573	)		(138,759	)		8,928,102			8,204,460			47,505			8,251,965
Transactions with owners
- Appropriations to reserves		—		—		490,161		681,340		—			—			—			(1,171,501	)		—			—			—
- Dividends		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			(2,901,856	)		(2,901,856	)		(440	)		(2,902,296	)
- Acquisition of a subsidiary		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			536,930			536,930
Total transactions with owners		—		—		490,161		681,340		—			—			—			(4,073,357	)		(2,901,856	)		536,490			(2,365,366	)
Balance at December 31, 2011		4,918,400		2,981,002		4,150,785		4,551,760		(376,832	)		71,950			(108,271	)		26,445,696			42,634,490			690,560			43,325,050

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

		Year ended December 31,
	NOTES	2011			2010			2009
		RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before income taxes			12,520,986			12,477,335			5,685,806
Adjustments for:
Interest expenses			839,305			603,343			45,115
Interest income			(357,708	)		(187,189	)		(187,604	)
Dividend income			(2,433	)		(4,504	)		(2,288	)
Net unrealized foreign exchange losses (gain)			244,655			(2,180,277	)		37,676
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment			2,266,017			2,426,626			1,793,278
Release of prepaid lease payments			19,018			17,958			17,027
Amortization of prepayment for resources compensation fees			3,355			3,949			2,761
Amortization of intangible assets			720,008			349,655			44,278
Reversal of impairment loss on accounts receivable and other receivables			(101	)		(4,923	)		(13,634	)
Provision for inventory			—			4,411			—
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment			281,994			97,559			—
Share of income of associates			(68,939	)		(8,870	)		(109,786	)
Gain on disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries			—			(117,928	)		—
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment			108,627			16,937			11,252
Written off of property, plant and equipment			—			1,491			14,199
Operating cash flows before movements in working capital			16,574,784			13,495,573			7,338,080
Decrease (increase) in bills and accounts receivable			2,800,237			(5,286,147	)		(1,416,577	)
Decrease (increase) in inventories			403,324			(728,026	)		228,862
Movement in land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental cost			556,706			838,510			1,109,659
Movement in overburden cost			(121,690	)		224,546			—
(Increase) decrease in prepayments and other current assets			(870,492	)		(694,726	)		20,193
Increase (decrease) in bills and accounts payable			623,933			158,859			(4,964	)
Increase in other payables and accrued expenses			531,298			153,893			622,093
(Decrease) increase in long-term payables			(16,327	)		5,654			3,980
(Decrease) increase in amounts due to Parent Company and its subsidiary companies			(86,158	)		(319,099	)		57,549
Cash generated from operations			20,395,615			7,849,037			7,958,875
Income taxes paid			(2,155,602	)		(2,038,697	)		(1,596,774	)
Interest paid			(608,601	)		(602,743	)		(28,501	)
Interest income received			343,431			187,561			184,243
Dividend income received			2,433			4,646			2,288
NET CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES			17,977,276			5,399,804			6,520,131

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS—Continued

			Year ended December 31,
	NOTES		2011			2010			2009
			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
(Increase) decrease in term deposits				(6,975,492	)		648,975			(1,971,371	)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment				(8,619,515	)		(3,576,136	)		(2,133,726	)
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash				1,002,057			(874,643	)		(432,492	)
Increase in long term receivables				(300,083	)		—			—
Increase in deposit made on investment				(394,128	)		(3,125,753	)		(57,095	)
Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment				57,956			205,446			79,626
Acquisition of non-controlling interests of Shanxi Tianhao				—			(14	)		—
Acquisition of three subsidiaries		45		—			(133,000	)		—
Acquisition of Hua Ju Energy		43		—			—			(761,683	)
Acquisition of Yancoal Resources		44		—			—			(19,558,544	)
Proceeds on disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		51		—			1,147,821			—
Investments in securities				(169,121	)		(16,257	)		—
Investments in associates				(540,000	)		(125,000	)		—
Acquisition of An Yuan Coal Mine		46		(355,000	)		—			—
Acquisition of Xintai		50		(2,751,557	)		—			—
Acquisition of additional interests in a joint venture				(1,494,767	)		—			—
Acquisition of Syntech		48		(1,316,174	)		—			—
Acquisition of Premier Coal and Premier Char		49		(2,057,276	)		—			—
Acquisition of potash mineral exploration permits				(1,645,227	)		—			—
Purchase of intangible assets				(52,648	)		(35,352	)		(233	)
Purchase of land use right				—			(442	)		(7,420	)
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES				(25,610,975	)		(5,884,355	)		(24,842,938	)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Dividend paid				(2,901,856	)		(1,229,600	)		(1,967,360	)
Proceeds from bank borrowings				16,712,320			1,110,954			20,840,505
Repayments of bank borrowings				(4,367,079	)		(655,528	)		(188,705	)
Repayments of other borrowings				—			(584,478	)		—
Repayment to Parent Company and its subsidiary companies in respect of consideration for acquisition of Jining III				—			—			(13,248	)
Dividend paid to non-controlling interests of a subsidiary				(2,408	)		(1,871	)		(201	)
Dividend paid to the former shareholders of Hua Ju Energy				—			—			(47,250	)
Repayment of borrowings to Parent Company				—			—			(120,000	)
NET CASH FROM (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES				9,440,977			(1,360,523	)		18,503,741
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS				1,807,278			(1,845,074	)		180,934
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT JANUARY 1				6,771,314			8,522,399			8,439,578
EFFECT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES				(433,295	)		93,989			(98,113	)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT DECEMBER 31, REPRESENTED BY BANK BALANCES AND CASH				8,145,297			6,771,314			8,522,399

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. GENERAL

Organization and principal activities

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “Company”) is established as a joint stock company with limited liability in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). In April 2001, the status of the Company was changed to that of a sino-foreign joint stock limited company. The Company’s A shares are listed on the Shanghai Securities Exchange (“SSE”), its H shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (the “SEHK”), and its American Depositary Shares (“ADS”, one ADS represents 10 H shares) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. The address of the registered office and principal place of business of the Company is 298 Fushan South Road, Zoucheng, Shandong Province, PRC.

The Company operates six coal mines, namely the Xinglongzhuang coal mine, Baodian coal mine, Nantun coal mine, Dongtan coal mine, Jining II coal mine (“Jining II”) and Jining III coal mine (“Jining III”), as well as a regional rail network that links these mines with the national rail network. The Company’s parent and ultimate holding company is Yankuang Group Corporation Limited (the “Parent Company”), a state-owned enterprise in the PRC.

The principal activities of the Company’s associates, joint controlled entities and joint ventures are set out in notes 28, 31 and 32 respectively.

As at December 31, 2011, the Group had net current liabilities of RMB4,290,365,000 (2010: net current assets of RMB14,147,492,000) and total assets less current liabilities of RMB62,430,120,000 (2010: RMB62,622,002,000).

Although the Group had net current liabilities as at December 31, 2011, the Group will adopt appropriate measures such as issuing long term corporate bond (note 56) to improve its financial position. Since the Group is planning to issue long term corporate bonds to improve its liquidity, the directors do not consider the net current liabilities status as at December 31, 2011 would affect any of the impairment testing such as goodwill (note 26) and property, plant and equipment (note 24). The directors have evaluated the Group’s financial position subsequent to December 31, 2011 and the aforesaid measures, and therefore considered that the Group should continue to prepare financial statements using going concern basis.

Acquisitions and establishment of major subsidiaries

In 2006, the Company acquired a 98% equity interest in Yankuang Shanxi Neng Hua Company Limited (“Shanxi Neng Hua”) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred as the “Shanxi Group”) from the Parent Company at cash consideration of RMB733,346,000. In 2007, the Company further acquired the remaining 2% equity interest in Shanxi Neng Hua from a subsidiary of the Parent Company at cash consideration of RMB14,965,000. The principal activities of Shanxi Group are to invest in heat and electricity, manufacture and sale of mining machinery and engine products, coal mining and the development of integrated coal technology.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

1. GENERAL—Continued

Acquisitions and establishment of major subsidiaries—continued

Shanxi Neng Hua is an investment holding company, which holds 81.31% equity interest in Shanxi Heshun Tianchi Energy Company Limited (“Shanxi Tianchi”) and approximately 99.85% equity interest in Shanxi Tianhao Chemical Company Limited (“Shanxi Tianhao”). In 2010, Shanxi Neng Hua acquired approximately 0.04% equity interest of Shanxi Tianhao at cash consideration of RMB14,000. The principal activities of Shanxi Tianchi are to exploit and sale of coal from Tianchi Coal Mine, the principal asset of Shanxi Tianchi. Shanxi Tianchi has completed the construction of Tianchi Coal Mine and commenced production by the end of 2006. Shanxi Tianhao is established to engage in the production of methanol and other chemical products, coke production, exploration and sales. The construction of the methanol facilities by Shanxi Tianhao commenced in March 2006 and it has commenced production in 2008.

In 2004, the Company acquired a 95.67% equity interest in Yanmei Heze Company Limited (“Heze”) from the Parent Company at cash consideration of RMB584,008,000. The principal activities of Heze are to exploit and sale of coal in Juye coal field. The equity interests held by the Company increased to 96.67% after the increase of the registered capital of Heze in 2007. The equity interests held by the Company increased to 98.33% after the increase of the registered capital of RMB1.5 billion in 2010.

The Company originally held 97% equity interest in Yanzhou Coal Yulin Power Chemical Co., Ltd. (“Yulin”). The Company acquired the remaining 3% equity interest and made further investment of RMB600,000,000 in Yulin in 2008.

In February 2009, the Company acquired a 74% equity interest in Shandong Hua Ju Energy Company Limited (“Hua Ju Energy”) from the Parent Company at a consideration of RMB593,243,000. Hua Ju Energy is a joint stock limited company established in the PRC with the principal business of the supply of electricity and heat by utilizing coal gangue and coal slurry produced from coal mining process. In July 2009, the Company entered into acquisition agreements with three shareholders of Hua Ju Energy, pursuant to which, the Company agreed to acquire 21.14% equity interest in Hua Ju Energy at a consideration of RMB173,007,000.

In 2009, the Group entered into a binding scheme implementation agreement with Felix Resources Limited (“Felix”), a corporation incorporated in Australia with shares listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, to acquire all the shares of Felix in cash of approximately AUD3,333 million. The principal activities of Felix are exploring and extracting coal resources, operating, identifying, acquiring and developing resource related projects that primarily focus on coal in Australia. This acquisition was completed in 2009. During the year, Felix Resources Limited was renamed as Yancoal Resources Limited (“Yancoal Resources”).

In 2009, the Company invested RMB500 million to set up a wholly owned subsidiary located in Inner Mongolia, Yanzhou Coal Ordos Neng Hua Company Limited (“Ordos”). Ordos is a limited liability company incorporated in the PRC with the objectives of production and sale of methanol and other chemical products. During the year, the Company invested additional equity in the registered capital of Ordos of RMB2.6 billion. The Company also acquired Yiginhuoluo Qi Nalin Tao Hai Town An Yuan Coal Mine (“An Yuan Coal Mine”) at a consideration of RMB1,435,000,000.

In 2010, the Company acquired 100% equity interest of Inner Mongolia Yize Mining Investment Co., Ltd (“Yize”) and other two companies at a consideration of RMB190,095,000. The main purpose of this acquisition is to facilitate the business of methanol and other chemical products in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

1. GENERAL—Continued

Acquisitions and establishment of major subsidiaries—continued

During the year, Ordos acquired 80% equity interest of Inner Mongolia Xintai Coal Mining Company Limited (“Xintai”) at a consideration of RMB2,801,557,000 from an independent third party. Xintai owns and operates Wenyu Coal Mine in Inner Mongolia. The principal activities of Xintai are coal production and coal sales.

During the year, the Group acquired 100% equity interests in Syntech Holdings Pty Ltd and Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd (collectively “Syntech”) at a cash consideration of AUD208,480,000. The principal activities of Syntech include exploration, production, sorting and processing of coal. The acquisition was completed on August 1, 2011.

The Group entered into a sales and purchases agreement on September 27, 2011 to acquire 100% equity interests in both Premier Coal Limited (“Premier Coal”) and Premier Char Pty Ltd (“Premier Char”) (Called Wesfarmers Premier Coal Limited and Westfarmers Char Pty Ltd, respectively, at the time) at a consideration of AUD313,533,000. The acquisition was completed on December 30, 2011. Premier Coal is mainly engaged in the exploration, production and processing of coal. Premier Char is mainly engaged in the research and development of the technology and procedures in relation to processing coal char from low rank coals.

During the year, the Company invested USD2.8 million to set up a wholly owned subsidiary, Yancoal International (Holding) Co., Limited (“Yancoal International”). Yancoal International was established in Hong Kong to act as a platform for overseas assets and business management. Yancoal International has four subsidiaries, namely Yancoal International Trading Co., Limited, Yancoal International Technology Development Co., Limited, Yancoal International Resources Development Co., Limited and Yancoal Luxembourg Energy Holding Co., Limited (“Yancoal Luxembourg”). Yancoal Luxembourg established a wholly owned subsidiary, Yancoal Canada Resources Co., Ltd (“Yancoal Canada”) with USD 290 million as investment. The Company acquired, at a total consideration of USD260 million, 19 potash mineral exploration permits in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada through Yancoal Canada. The permit transfer registrations were completed on September 30, 2011.

2. BASIS OF PREPARATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The consolidated financial statements were approved and authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on April 26, 2012.

The consolidated financial statements are presented in Renminbi, which is also the functional currency of the Company.

Changes in accounting estimates

Starting from 2010, unit-of-production method is applied for the amortization of coal reserves located in China. In the previous years, these assets were amortized on a straight-line basis. The directors of the Company consider unit-of-production method can better reflect the expected pattern of consumption of economic benefits of such assets. Changes of accounting estimates have no material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

2. BASIS OF PREPARATION—Continued

Comparative figures

Business taxes and surcharges have been presented as a deduction of each categories of revenue to each corresponding costs of these revenue to provide a more appropriate presentation. Therefore, for the year ended December 31, 2009, subtotals of income and corresponding costs increased by RMB423,776,000. The reclassification has no impact to the overall results of the Group. The reclassification does not result in any changes to the consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2009 and therefore they are not presented in the consolidated financial statements.

3. ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS

In the current year, the Group has applied, for the first time, a number of new and amended and revised standards and interpretations (“new IFRSs”) applicable to the Group issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the “IASB”) and the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (the IFRIC) of IASB, which are effective for the Group’s financial year beginning January 1, 2011.

IFRSs (Amendments)	Improvements to IFRSs 2010
IAS 24 (Revised)	Related Party Disclosures

Except for those new accounting policies effective for the financial year beginning January 1, 2011 as applied in these financial statements of the Group, the accounting policies adopted for the current year are the same as those adopted for the Group’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.

The adoption of the new IFRSs had no material impact on the results or financial position of the Group for the current or prior accounting year. Accordingly, no prior period adjustment has been required.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

3. ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS—Continued

The Group has not early applied the following new and revised standards, amendments or interpretations that have been issued but are not yet effective.

IFRS 7 (Amendments)	Disclosures – Transfers of Financial Assets1
IFRS 7 (Amendments)	Disclosures – Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities2
IFRS 9	Financial Instruments3
IFRS 10	Consolidated Financial Statements2
IFRS 11	Joint Arrangements2
IFRS 12	Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities2
IFRS 13	Fair Value Measurement2
IAS 1 (Amendments)	Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income4
IAS 28 (Revised)	Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures2
IAS 32 (Revised)	Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities5
IFRIC 20	Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine2

¹  Effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2011.

²  Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013.

³  Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2015.

⁴  Effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2012.

⁵  Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

• IFRS 9 Financial instruments

Under IFRS 9, all recognised financial assets that are within the scope of IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement are subsequently measured at either amortised cost or fair value. Specifically, debt investments that are held within a business model whose objective is to collect the contractual cash flows, and that have contractual cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding are generally measured at amortised cost at the end of subsequent accounting periods. All other debt investments and equity investments are measured at their fair values at the end of subsequent accounting periods.

In relation to financial liabilities, the significant change relates to financial liabilities that are designated as at fair value through profit or loss. Specifically, under IFRS 9, for financial liabilities that are designated as at fair value through profit or loss, the amount of change in the fair value of the financial liability that is attributable to changes in the credit risk of that liability is presented in other comprehensive income, unless the presentation of the effects of changes in the liability’s credit risk in other comprehensive income would create or enlarge an accounting mismatch in profit or loss. Changes in fair value attributable to a financial liability’s credit risk are not subsequently reclassified to profit or loss. Previously, under IAS 39, the entire amount of the change in the fair value of the financial liability designated as at fair value through profit or loss was presented in profit or loss.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

3. ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS—Continued

• IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

IFRS 10 replaces the consolidation guidance in IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements and SIC-12 Consolidation — Special Purpose Entities by introducing a single consolidation model for all entities based on control, irrespective of the nature of the investee (i.e., whether an entity is controlled through voting rights of investors or through other contractual arrangements as is common in special purpose entities). Under IFRS 10, control is based on whether an investor has 1) power over the investee; 2) exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and 3) the ability to use its power over the investee to affect the amount of the returns.

• IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements

IFRS 11 introduces new accounting requirements for joint arrangements, replacing IAS 31 Interests in Joint Ventures. The option to apply the proportional consolidation method when accounting for jointly controlled entities is removed. Additionally, IFRS 11 eliminates jointly controlled assets to now only differentiate between joint operations and joint ventures. A joint operation is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control have rights to the assets and obligations for the liabilities. A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control have rights to the net assets.

• IFRS 12 Disclosures of Involvement with Other Entities

IFRS 12 requires enhanced disclosures about both consolidated entities and unconsolidated entities in which an entity has involvement. The objective of IFRS 12 is to require information so that financial statement users may evaluate the basis of control, any restrictions on consolidated assets and liabilities, risk exposures arising from involvements with unconsolidated structured entities and non-controlling interest holders’ involvement in the activities of consolidated entities.

• IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement

IFRS 13 applies when another IFRS requires or permits fair value measurements or disclosures about fair value measurements (and measurements, such as fair value less costs to sell, based on fair value or disclosures about those measurements), except for certain exemptions. IFRS 13 requires the disclosures of fair values through a ‘fair value hierarchy’. The hierarchy categorises the inputs used in valuation techniques into three levels. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to (unadjusted) quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. If the inputs used to measure fair value are categorised into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement is categorised in its entirety in the level of the lowest level input that is significant to the entire measurement.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

3. ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS—Continued

• IAS 1 (Amendments) Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income

IAS 1 (Amendments) retain the option to present profit or loss and other comprehensive income in either a single statement or in two separate but consecutive statements. However, IAS 1 (Amendments) require additional disclosures to be made in the other comprehensive income section such that items of other comprehensive income are grouped into two categories: (a) items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss; and (b) items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss when specific conditions are met. Income tax on items of other comprehensive income is required to be allocated on the same basis. IAS 1 (Amendments) are effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2012. The presentation of items of other comprehensive income will be modified accordingly when the amendments are applied in the future accounting periods.

• IFRIC 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine

IFRIC 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine applies to waste removal costs that are incurred in surface mining activity during the production phase of the mine (“production stripping costs”). Under the Interpretation, the costs from this waste removal activity (“stripping”) which provide improved access to ore are recognised as a non-current asset (“stripping activity asset”) when certain criteria are met, whereas the costs of stripping activities where the benefit is realised in the form of inventory produced are accounted for in accordance with IAS 2 Inventories. The stripping activity asset is accounted for as an addition to, or as an enhancement of, an existing asset and classified as tangible or intangible according to the nature of the existing asset of which it forms part. When the costs of the stripping activity asset and the inventory produced are not separately identifiable, production stripping costs are allocated between the inventory produced and the stripping activity asset by using an allocation basis that is based on a relevant production measure. IFRIC 20 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Under the existing policy, the Company separately present the striping costs on the balance sheet. Upon the subsequent adoption of the Interpretation, the presentation on the balance sheet will be amended accordingly.

The directors considered that except for the abovementioned standards or interpretations, the application of other standards or interpretations will have no material impact to the Group’s financial statements.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for certain financial instruments, which are stated at fair value. The accounting policies are set out below.

Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and all entities controlled by the Company (including special purpose entities). Control is achieved where the Company has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

Income and expenses of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated income statement from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate. Total comprehensive income of subsidiaries is attributed to the owners of the Company and to the non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with those used by other members of the Group.

All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.

Changes in the Group’s ownership interests in subsidiaries that do not result in the Group losing control over the subsidiaries are accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying amounts of the Group’s interests and the non-controlling interests are adjusted to reflect the changes in relative interests in the subsidiaries. Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognized directly in equity and attributed to owners of the Company.

Business combination

Acquisitions of businesses are accounted for using the acquisition method. The consideration transferred in a business combination is measured at fair value, which is calculated as the sum of the acquisition-date fair values of assets transferred by the Group, liabilities incurred by the Group to former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group in exchange for control of the acquiree. Acquisition-related costs are recognised in profit or loss as incurred.

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Subsequent adjustments to the consideration are recognized against the cost of acquisition within the measurement period which does not exceed one year from the acquisition date. Subsequent accounting for changes in fair values of the contingent consideration that do not qualify as measurement period adjustments is included in the income statement or within equity for contingent consideration classified as an asset/liability and equity respectively.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Business combination—Continued

Goodwill is measured as the excess of the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree, and the fair value of the acquirer’s previously held equity interest in the acquiree (if any) over the net of the acquisition-date amounts of the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. If, after assessment, the Group’s interest in the fair value of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets exceeds the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree and the fair value of the acquirer’s previously held interest in the acquiree (if any), the excess is recognised immediately in profit or loss as a bargain purchase gain.

Non-controlling interests that are present ownership interests and entitle their holders to a proportionate share of the entity’s net assets in the event of liquidation may be initially measured either at fair value or at the non-controlling interests’ proportionate share of the recognised amounts of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. The choice of measurement basis is made on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The Group applies the non-controlling interests’ proportionate share of the recognized amounts of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets to account for all its acquisitions.

Interests in associates

An associate is an entity over which the Group has significant influence and that is neither a subsidiary nor an interest in a joint venture. Significant influence is the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee but is not control or joint control over those policies.

The results and assets and liabilities of associates are incorporated in these consolidated financial statements using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, investments in associates are carried in the consolidated balance sheet at cost and adjusted for post-acquisition changes in the Group’s share of net assets of the associates, less any identified impairment loss. When the Group’s share of losses of an associate equals or exceeds its interest in that associate (which includes any long-term interests that, in substance, form part of the Group’s net investment in the associate), the Group discontinues recognizing its share of further losses. Additional share of losses is provided for and a liability is recognized only to the extent that the Group has incurred legal or constructive obligations or made payments on behalf of that associate. If the associate subsequently reports profits, the Group resumes recognizing its share of those profits only after its share of the profits exceeds the accumulated share of losses that has previously not been recognized.

Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the Group’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the associate recognized at the date of acquisition is recognized as goodwill. The goodwill is included within the carrying amount of the investment and is assessed for impairment as part of the investment. Any excess of the Group’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities over the cost of acquisition, after reassessment, is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Interests in associates—Continued

The requirements of IAS 39 are applied to determine whether it is necessary to recognise any impairment loss with respect to the Group’s investment in an associate. When necessary, the entire carrying amount of the investment (including goodwill) is tested for impairment in accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of Assets as a single asset by comparing its recoverable amount (higher of value in use and fair value less costs to sell) with its carrying amount, Any impairment loss recognised forms part of the carrying amount of the investment. Any reversal of that impairment loss is recognised in accordance with IAS 36 to the extent that the recoverable amount of the investment subsequently increases.

Where a group entity transacts with an associate of the Group, profits and losses are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s interest in the relevant associate.

Interests in joint ventures

A joint venture is a contractual arrangement whereby the Group and other parties undertake an economic activity that is subject to joint control (i.e. when the strategic financial and operating policy decisions relating to the activities of the joint venture require the unanimous consent of the parties sharing control).

When a group entity undertakes its activities under joint venture arrangements directly, the Group’s share of jointly controlled assets and any liabilities incurred jointly with other venturers are recognized in the financial statements of the relevant entity and classified according to their nature. Liabilities and expenses incurred directly in respect of interests in jointly controlled assets are accounted for on an accrual basis. Income from the sale or use of the Group’s share of the output of jointly controlled assets, and its share of joint venture expenses, are recognized when it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transactions will flow to/from the Group and their amount can be measured reliably.

Joint venture arrangements that involve the establishment of a separate entity in which each venturer has an interest are referred to as jointly controlled entities. The Group reports its interests in jointly controlled entities using the equity method of accounting and the details of equity method of accounting have been set out in the accounting policy for interests in associates. When a group entity transacts with a jointly controlled entity of the Group, unrealized profits and losses are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s interest in the joint venture.

The Group’s share using proportionate consolidation of the assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses of other joint ventures (no separate entity has been established) are included in the appropriate items of the financial statements.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Revenue recognition

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods sold and services provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts and sales related taxes. Provided it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the revenue and costs, if applicable, can be measured reliably, revenue is recognized in profit or loss as follows:

Sales of goods (including coal and methanol) are recognised upon transfer of the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the customer. This is usually taken as the time when the goods are delivered and the customer has accepted the goods.

Service income such as coal railway transportation and electricity and heat supply is recognized when services are provided.

Interest income from a financial asset is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial assets to that asset’s net carrying amount.

Dividend income from investments is recognized when the shareholders’ rights to receive payments have been established.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Intangible assets (other than goodwill)

Intangible assets acquired separately

Intangible assets acquired separately are carried at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses. Amortization is recognized over their estimated useful lives. The estimated useful life and amortization method are reviewed at the end of each annual reporting period, with the effect of any changes in estimate being accounted for on a prospective basis.

Internally-generated intangible assets – research and development expenditure

Expenditure on research activities is recognized as an expense in the period in which it is incurred.

An internally-generated intangible asset arising from development expenditure is recognized only if it is anticipated that the development costs incurred on a clearly-defined project will be recovered through future commercial activity. The resultant asset is amortized on a straight line basis over its useful life. Expenditure incurred on projects to develop new products is capitalized only when the Group can demonstrate the technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will be available for use or sale, its intention to complete and its ability to use or sell the asset, how the asset will generate future economic benefits, the availability of resources to complete the project and the ability to measure reliably the expenditure during the development.

Intangible assets acquired in a business combination

Intangible assets acquired in a business combination and recognized separately from goodwill are initially recognized at their fair value at the acquisition date (which is regarded as their cost).

Subsequent to initial recognition, intangible assets acquired in a business combination are reported at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses, on the same basis as intangible assets that are acquired separately.

(i) Coal reserves

Coal reserves represent the portion of total proven and probable reserves in the coal mine of a mining right. Coal reserves are amortized over the life of the mine on a unit of production basis of the estimated total proven and probable reserves or the Australia Joint Ore Reserves Committee (“JORC”) reserves for the Group’s subsidiaries in Australia. Changes in the annual amortization rate resulting from changes in the remaining reserves are applied on a prospective basis from the commencement of the next financial year.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Intangible assets (other than goodwill)—Continued

(ii) Coal resources

Coal resources represent the fair value of economically recoverable reserves (excluding the portion of total proven and probable reserves of a mining right i.e. does not include the above coal reserves) of a mining right (Details are set out in the accounting policy of exploration and evaluation expenditure). When production commences, the mining resources for the relevant areas of interest are amortized over the life of the area according to the rate of depletion of the economically recoverable reserves.

(iii) Rail access rights

Rail access rights are amortized on a straight line basis or on a unit of production basis under agreement over the life of the mine.

Exploration and evaluation expenditure

Exploration and evaluation expenditure incurred is accumulated in respect of each separately identifiable area of interest which is at individual mine level. These costs are only carried forward where the right of tenure for the area of interest is current and to the extent that they are expected to be recouped through successful development and commercial exploitation, or alternatively, sale of the area, or where activities in the area have not yet reached a stage which permits reasonable assessment of the existence of economically recoverable reserves and active and significant operations in, or in relation to, the area of interest are continuing.

The carrying amount of exploration and evaluation assets is assessed for impairment when facts or circumstances suggest the carrying amount of the assets may exceed their recoverable amount.

A regular review is undertaken of each area of interest to determine the appropriateness of continuing to carry forward costs in relation to that area of interest. Accumulated costs in relation to an abandoned area are written-off in full in the period in which the decision to abandon the area is made.

When production commences, the accumulated costs for the relevant area of interest are amortized over the life of the area according to the rate of depletion of the economically recoverable reserves.

Capitalized exploration and evaluation expenditure considered to be tangible is recorded as a component of property, plant and equipment. Otherwise, it is recorded as an intangible asset.

Exploration and evaluation expenditure acquired in a business combination are recognized at their fair value at the acquisition date (the fair value of potential economically recoverable reserves at the acquisition date which is shown as “Coal resources”)

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Prepaid lease payments

Prepaid lease payments represent land use rights under operating lease arrangement and are stated at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses.

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment, other than construction in progress and freehold land, are stated at cost less subsequent accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of items of property, plant and equipment, other than construction in progress and freehold land, over their estimated useful lives and after taking into account their estimated residual value, using the straight line method or unit of production method.

Construction in progress represents property, plant and equipment under construction for production or for its own use purposes. Construction in progress is carried at cost less any impairment loss. Construction in progress is classified to the appropriate category of property, plant and equipment when completed and ready for intended use. Depreciation commences when the assets are ready for their intended use.

Any gain or loss arising on the disposal of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognized in the consolidated income statement.

Impairment other than goodwill

At each balance sheet date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets and intangible assets with finite useful life to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset (determined at the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use) is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Intangible assets with an indefinite useful life will be tested for impairment annually.

In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. Impairment loss is recognized as an expense immediately.

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but such that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset (cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized as an income immediately.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Goodwill

Goodwill arising on acquisitions prior to January 1, 2005 (transition to new IFRS)

Goodwill arising on an acquisition of net assets and operations of another entity for which the agreement date is before January 1, 2005 represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the Group’s interest in the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities of the relevant acquiree at the date of acquisition.

The Group has discontinued amortization from January 1, 2005 onwards, and such goodwill is tested for impairment annually, and whenever there is an indication that the cash-generating unit to which the goodwill relates may be impaired (see the accounting policy below).

Goodwill arising on acquisitions on or after January 1, 2005

Goodwill arising on an acquisition of a business for which the agreement date is on or after January 1, 2005 represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the Group’s interest in the fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the relevant business at the date of acquisition. Such goodwill is carried at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

Goodwill is presented separately in the consolidated balance sheet.

For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to each of the Group’s cash-generating units expected to benefit from the synergies of the acquisition. Cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than the carrying amount of the unit, the impairment loss is allocated to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit first and then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit. Any impairment is recognized immediately in the consolidated income statement and is not subsequently reversed.

On disposal of the relevant cash-generating unit, the attributable amount of goodwill is included in the determination of the gain or loss on disposal.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Inventories

Inventories of coal and methanol are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost, which comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour and overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition, is calculated using the weighted average method. Net realizable value represents the estimated selling price less all further costs to completion and costs to be incurred in selling, marketing and distribution.

Inventories of auxiliary materials, spare parts and small tools expected to be used in production are stated at weighted average cost less allowance, if necessary, for obsolescence.

Overburden in advance

Overburden in advance comprises the accumulation of expenses incurred to enable access to the coal seams, and includes direct removal costs, machinery and plant running costs. The deferred costs are then charged to the consolidated income statement in subsequent periods on the basis of run-of-mine (“ROM”) coal tonnes mined. This is calculated by multiplying the ROM coal tonnes mined during the period by the weighted average cost to remove a bank cubic metre (“BCM”) of waste by the stripping ratio (ratio of waste removed in BCMs to ROM coal tonnes mined). The stripping ratio of the Company’s Australian subsidiaries is based on the JORC reserves of each mine.

Taxation

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the consolidated income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax is recognized on differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit, and are accounted for using the balance sheet liability method. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences, and deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized. Such assets and liabilities are not recognized if the temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries, interest in associates and joint ventures, except where the Group is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each balance sheet date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Taxation—Continued

Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the consolidated income statement, except when it relates to items that are recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case the deferred tax is also recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Group intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.

The Company’s wholly-owned Australian subsidiaries have formed an income tax consolidated group under the tax consolidation regime. Each entity in the tax consolidated group recognizes its own deferred tax assets and liabilities, except where the deferred tax assets relate to unused tax losses and credits, in which case the Australian subsidiaries recognizes the assets. Australian subsidiaries have entered into a tax sharing agreement whereby each company of Australian subsidiaries contributes to the income tax payable in proportion to their contribution to the profit before tax of the tax consolidated group. The tax consolidated group has also entered into a tax funding agreement whereby each entity in Australian subsidiaries group can recognize their balance of the current tax assets and liabilities through inter-entity accounts.

Land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs

One consequence of coal mining is land subsidence caused by the resettlement of the land above the underground mining sites. Depending on the circumstances, the Group may relocate inhabitants from the land above the underground mining sites prior to mining those sites or the Group may compensate the inhabitants for losses or damages from land subsidence after the underground sites have been mined. The Group may also be required to make payments for restoration, rehabilitation or environmental protection of the land after the underground sites have been mined.

An estimate of such costs is recognized in the period in which the obligation is identified and is charged as an expense in proportion to the coal extracted. At each balance sheet date, the Group adjusts the estimated costs in accordance with the actual land subsidence status. The provision is also adjusted for changes in estimates. Those adjustments are accounted for as a change in the corresponding capitalised cost, except where a reduction in the provision is greater than the undepreciated capitalised cost of any related assets, in which case the capitalised cost is reduced to nil and remaining adjustment is recognised in the income statement. Changes to the capitalised cost result in an adjustment to future depreciation and financial charges.

Leasing

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

Where the Group acquires the use of assets under finance leases, the amounts representing the fair value of the leased asset, or, if lower, the present values of the minimum lease payments of such assets are included in property, plant and equipment and the corresponding liabilities, net of finance charges, are recorded as an obligation under finance leases.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Leasing—Continued

Each lease payment is allocated between liability and finance charges so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. The finance lease liabilities are included in current and non-current borrowings. The finance charges are expensed in the income statement over the lease periods so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The assets accounted for as finance leases are depreciated over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the lease periods.

Operating lease payments are recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Contingent rentals arising under operating leases are recognized as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

Provisions and contingent liabilities

Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made. Where the time value of money is material, provisions are stated at the present value of the expenditure expected to settle the obligation.

All provisions are reviewed at each balance sheet date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate.

Where it is not probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required, or the amount cannot be estimated reliably, the obligation is disclosed as a contingent liability, unless the probability of outflow of economic benefits is remote. Possible obligations, whose existence will only be confirmed by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more future uncertain events not wholly within the control of the Group are also disclosed as contingent liabilities unless the probability of outflow of economic benefits is remote.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Borrowing costs

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale, are capitalized as part of the cost of those assets. Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on qualifying assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalization. Capitalization of borrowing costs is suspended or ceases when substantially all the activities necessary to prepare the qualifying asset for its intended use or sale are interrupted or complete.

All other borrowings costs are recognized as expenses in the period in which they are incurred.

Foreign currencies

In preparing the financial statements of each individual group entity, transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of that entity (foreign currencies) are recorded in the respective functional currency (i.e., the currency of the primary environment in which the entity operates) at the rates of exchanges prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At each balance sheet date, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the balance sheet date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rates prevailing on the date when the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items, and on the translation of monetary items, are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

For the purposes of presenting the consolidated financial statements, the assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign operations are translated into the presentation currency of the Company (i.e. Renminbi) at the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date, and their income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for the year, unless exchange rates fluctuate significantly during the period, in which case, the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of transactions are used. Exchange differences arising, if any, are recognized in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity (attributed to non-controlling interests as appropriate). Such exchange differences are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which the foreign operation is disposed of.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Government grants

Government grants are recognized as income over the periods necessary to match them with the related costs. If the grants do not relate to any specific expenditure incurred by the Group, they are reported separately as other income. If the grants subsidize an expense incurred by the Group, they are deducted in reporting the related expense. Grants relating to depreciable assets are presented as a deduction from the cost of the relevant asset.

Annual leave, sick leave and long service leave

Benefits accruing to employees in respect of wages and salaries, annual leave and sick leave are included in trade and other payables. Related on-costs are also included in trade and other payables as other creditors. Long service leave is provided for when it is probable that settlement will be required and it is capable of being measured reliably.

Employee benefits expected to be settled within 12 months are measured using the remuneration rate expected to apply at the time of settlement. Provisions made in respect of employee benefits which are not expected to be settled within 12 months are measured as the present value of the estimated future cash outflows to be made by the Group in respect of services provided by employees up to the reporting date.

Retirement benefit costs

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit plans are charged as expenses when the employees render the services entitling them to the contributions.

Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognized immediately in profit or loss.

Financial assets

The Group’s financial assets are classified into loans and receivables and available-for-sale financial assets. All regular way purchases or sales of financial assets are recognized and derecognized on a trade date basis. Regular way purchases or sales are purchases or sales of financial assets that require delivery of assets within the time frame established by regulation or convention in the marketplace. The accounting policies adopted in respect of financial assets are set out below.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Financial instruments—Continued

Financial assets—Continued

Loan and receivables

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Loans and receivables (including bank balances and cash, term deposits, restricted cash, bills and accounts receivable, other current assets and long-term receivables) are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any identified impairment loss.

Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated or not classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables or held-to-maturity investments.

At each balance sheet date subsequent to initial recognition, available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value. Changes in fair value are recognized initially in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity, until the financial asset is disposed of or is determined to be impaired, at which time, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in equity is removed from equity and recognized in profit or loss (see accounting policy on impairment loss on financial assets below).

Available-for-sale equity investments that do not have a quoted market price in an active market and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are measured at cost less any identified impairment losses at each balance sheet date subsequent to initial recognition (see accounting policy on impairment loss on financial assets below).

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the financial assets have been impacted.

For an available-for sale equity investment, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of that investment below its cost is considered to be objective evidence of impairment.

For all other financial assets, objective evidence of impairment could include:

• significant financial difficulty of the issuer or counterparty; or

• default or delinquency in interest or principal payments; or

• it becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or financial re-organization.

For certain categories of financial asset, such as trade and bills receivables, assets that are assessed not to be impaired individually are subsequently assessed for impairment on a collective basis. Objective evidence of impairment for a portfolio of receivables could include the Group’s past experience of collecting payments and changes in national or local economic conditions that correlate with default on receivables.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Financial instruments—Continued

Financial assets—Continued

Impairment of financial assets—Continued

For financial assets carried at amortized cost, an impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss when there is objective evidence that the asset is impaired, and is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate.

For available-for-sale equity investments carried at cost, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment loss will not be reversed in subsequent periods.

The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets with the exception of trade and bills receivables and other receivables, where the carrying amounts are reduced through the use of an allowance account. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognized in profit or loss. When a trade and bills receivables and other receivables are considered uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited to profit or loss.

For financial assets measured at amortized cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment losses was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the asset at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized.

Impairment losses on available-for-sale equity investments will not be reversed in profit or loss in subsequent periods. Any increase in fair value subsequent to impairment loss is recognized initially in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity.

Financial liabilities and equity

Financial liabilities and equity instruments issued by the Group are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all of its liabilities.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Financial instruments—Continued

Financial liabilities and equity—Continued

Financial liabilities

The Group’s financial liabilities including accounts payable and bills, other payables, amounts due to Parent Company and its subsidiary companies and bank borrowings are subsequently measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest method.

Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the Company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

Derecognition

Financial assets are derecognized when the rights to receive cash flows from the assets expire or, the financial assets are transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial assets. On derecognition of a financial asset, the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable and the cumulative gain or loss that had been recognized directly in equity is recognized in profit or loss.

Financial liabilities are derecognized when the obligation specified in the relevant contract is discharged, cancelled or expired. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognized and the consideration paid and payable is recognized in profit or loss.

Accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value at the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. The method of recognizing the resulting gain or loss depends on whether the derivative is designated as a hedging instrument, and if so, the nature of the item being hedged. The Group designates certain derivatives as either: (i) hedges of the fair value of recognized assets or liabilities (fair value hedge); and (ii) hedges of highly probable forecast transactions (cash flow hedge).

The Group documents at the inception of the transaction the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objectives and strategy for undertaking various hedging transactions. The Group also documents its assessment, both at the inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis, of whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of the hedged items.

The fair values of various derivative instruments used for hedging purposes are disclosed in note 37. The full fair value of a hedging derivative is classified as a non-current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is more than 12 months and as a current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is less than 12 months.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Financial instruments—Continued

Accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities—Continued

(i) Cash flow hedge

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges are recognized initially in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in the consolidated income statement. Amounts accumulated in equity are recognized in the consolidated income statement as the underlying hedged items are recognized.

Amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity are reclassified to profit or loss in the periods when the hedged item is recognised in profit or loss.

When a hedging instrument expires or is sold, or when a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, any cumulative gain or loss existing in equity at that time remains in equity and is recognized when the forecast transaction is ultimately recognized in the consolidated income statement. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that was reported in equity is immediately transferred to the consolidated income statement.

(ii) Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting and those not designated as hedging instruments

Changes in the fair value of any derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting and those not designated as hedges are recognized immediately in the consolidated income statement.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued

Related Parties

(a) A person, or a close member of that person’s family, is related to the group if that person:

(1) has control or joint control over the group;

(2) has significant influence over the group; or

(3) is a member of the key management personnel of the group or the group’s parent.

Close members of the family of a person are those family members who may be expected to influence, or be influenced by, that person in their dealings with the entity.

(b) An entity is related to the group if any of the following conditions applies:

(1) The entity and the group are members of the same group (which means that each parent, subsidiary and fellow subsidiary is related to the others);

(2) One entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or an associate or joint venture of a member of a group of which the other entity is a member);

(3) Both entities are joint ventures of the same third party;

(4) One entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity;

(5) The entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the group or an entity related to the group;

(6) The entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in (a); or

(7) A person identified in (a)(1) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key management personnel of the entity (or of a parent of the entity).

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

5. ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

In the application of the Group’s accounting policies, which are described in note 4, management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

The cost of mining structures is depreciated using the unit of production method based on the estimated production volume for which the structure was designed. The management exercises their judgment in estimating the useful lives of the depreciable assets and the production volume of the mine. The estimated coal production volumes are updated at regular intervals and have taken into account recent production and technical information about each mine. These changes are considered a change in estimate for accounting purposes and are reflected on a prospective basis in related depreciation rates. Estimates of the production volume are inherently imprecise and represent only approximate amounts because of the subjective judgements involved in developing such information.

Amortization of assets

Coal reserves, coal resources and rail access rights are amortized on a straight line basis or unit of production basis over the shorter of their useful lives and the contractual period. The expensing of overburden removal costs is based on saleable coal production over estimated economically recoverable reserves. The useful lives are estimated on the basis of the total proven and probable reserves of the coal mine. Proven and probable coal reserve estimates are updated at regular intervals and have taken into account recent production and technical information about each mine.

Provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs

The provision is reviewed regularly to verify that it properly reflects the remaining obligation arising from the current and past mining activities. Provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs are determined by the management based on their best estimates of the current and future costs, latest government policies and past experiences.

Provision of coal mine compensation fee

As discussed in note 23, the Group provided compensation fees based on RMB5.0 per tonne. The governmental authorities have not yet finalized the basis for the assessment of mining right fees payable by the Group as of the balance sheet date. The provision of RMB5.0 per tonne is based on discussions with governmental authorities and by reference to the assessments of nearby coal mines. In addition, the relevant governmental authorities have not yet announced the detailed implementation of the resources compensation fee. In this regard, the Group currently provides a compensation fee based on the amount of coal extracted. However, the actual implementation of the resource compensation policy may provide a different basis for the fee (e.g., based on the coal reserves not yet extracted). As such, additional provisions may be necessary upon the official promulgation of the formal implementation rules in the near future, as the amounts of our actual payments and provisions may change.

Impairment of goodwill

Determining whether goodwill is impaired requires an estimation of the value in use of the cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated. The value in use calculation requires the Group to estimate the future cash flows expected to arise from the cash-generating unit and a suitable discount rate in order to calculate the present value. As at December 31, 2011, the carrying amount of goodwill is RMB1, 866,037,000 (2010: RMB1,196,586,000).

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

5. ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY—Continued

Impairment of goodwill—Continued

Cash flow projections during the budget period for each of the above units are based on the budgeted revenue and expected gross margins during the budget period and the raw materials price inflation during the budget period. Expected cash inflows/outflows have been determined based on past performance and management’s expectations for the market development.

Estimated impairment of property, plant and equipment

When there is an impairment indicator, the Group takes into consideration the estimation of future cash flows. The amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows. Where the actual future cash flows are less than expected, a material impairment loss may arise. In estimating the future cash flows, the management have taken into account the recent production and technical advancement. As prices and cost levels change from year to year, the estimate of the future cash flow also changes. Notwithstanding the management has used all the available information to make their impairment assessment, inherent uncertainty exists on conditions of the mine and of the environment and actual written off may be higher than the amount estimated. As at December 31, 2011, the carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment is approximately RMB31,273,824,000 (2010: RMB19,874,615,000). During the year ended December 31, 2011, no property, plant and equipment was written off as expenses (2010: RMB1,491,000; 2009: RMB14,199,000). In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2011, impairment loss on property, plant and equipment of RMB281,994,000 was recognized (2010: RMB97,559,000; 2009: Nil) by the Group and details of this impairment are set out in note 24.

In the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies, management has made the following accounting judgements:

Acquisitions

During the year, the Group acquired several subsidiaries or businesses as set out in notes 46, 48, 49 and 50. The Group determined whether the acquisitions are to be accounted for as acquisition of businesses or as acquisition of assets by reference to a number of factors including (i) whether the acquiree has relevant input, process or output; (ii) whether the acquire has planned principal activities or is pursuing a plan to produce output and will be able to obtain access to customers.

In addition, the management also made judgement to determine if the Group has taken control over the subsidiaries or assets acquired as from time to time, the registration of transfer of certain operating licences may not be changed immediately upon the payment of consideration.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Group is engaged primarily in the coal mining business. The Group is also engaged in the coal railway transportation business. The Company does not currently have direct export rights in the PRC and all of its export sales is made through China National Coal Industry Import and Export Corporation (“National Coal Corporation”), Minmetals Trading Co., Ltd. (“Minmetals Trading”) or Shanxi Coal Imp. & Exp. Group Corp. (“Shanxi Coal Corporation”). The final customer destination of the Company’s export sales is determined by the Company, National Coal Corporation, Minmetals Trading or Shanxi Coal Corporation. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and associates are engaged in trading and processing of mining machinery and the transportation business via rivers and lakes and financial services in the PRC. No separate segment information about these businesses is presented in these financial statements as the underlying gross sales, results and assets of these businesses, which are currently included in the coal mining business segment, are insignificant to the Group. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are engaged in production of methanol and other chemical products, and invest in heat and electricity.

Gross revenue disclosed below is same as the turnover.

For management purposes, the Group is currently organized into three operating divisions - coal mining, coal railway transportation and methanol, electricity and heat supply. These divisions are the basis on which the Group reports its segment information.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION—Continued

Principal activities are as follows:

Mining	-	Underground and open-cut mining, preparation and sales of coal and potash mineral exploration
Coal railway transportation	-	Provision of railway transportation services
Methanol, electricity and heat supply	-	Production and sales of methanol and electricity and related heat supply services

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as the Group’s accounting policies described in note 4. Segment results represents the results of each segment without allocation of corporate expenses and directors’ emoluments, results of associates, interest income, interest expenses and income tax expenses. This is the measure reported to the chief operating decision maker for the purposes of resources allocation and assessment of segment performance.

Segment information about these businesses is presented below:

INCOME STATEMENT

	For the year ended December 31, 2011
	Mining		Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Unallocated		Eliminations			Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000
GROSS REVENUE
External		45,181,229		476,852		1,407,759		—		—			47,065,840
Inter-segment		287,280		51,705		256,364		—		(595,349	)		—
Total		45,468,509		528,557		1,664,123		—		(595,349	)		47,065,840

Inter-segment revenue is charged at prices pre-determined by the relevant governmental authority.

	For the year ended December 31, 2011
	Mining		Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply			Eliminations		Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000
RESULT
Segment results		13,476,481		479		(365,011	)		—		13,111,949
Unallocated corporate expenses											(699,291	)
Unallocated corporate income											520,986
Interest income											357,708
Share of profit of associates		43,124		—		25,815			—		68,939
Interest expenses											(839,305	)
Profit before income taxes											12,520,986
Income taxes											(3,545,379	)
Profit for the year											8,975,607

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION—Continued

BALANCE SHEET

	At December 31, 2011
	Mining		Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
ASSETS
Segment assets		80,411,147		604,824		4,474,098		85,490,069
Interests in associates		170,226		—		1,513,671		1,683,897
Interests in jointly controlled entities		19,453		—		—		19,453
Unallocated corporate assets								9,958,172
								97,151,591
LIABILITIES
Segment liabilities		23,026,520		72,476		2,857,624		25,956,620
Unallocated corporate liabilities								27,869,921
								53,826,541

OTHER INFORMATION

	For the year ended December 31, 2011
	Mining			Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Unallocated		Corporate		Consolidated
	RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Capital additions (note 1)		22,736,499			40,890		555,250		—		3,790		23,336,429
Investments in associates		540,000			—		—		—		—		540,000
Amortization of intangible assets		719,756			252		—		—		—		720,008
Release of prepaid lease payments		10,432			5,372		3,214		—		—		19,018
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		—			—		281,994		—		—		281,994
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		1,711,257			73,885		477,872		—		3,003		2,266,017
Impairment losses (reversed) charged on accounts receivable and other receivables		(789	)		—		688		—		—		(101	)

Note 1: Capital additions include those arising from the acquisition of additional interests in joint venture and subsidiaries during the year.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION—Continued

INCOME STATEMENT

	For the year ended December 31, 2010
	Mining		Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Unallocated		Eliminations			Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000
GROSS REVENUE
External		32,590,911		513,282		840,059		—		—			33,944,252
Inter-segment		339,355		36,051		455,259		—		(830,665	)		—
Total		32,930,266		549,333		1,295,318		—		(830,665	)		33,944,252

Inter-segment revenue is charged at prices pre-determined by the relevant governmental authority.

	For the year ended December 31, 2010
	Mining		Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply			Eliminations		Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000
RESULT
Segment results		11,096,252		51,554		(459,610	)		—		10,688,196
Unallocated corporate expenses											(473,502	)
Unallocated corporate income											2,669,925
Interest income											187,189
Share of profit of an associate		2,102		—		6,768			—		8,870
Interest expenses											(603,343	)
Profit before income taxes											12,477,335
Income taxes											(3,171,043	)
Profit for the year											9,306,292

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION—Continued

BALANCE SHEET

	At December 31, 2010
	Mining		Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
ASSETS
Segment assets		57,600,041		637,184		5,083,532		63,320,757
Interest in an associate		127,102		—		947,856		1,074,958
Interests in jointly controlled entities		751		—		—		751
Unallocated corporate assets								8,359,398
								72,755,864
LIABILITIES
Segment liabilities		5,170,012		38,782		2,653,337		7,862,131
Unallocated corporate liabilities								27,455,282
								35,317,413

OTHER INFORMATION

	For the year ended December 31, 2010
	Mining			Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Unallocated		Corporate		Consolidated
	RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Capital additions (note 1)		3,297,996			34,498		452,838		—		2		3,785,334
Investments in associates		125,000			—		—		—		—		125,000
Amortization of intangible assets		341,003			5,014		3,638		—		—		349,655
Release of prepaid lease payments		9,760			5,372		2,826		—		—		17,958
Provision for inventories		—			—		4,411		—		—		4,411
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		—			—		97,559		—		—		97,559
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		1,796,579			77,399		442,427		—		3,042		2,319,447
Written off of property, plant and equipment		—			—		1,491		—		—		1,491
Impairment losses (reversed) charged on accounts receivable and other receivables		(6,828	)		—		1,905		—		—		(4,923	)
Gain on disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		117,928			—		—		—		—		117,928

Note 1: Capital additions include those arising from the acquisition of three subsidiaries during the year.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION—Continued

INCOME STATEMENT

	For the year ended December 31, 2009
	Mining		Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Unallocated		Eliminations			Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000
GROSS REVENUE
External		19,947,748		267,345		462,045		—		—			20,677,138
Inter-segment		169,153		61,507		474,946		—		(705,606	)		—
Total		20,116,901		328,852		936,991		—		(705,606	)		20,677,138

Inter-segment revenue is charged at prices pre-determined by the relevant governmental authority.

	For the year ended December 31, 2009
	Mining		Coal railway transportation			Methanol, electricity and heat supply			Eliminations		Consolidated
	RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000
RESULT
Segment results		6,353,496		(171,712	)		(277,320	)		—		5,904,464
Unallocated corporate expenses												(473,221	)
Unallocated corporate income												2,288
Interest income												187,604
Share of loss of an associate		—		—			109,786			—		109,786
Interest expenses												(45,115	)
Profit before income taxes												5,685,806
Income taxes												(1,553,312	)
Profit for the year												4,132,494

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION—Continued

OTHER INFORMATION

	For the year ended December 31, 2009
	Mining			Coal railway transportation		Methanol, electricity and heat supply		Unallocated		Corporate		Consolidated
	RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Capital additions (note 1)		24,086,467			11,401		1,219,970		—		6,954		25,324,792
Investments in jointly controlled entities		1,257			—		—		—		—		1,257
Amortization of intangible assets		44,274			—		4		—		—		44,278
Release of prepaid lease payments		9,606			5,372		2,049		—		—		17,027
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		1,409,507			86,251		295,321		—		2,199		1,793,278
Written off of property, plant and equipment		13,609			—		590		—		—		14,199
Impairment reversed on accounts receivable and other receivables		(14,222	)		—		588		—		—		(13,634	)

Note 1:	Capital additions include the increase in goodwill during the year which represents RMB766,816,000 and RMB239,879,000 in respect of mining and methanol, electricity and heat supply segments respectively.
Note 2:	Capital additions and investments in jointly controlled entities include those arising from the acquisition of subsidiaries.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION—Continued

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

The following table sets out the geographical information. The geographical location of sales to external customers is based on the location at which the services were provided or the goods delivered. The geographical location of the specified non-current assets is based on the physical location of the asset, in the case of property, plant and equipment, the location of the operation to which they are allocated, in the case of intangible assets and goodwill, and the location of operations, in the case of interests in associates and jointly controlled entities.

The geographical information of sales are as follows:

	Revenue from external customers
	For the year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
The PRC (place of domicile)		38,301,175		28,633,685		19,633,977
Australia		255,206		115,227		45,121
Others		8,509,459		5,195,340		998,040
Total		47,065,840		33,944,252		20,677,138

The geographical information of specified non-current assets are as follows:

	Specified non-current assets
	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
The PRC (place of domicile)		31,130,104		17,412,174
Australia		28,986,924		25,095,982
Canada		1,645,227		—
Total non-current assets		61,762,255		42,508,156

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the revenue from mining segment amounted to RMB45,181,229,000 (2010: RMB32,590,911,000; 2009: RMB19,947,748,000) which including sales to the Group’s largest customer located in the PRC of approximately RMB3,854,540,000 (2010: RMB4,443,729,000; 2009: RMB3,122,684,000). As at December 31, 2011, accounts receivable from this customer accounted for approximately 0% (2010: 0%) of the Group’s total accounts receivable. Other than this customer, there is no other customer whose sales accounted for 10% or more of the Group’s total revenue.

7. NET SALES OF COAL

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Coal sold in the PRC, gross		36,416,565		27,280,344		18,903,375
Less: Transportation costs		311,708		316,452		305,110
Coal sold in the PRC, net		36,104,857		26,963,892		18,598,265
Coal sold outside the PRC, gross		8,764,664		5,310,567		1,044,373
Less: Transportation costs		936,560		844,018		98,201
Coal sold outside the PRC, net		7,828,104		4,466,549		946,172
Net sales of coal		43,932,961		31,430,441		19,544,437

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

7. NET SALES OF COAL—Continued

Net sales of coal represent the invoiced value of coal sold and are net of returns, discounts and transportation costs if the invoiced value includes transportation costs to the customers.

8. COST OF SALES AND SERVICE PROVIDED

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Materials		2,541,192		2,017,681		1,482,653
Wages and employee benefits		5,846,108		4,695,000		3,281,578
Electricity		520,890		223,639		500,518
Depreciation		1,398,711		1,462,706		1,286,265
Land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs		1,720,740		1,545,302		1,738,103
Annual fee and amortization of mining rights (note 23)		848,615		481,711		181,344
Transportation costs		73,560		76,171		86,618
Cost of traded coal Business tax and surcharges		9,548,869 579,782		3,955,603 505,491		1,077,538 419,459
Others		2,646,827		1,838,019		535,915
		25,725,294		16,801,323		10,589,991

9. SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Wages and employee benefits		1,703,713		1,347,221		1,402,920
Additional medical insurance		78,285		67,420		20,919
Staff training costs		53,682		65,097		35,398
Depreciation		230,542		298,895		168,334
Distribution charges		1,078,107		835,900		148,580
Resource compensation fees (note)		263,238		226,578		177,842
Repairs and maintenance		609,211		614,173		474,233
Research and development		119,234		70,606		46,321
Freight charges		29,246		24,540		28,556
Property, plant and equipment written off		—		1,491		14,199
Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment		281,994		97,559		—
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment		108,627		16,937		11,252
Legal and professional fees		94,148		71,152		88,320
Social welfare and insurance		173,349		135,341		101,693
Utilities relating to administrative buildings		175,209		368,063		239,439
Environmental protection		83,690		110,254		82,426
Travelling, entertainment and promotion		188,087		98,709		79,734
Coal price adjustment fund		367,038		289,652		266,876
Bonus payments		6,409		—		67,842
Other sundry taxes		253,583		102,810		74,781
Others		672,811		251,506		290,576
		6,570,203		5,093,904		3,820,241

Note: In accordance with the relevant regulations, the Group pays resource compensation fees (effectively a government levy) to the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources at the rate of 1% on the sales value of raw coal.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

10. OTHER INCOME

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Dividend income		2,433		4,504		2,288
Gain on sales of auxiliary materials		20,751		22,820		25,769
Government grants		29,431		43,273		29,839
Interest income from bank deposits		357,708		187,189		187,604
Exchange gain, net Gain on disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		518,553 —		2,665,421 117,928		46,151 —
Others		146,889		66,946		19,368
		1,075,765		3,108,081		311,019

The above dividend income is from listed investments.

11. INTEREST EXPENSE

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Interest expenses on:
- bank borrowings wholly repayable within 5 years		804,700		594,679		18,838
- bank borrowings not wholly repayable within 5 years		9,675		5,369		11,396
- bills receivable discounted without recourse		24,930		2,695		13,665
Deemed interest expenses in respect of acquisition of Jining III		—		600		1,216
		839,305		603,343		45,115

12. INCOME TAXES

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Income taxes:
Current taxes		3,176,627		2,467,741		1,771,674
Under provision in prior years		20,174		10,085		42,221
		3,196,801		2,477,826		1,813,895
Deferred tax charge (note 39)		348,578		693,217		(260,583	)
		3,545,379		3,171,043		1,553,312

The Company and its subsidiaries in the PRC are subject to a standard income tax rate of 25% on its taxable income (2010: 25%; 2009: 25%).

Taxation arising in other jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the relevant jurisdictions.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

12. INCOME TAXES—Continued

The total charge for the year can be reconciled to the profit per the consolidated income statement as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
Standard income tax rate in the PRC		25	%		25	%		25	%
Standard income tax rate applied to income before income taxes		3,130,247			3,119,333			1,421,452
Reconciling items:
Tax effect of future development fund deductible for tax purposes		—			(18,601	)		(20,436	)
Deemed interest not deductible for tax purposes		—			150			304
Effect of income exempt from taxation		33,520			(242,252	)		(64,170	)
Deemed interest income from subsidiaries subject to tax		63,058			18,571			31,134
Tax effect of tax losses not recognized		217,791			150,590			135,268
Under provision in prior years		20,174			10,085			42,221
Utilization of unrecognized tax losses in prior years		(83,336	)		—			—
Effect of tax rate differences in other taxation jurisdictions		164,297			135,942			1,504
Others		(372	)		(2,775	)		6,035
Income taxes		3,545,379			3,171,043			1,553,312
Effective income tax rate		28	%		25	%		27	%

13. PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

	Year ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
Profit for the year has been arrived at after charging:
Amortization of intangible assets		720,008			349,655			44,278
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		2,266,017			2,319,447			1,793,278
Total depreciation and amortization		2,986,025			2,669,102			1,837,556
Release of prepaid lease payments		19,018			17,958			17,027
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment		108,627			16,937			11,252
Auditors’ remuneration		18,112			16,763			12,401
Staff costs, including directors’ and supervisors’ emoluments		8,222,047			5,988,821			4,897,951
Retirement benefit scheme contributions (included in staff costs above)		1,699,443			785,051			1,092,817
Cost of inventories		12,723,350			16,167,748			9,219,686
Including: provision for inventories		—			4,411			—
and crediting:
Exchange gains, net		(518,553	)		(2,665,421	)		(46,151	)
Reversal of impairment loss on accounts receivable and other receivables		(101	)		(4,923	)		(13,634	)

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

14. DIRECTORS’ AND SUPERVISORS’ REMUNERATION AND FIVE HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS

(a) Directors’ and supervisors’ emoluments

Details of the directors’ and supervisors’ emoluments are as follows:

	For the year ended December 31, 2011
	Fees		Salaries, allowance and other benefits in kind		Retirement benefit  scheme contributions		Total
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Independent non-executive directors
Pu Hongjiu		49		—		—		49
Di Xigui		49		—		—		49
Li Weian		49		—		—		49
Wang Junyan		49		—		—		49
Wang Xiaojun		72		—		—		72
Wang Xianzheng		72		—		—		72
Cheng Faguang		72		—		—		72
Xue Youzhi		72		—		—		72
		484		—		—		484
Executive directors
Wang Xin		—		—		—		—
Zhang Yingmin		—		169		34		203
Li Weimin		—		—		—		—
Shi Xuerang		—		—		—		—
Chen Changchun		—		—		—		—
Wu Yuxiang		—		381		76		457
Wang Xinkun		—		329		66		395
Zhang Baocai		—		390		78		468
Dong Yunqing		—		396		79		475
		—		1,665		333		1,998
Supervisors
Song Guo		—		—		—		—
Zhang Shengdong		—		—		—		—
Zhou Shoucheng		—		—		—		—
Zhen Ailan		—		—		—		—
Wei Huanmin		—		390		78		468
Xu Bentai		—		430		86		516
		—		820		164		984
Other management team
Jin Tai		—		169		34		203
Liu Chun		—		13		3		16
He Ye		—		169		34		203
Tian Fengze		—		428		86		514
Shi Chengzhong		—		462		92		554
Ni Xinghua		—		438		88		526
Lai Cunliang		—		700		—		700
		—		2,379		337		2,716

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

14. DIRECTORS’ AND SUPERVISORS’ REMUNERATION AND FIVE HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS—Continued

(a) Directors’ and supervisors’ emoluments—Continued

Details of the directors’ and supervisors’ emoluments are as follows:

	For the year ended December 31, 2010
	Fees		Salaries, allowance and other benefits in kind		Retirement benefit  scheme contributions		Total
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Independent non-executive directors
Pu Hongjiu		113		—		—		113
Zhai Xigui		113		—		—		113
Li Weian		113		—		—		113
Wang Junyan		113		—		—		113
		452		—		—		452
Executive directors
Wang Xin		—		—		—		—
Geng Jiahuai		—		—		—		—
Li Weimin		—		188		38		226
Shi Xuerang		—		—		—		—
Chen Changchun		—		—		—		—
Wu Yuxiang		—		269		54		323
Wang Xinkun		—		343		69		412
Zhang Baocai		—		312		62		374
Dong Yunqing		—		309		62		371
		—		1,421		285		1,706
Supervisors
Song Guo		—		—		—		—
Zhang Shengdong		—		—		—		—
Zhou Shoucheng		—		—		—		—
Zhen Ailan		—		—		—		—
Wei Huanmin		—		305		61		366
Xu Bentai		—		346		69		415
		—		651		130		781
Other management team
Jin Tai		—		189		38		227
Zhang Yingmin		—		189		38		227
He Ye		—		188		38		226
Tian Fengze		—		291		58		349
Shi Chenzhong		—		342		68		410
Qu Tianzhi		—		285		57		342
Ni Xinghua		—		328		66		394
Lai Cunliang		—		664		—		664
		—		2,476		363		2,839

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

14. DIRECTORS’ AND SUPERVISORS’ REMUNERATION AND FIVE HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS—Continued

(a) Directors’ and supervisors’ emoluments—Continued

Details of the directors’ and supervisors’ emoluments are as follows:

	For the year ended December 31, 2009
	Fees		Salaries, allowance and other benefits in kind		Retirement benefit  scheme contributions		Total
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Independent non-executive directors
Pu Hongjiu		109		—		—		109
Zhai Xigui		109		—		—		109
Li Weian		109		—		—		109
Wang Junyan		109		—		—		109
		436		—		—		436
Executive directors
Wang Xin		—		—		—		—
Geng Jiahuai		—		—		—		—
Yang Deyu		—		148		29		177
Shi Xuerang		—		—		—		—
Chen Changchun		—		—		—		—
Wu Yuxiang		—		220		44		264
Wang Xinkun		—		250		50		300
Zhang Baocai		—		220		44		264
Dong Yunqing		—		220		44		264
		—		1,058		211		1,269
Supervisors
Song Guo		—		—		—		—
Zhang Shengdong		—		—		—		—
Zhou Shoucheng		—		—		—		—
Zhen Ailan		—		—		—		—
Wei Huanmin		—		220		44		264
Xu Bentai		—		259		52		311
		—		479		96		575
Other management team
Li Weimin		—		61		12		73
Jin Tai		—		61		13		74
Zhang Yingmin		—		61		12		73
He Ye		—		61		12		73
Tian Fengze		—		221		44		265
Shi Chenzhong		—		250		50		300
Qu Tianzhi		—		250		50		300
Ni Xinghua		—		250		50		300
Lai Cunliang		—		540		—		540
		—		1,755		243		1,998

No directors waived any emoluments in each of the year ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

14. DIRECTORS’ AND SUPERVISORS’ REMUNERATION AND FIVE HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS—Continued

(b) Employees’ emoluments

The five highest paid individuals in the Group included no director for the year ended December 31, 2011 (2010: nil; 2009: nil). The emoluments of the five highest paid individuals (2010: five; 2009: five) were stated as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Salaries, allowance and other benefits in kind		19,282		4,411		6,380
Retirement benefit scheme contributions		74		228		574
Discretionary bonuses		1,725		28		228
		21,081		4,667		7,182

Their emoluments were within the following bands:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	No. of employees		No. of employees		No. of employees
Nil to HK$1,000,000		—		3		—
HK$1,000,001 to HK$1,500,000		—		1		3
HK$1,500,001 to HK$2,000,000		—		1		1
HK$2,000,001 to HK$2,500,000		—		—		1
HK$3,500,001 to HK$4,000,000		1		—		—
HK$4,000,001 to HK$4,500,000		2		—		—
HK$5,000,001 to HK$5,500,000		1		—		—
HK$8,000,001 to HK$8,500,000		1		—		—

15. DIVIDEND RECOGNIZED AS DISTRIBUTION DURING THE YEAR

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
2010 final dividend, RMB 0.590 per share (2010: 2009 final dividend RMB0.250; 2009: 2008 final dividend RMB0.400)		2,901,856		1,229,600		1,967,360

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

15. DIVIDENDS RECOGNIZED AS DISTRIBUTION DURING THE YEAR—Continued

In the annual general meeting held on June 26, 2009, a final dividend in respect of the year ended December 31, 2008 was approved by the shareholders and paid to the shareholders of the Company.

In the annual general meeting held on June 25, 2010, a final dividend in respect of the year ended December 31, 2009 was approved by the shareholders and paid to the shareholders of the Company.

In the annual general meeting held on May 20, 2011, a final dividend in respect of the year ended December 31, 2010 was approved by the shareholders and paid to the shareholders of the Company.

The board of directors proposes to declare a final dividend of approximately RMB2,803,488,000 calculated based on a total number of 4,918,400,000 shares issued at RMB1 each, at RMB0.570 per share, in respect of the year ended December 31, 2011. The declaration and payment of the final dividend needs to be approved by the shareholders of the Company by way of an ordinary resolution in accordance with the requirements of the Company’s Articles of Association. A shareholders’ general meeting will be held for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving this ordinary resolution.

16. EARNINGS PER SHARE AND PER ADS

The calculation of the earnings per share attributable to the equity holders of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 is based on the profit attributable to the equity holders of the Company for the year of RMB8,928,102,000, RMB9,281,386,000 and RMB4,117,322,000 and on the 4,918,400,000 shares in issue, during each of the three years.

The earnings per ADS have been calculated based on the profit for the relevant periods and on one ADS, being equivalent to 10 H shares.

No diluted earnings per share has been presented as there are no dilutive potential shares in issue during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

17. BANK BALANCES AND CASH/TERM DEPOSITS AND RESTRICTED CASH

Bank balances carry interest at market rates which ranged from 0.50% to 4.25% (2010: from 0.36% to 4.75%) per annum.

At the balance sheet dates, the short-term restricted cash, which carry interest at market rates of 0.50%-3.59 % per annum (2010: 0.36%-4.53%), represents the bank deposits pledged to certain banks to secure banking facilities granted to the Group. The long-term amount represents the bank deposits placed as guarantee for the future payments of rehabilitation costs as required by the Australian government and as guarantee for borrowings. The long-term deposits carry interest rate of 5.20% (2010: 5.20%) per annum.

The term deposits carry fixed interest rate of 3.10% to 6.20% (2010: 2.25% to 4.80%) per annum.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

18. BILLS AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

	At December 31,
	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Accounts receivable
- From third parties		636,788			439,646
- From a jointly controlled entity		181,164			53,450
Total accounts receivable		817,952			493,096
Less: Impairment loss		(4,143	)		(5,406	)
		813,809			487,690
Total bills receivable		6,498,265			9,529,570
Total bills and accounts receivable, net		7,312,074			10,017,260

Bills receivable represents unconditional orders in writing issued by or negotiated from customers of the Group for completed sale orders which entitle the Group to collect a sum of money from banks or other parties. The bills are non-interest bearing and have a maturity of six months.

According to the credit rating of different customers, the Group allows a range of credit periods to its trade customers not exceeding 180 days.

The following is an aged analysis of bills and accounts receivable based on the invoice dates at the balance sheet dates:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
1 - 90 days		4,037,903		4,738,930
91 - 180 days		3,274,171		5,278,330
		7,312,074		10,017,260

Before accepting any new customer, the Group assesses the potential customer’s credit quality and defines credit limits by customer. Limits attributed to customers are reviewed once a year.

There are no significant trade receivables which are past due but not yet impaired on both balance sheet dates. The Group does not hold any collateral over these balances. The average age of these receivables is 86 days (2010: 93 days). The management closely monitors the credit quality of accounts receivable and consider the balance that are neither past due nor impaired are of good credit quality.

The Group has provided fully for all receivables over 3 years because historical experience is such that receivables that are past due beyond 3 years are generally not recoverable. For receivable aged over 4 years and considered irrecoverable by the management will be written off.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

18. BILLS AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE—Continued

An analysis of the impairment loss on bills and accounts receivable is as follows:

	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Balance at January 1		5,406			4,542
Provided for the year		—			895
Reversal		(1,263	)		(31	)
Balance at December 31		4,143			5,406

Included in the allowance for doubtful debts is an allowance of RMB4.1 million (2010: RMB5.4 million) for individually impaired trade receivables, which are mainly due from corporate customers in the PRC and considered irrecoverable by the management after consideration on the credit quality of those individual customers, the ongoing relationship with the Group and the aging of these receivables. The impairment recognized represents the difference between the carrying amount of these trade receivables and the present value of the amounts. The Group does not hold any collateral over these balances.

19. INVENTORIES

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
COST
Methanol		11,786		10,279
Auxiliary materials, spare parts and small tools		414,475		372,046
Coal products		964,986		1,263,791
		1,391,247		1,646,116

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

20. PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Advances to suppliers		738,395		243,210
Due from a jointly controlled entity (note)		198,780		115,480
Deposit for environment protection		651,699		254,193
Prepaid relocation costs of inhabitants		1,714,506		1,709,872
Others		321,499		290,931
		3,624,879		2,613,686

Included in the above balances as of December 31, 2011 is an impairment loss of RMB17,229,000 (2010: RMB16,067,000). During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, there were no impairment loss written off.

The Group has provided fully for all receivables over 3 years because historical experience is such that receivables that are past due beyond 3 years are generally not recoverable. Receivable will be written off, if aged over 4 years and considered irrecoverable by the management after considering the credit quality of the individual party and the nature of the amount overdue.

Note: The amount due from a jointly controlled entity is unsecured, interest-free and has no fixed repayment term.

21. PREPAID LEASE PAYMENTS

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Current portion		18,975		18,280
Non-current portion		713,425		728,082
		732,400		746,362

The amounts represent prepaid lease payments for land use rights which are situated in the PRC and have a term of 45 to 50 years from the date of grant of land use rights certificates.

22. PREPAYMENT FOR RESOURCES COMPENSATION FEES

In accordance with the relevant regulations, the Shanxi Group is required to pay resources compensation fees to the Heshun Municipal Coal Industry Bureau at a rate of RMB2.70 per tonne of raw coal mined. During the year 2006, Shanxi Group was requested by the relevant government to prepay the fees based on production volume of 10 million tonnes. At the balance sheet date, the amount represented the prepayment for resources compensation fees not yet utilized. The current portion represents the amount to be utilized in the coming year which is estimated based on expected production volume.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

23. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

	Coal reserves			Coal resources			Potash mineral exploration permit		Technology			Rail access rights			Water Licenses			Others			Total
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
COST
At January 1, 2010		14,942,216			3,859,559			—		153,235			41,523			7,356			4,045			19,007,934
Exchange re-alignment		1,224,643			354,020			—		14,613			2,135			699			713			1,596,823
Acquisition of Yize		—			—			—		—			—			124,565			7,420			131,985
Additions for the year		—			25,921			—		—			1,317			—			8,114			35,352
Transfer		206,922			(206,922	)		—		—			—			—			—			—
Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		(539,070	)		(127,293	)		—		—			(41,410	)		—			(348	)		(708,121	)
At December 31, 2010 and at January 1, 2011		15,834,711			3,905,285			—		167,848			3,565			132,620			19,944			20,063,973
Exchange re-alignment		(705,304	)		(189,370	)		—		(7,615	)		(80	)		(366	)		(636	)		(903,371	)
Acquisition of additional interests in a joint venture		887,022			97,111			—		—			—			—			77			984,210
Acquisition of Syntech		228,334			164,040			—		—			—			—			—			392,374
Acquisition of Premier Coal and Premier Char		276,890			234,296			—		—			—			—			—			511,186
Acquisition of An Yuan Coal Mine		1,258,433			—			—		—			—			—			—			1,258,433
Acquisition of Xintai		3,333,970			—			—		—			—			—			—			3,333,970
Acquisition of potash mineral exploration permits		—			—			1,645,227		—			—			—			—			1,645,227
Additions for the year		1,825			47,201			—		—			—			—			3,622			52,648
Disposals for the year		—			—			—		—			(3,485	)		—			(177	)		(3,662	)
Transfer		17,335			(17,335	)		—		—			—			—			—			—
At December 31, 2011		21,133,216			4,241,228			1,645,227		160,233			—			132,254			22,830			27,334,988
AMORTIZATION
At January 1, 2010		141,256			—			—		—			—			—			4			141,260
Exchange re-alignment		8,601			—			—		—			11			—			100			8,712
Provided for the year		341,003			—			—		—			5,014			—			3,638			349,655
Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		(63,976	)		—			—		—			(4,773	)		—			(69	)		(68,818	)
At December 31, 2010 and at January 1, 2011		426,884			—			—		—			252			—			3,673			430,809
Exchange re-alignment		(20,393	)		—			—		—			(6	)		—			(304	)		(20,703	)
Provided for the year		708,848			—			—		—			324			—			10,836			720,008
Eliminated on disposals		—			—			—		—			(570	)		—			(175	)		(745	)
At December 31, 2011		1,115,339			—			—		—			—			—			14,030			1,129,369
CARRYING VALUES
At December 31, 2011		20,017,877			4,241,228			1,645,227		160,233			—			132,254			8,800			26,205,619
At December 31, 2010		15,407,827			3,905,285			—		167,848			3,313			132,620			16,271			19,633,164

The Parent Company and the Company have entered into a mining rights agreement pursuant to which the Company has agreed to pay to the Parent Company, effective from September 25, 1997, an annual fee of RMB12,980,000 as compensation for the Parent Company’s agreement to give up the mining rights associated with the Xinglongzhuang coal mine, Baodian coal mine, Nantun coal mine, Dongtan coal mine and Jining II. With respect to an arrangement with Yankuang Group we fulfilled this obligation after we made the final installment payment in 2007. However, after this 10 year period, we have been required to pay a mining right fee directly to the relevant governmental authorities. Up to the date of these financial statements, compensation fee of RMB5 per tonne of raw coal mined amounting to RMB139,767,000 (2010: RMB140,708,000) for the year has been preliminary agreed. The revised compensation fees are to be settled with governmental authority directly. The actual amount of compensation fee payable each year is still to be confirmed by the governmental authority.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

23. INTANGIBLE ASSETS—Continued

The other mining rights (coal reserves) are amortized on the following basis:

	Amortization method
Jining III	Unit of production method
Zhaolou	Unit of production method
Tianchi	Unit of production method
An Yuan	Unit of production method
Wenyu	Unit of production method
Austar	Unit of production method
Ashton	Unit of production method
Moolarben	Unit of production method
Yarrabee	Unit of production method
Cameby Downs	Unit of production method
Premier	Unit of production method

Rail access rights are amortized on a straight line basis or unit of production basis over the life of the mine.

The exploration activities of the relevant locations have not yet been started and the permits were acquired in the second half of the year which the amortization charge is immaterial. Therefore, no amortization was provided for the potash mineral exploration permit.

Technology has not yet reached the stage of commercial application and therefore is not amortized.

Water licenses are amortized over the life of coal mine. The mining activities of the relevant locations have not yet been started and the connections to water sources have not been completed. Therefore, no amortization was provided.

Other intangible assets namely represent computer software which is amortized on a straight line basis of 2.5 to 5 years over the useful life.

Amortization expense of the mining rights for the year of RMB708,848,000 (2010: RMB341,003,000) has been included in cost of sales and service provided. Amortization expense of other intangible assets for the year of RMB11,160,000 (2010: RMB8,652,000) has been included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

At December 31, 2011, intangible assets with a carrying amount of approximately RMB2,095,988,000 (2010: RMB18,297,975,000) have been pledged to secure the borrowings of the Company’s subsidiaries (note 36).

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

24. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

	Freehold land in Australia			Buildings			Harbor works and crafts		Railway structures			Mining structures			Plant, machinery and equipment			Transportation equipment			Construction in progress			Total
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
COST
At January 1, 2010		290,512			3,777,044			253,678		1,346,588			5,179,785			17,429,186			373,445			1,173,033			29,823,271
Exchange re-alignment		26,598			10,471			—		—			67,144			357,436			25			77,736			539,410
Acquisition of Yize		—			4,670			—		—			—			8			73			—			4,751
Additions		41,764			77,300			—		—			281,451			94,707			2,337			3,059,827			3,557,386
Transfers		10			89,868			—		95,596			271,913			2,897,788			23,330			(3,378,505	)		—
Written off		—			—			—		—			—			—			—			(1,491	)		(1,491	)
Disposals		—			(18,055	)		—		(27,588	)		—			(514,073	)		(10,279	)		—			(569,995	)
Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		(66,076	)		—			—		—			(87,366	)		(173,670	)		—			—			(327,112	)
At December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2011		292,808			3,941,298			253,678		1,414,596			5,712,927			20,091,382			388,931			930,600			33,026,220
Exchange re-alignment		(15,704	)		(13,900	)		—		—			(63,626	)		(273,697	)		—			(34,671	)		(401,598	)
Acquisition of additional interests in joint venture		—			6,188			—		—			86,838			262,050			—			57,044			412,120
Acquisition of Syntech		27,723			—			—		—			189,139			638,413			—			70,256			925,531
Acquisition of Premier Coal and Premier Char		51,459			211,047			—		—			260,069			1,121,542			—			104,497			1,748,614
Acquisition of An Yuan Coal Mine		—			47,524			—		—			112,016			16,429			98			—			176,067
Acquisition of Xintai		—			—			—		—			—			167,976			—			—			167,976
Additions		23,155			9,884			—		—			23,389			94,501			4,842			10,873,321			11,029,092
Transfers		3,330			94,505			—		158,156			263,351			1,595,832			58,712			(2,173,886	)		—
Disposals		(1,413	)		(7,983	)		—		(23,789	)		(204,616	)		(1,283,471	)		(26,522	)		—			(1,547,794	)
At December 31, 2011		381,358			4,288,563			253,678		1,548,963			6,379,487			22,430,957			426,061			9,827,161			45,536,228
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AND IMPAIRMENT
At January 1, 2010		—			1,530,513			77,467		418,831			1,886,164			6,787,291			245,871			—			10,946,137
Exchange re-alignment		—			890			—		—			7,470			56,790			20			—			65,170
Provided for the year		—			109,779			5,819		165,254			271,295			1,836,394			38,085			—			2,426,626
Impairment loss		—			15,356			—		4,127			—			78,076			—			—			97,559
Eliminated on disposals		—			(4,761	)		—		(4,858	)		—			(328,379	)		(9,614	)		—			(347,612	)
Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		—			—			—		—			(9,799	)		(26,476	)		—			—			(36,275	)
At December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2011		—			1,651,777			83,286		583,354			2,155,130			8,403,696			274,362			—			13,151,605
Exchange re-alignment		—			(925	)		—		—			(8,856	)		(46,220	)		—			—			(56,001	)
Provided for the year		—			109,558			5,702		300,136			179,661			1,634,746			36,214			—			2,266,017
Impairment loss		—			49,826			—		20,271			—			211,682			215			—			281,994
Eliminated on disposals		—			(5,140	)		—		(23,199	)		(54,358	)		(1,273,354	)		(25,160	)		—			(1,381,211	)
At December 31, 2011		—			1,805,096			88,988		880,562			2,271,577			8,930,550			285,631			—			14,262,404
CARRYING VALUES
At December 31, 2011		381,358			2,483,467			164,690		668,401			4,107,910			13,500,407			140,430			9,827,161			31,273,824
At December 31, 2010		292,808			2,289,521			170,392		831,242			3,557,797			11,687,686			114,569			930,600			19,874,615

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

24. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT—Continued

The following estimated useful lives are used for the depreciation of property, plant and equipment, other than construction in progress and freehold land:

Buildings	10 to 30 years
Harbor works and crafts	40 years
Railway structures	15 to 25 years
Plant, machinery and equipment	2.5 to 25 years
Transportation equipment	6 to 18 years

Transportation equipment includes vessels which are depreciated over the estimated useful lives of 18 years.

The mining structures include the main and auxiliary mine shafts and underground tunnels. Depreciation is provided to write off the cost of the mining structures using the units of production method based on the estimated production volume for which the structure was designed and the contractual period of the relevant mining rights.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the directors conducted a review of the Group’s mining assets and determined that no assets were impaired due to physical damage and technical obsolescence (2010: RMB1,491,000).

At December 31, 2011, property, plant and equipment with a carrying amount of approximately RMB3,325,937,000 (2010: RMB4,361,373,000) have been pledged to secure bank borrowings of the Group (note 36).

In addition, at December 31, 2011, no property, plant and equipment had been pledged to secure the finance leases of the Group (2010: RMB856,876,000).

As a result of shortage in raw materials supply of methanol operations, the raw material prices continue to rise. Therefore the Group assessed the recoverable amount of property, plant and equipment and the Group recognized impairment loss of RMB281,994,000 (2010: RMB97,559,000) (included in selling, general and administrative expenses) for the year ended December 31, 2011.

25. OVERBURDEN IN ADVANCE

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Overburden in advance - cost		261,441		149,351

Overburden in advance comprises the accumulation of expenses incurred to enable access to the coal seams, and includes direct removal costs, machinery and plant running costs. The deferred costs are presented after the deduction of the portion that has been transferred to the income statement in the period.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

26. GOODWILL

	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
COST
At January 1		1,196,586			1,305,345
Acquisition of Syntech		25,642			—
Acquisition of Premier Coal and Premier Char		17,849			—
Acquisition of Xintai		653,837			—
Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		—			(181,883	)
Exchange re-alignment		(27,877	)		73,124
At December 31		1,866,037			1,196,586

Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated, at acquisition, to the cash generating units that are expected to benefit from that business combination. The carrying amount of goodwill had been allocated as follows:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Mining
- Jining II		10,106		10,106
- Shandong Yanmei Shipping Co., Ltd		10,046		10,046
- Heze		35,645		35,645
- Shanxi Group		145,613		145,613
- Yancoal Resources		628,202		658,057
- Syntech		28,035		—
- Premier Coal and Premier Char		17,434		—
- Xintai		653,837		—
Coal Railway Transportation
- Railway Assets		97,240		97,240
Electricity and heat supply
- Hua Ju Energy		239,879		239,879
		1,866,037		1,196,586

The recoverable amounts of goodwill from each of the above cash generating units have been determined on the basis of value in use calculations. The recoverable amounts are based on certain similar key assumptions on discount rates, growth rates and expected changes in selling prices and direct cost. All value in use calculations use cash flow projections based on financial budgets approved by management covering a 5-year period, using a zero percent growth rate and with a discount rate of 8-10% (2010: 8-10%).

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26. GOODWILL—Continued

The cash flows beyond the 5-year period are extrapolated for 5 years using a zero percent growth rate. Cash flow projections during the budget period for each of the above units are based on the budgeted revenue and expected gross margins during the budget period and the same raw materials price inflation during the budget period. Expected cash inflows/outflows, which include budgeted sales, gross margin and raw material price inflation, have been determined based on past performance and management’s expectations for the market development. Management believes that any reasonably possible change in any of these assumptions would not cause the carrying amount of each of the above units to exceed the recoverable amount of each of the above units. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, management of the Group determined that there are no impairments of any of its cash-generating units containing goodwill.

27. INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES

The investments in securities represent available-for-sale equity investments:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Equity securities listed on the SSE
- Stated at fair value		173,495		194,258
Unlisted equity securities		199,305		30,184
		372,800		224,442

The investments in equity securities listed on the SSE of the Company included Shenergy Company Limited and Jiangsu Lian Yun Gang Port Corporation Limited, stated at the fair value as at December 31, 2011 of RMB167,533,000 (2010: RMB185,661,000) and RMB5,962,000 (2010: RMB8,597,000) respectively.

The investments in equity securities listed on the SSE are carried at fair value determined according to the quoted market prices in an active market.

The unlisted equity securities are stated at cost less impairment at each balance sheet date because the range of reasonable fair value estimates is so significant that the directors of the Company are of the opinion that their fair value cannot be measured reliably.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

28. INTERESTS IN ASSOCIATES

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Cost of investments in associates		1,565,000		1,025,000
Share of post-acquisition profit and other comprehensive income		118,897		49,958
		1,683,897		1,074,958

Information on major associates is as follows:

	Place of establishment and operation	Class of shares held		Principal activity		At December 31,
						2011	2010
Name of associate						Interest held	Interest held
Huadian Zouxian Power Generation Company Limited	PRC		Registered Capital		Electricity generation business	30%	30%
Yankuang Group Finance Company Limited	PRC		Registered Capital		Financial services	25%	25%
Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Corp. Ltd	PRC		Registered Capital		Coal mining and liquefaction of coal	25%	—

Huadian Zouxian Power Generation Company Limited, Yankuang Group Finance Company Limited and Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Corp. Ltd are held by the Company directly.

Summarized financial information in respect of the Group’s associates is set out below:

	At December 31,
	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Total assets		15,707,916			12,631,030
Total liabilities		(9,621,441	)		(8,963,100	)
Net assets		6,086,475			3,667,930
Group’s share of net assets of associates		1,683,897			1,074,958

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Revenue		4,343,215		4,239,375
Profit for the year		258,546		30,968
Group’s share of profit of associates		68,939		8,870
Group’s share of other comprehensive income of associates		—		1,107

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29. LONG TERM RECEIVABLES

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Receivables		300,383		—

The long term receivables represented (i) investment in preference shares of a company (AUD15,300,000) with cumulative dividends; (ii) investment in the long term bonds of a company (AUD31,500,000) with floating interest rate.

30. DEPOSITS MADE ON INVESTMENTS

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Shaanxi coal mine operating company		117,926		117,926
Inner Mongolia Haosheng Coal Mining Limited		2,439,881		2,045,753
Yijinhuoluo Qi Nalin Tao Hai Town An Yuan Coal Mine		—		1,080,000
		2,557,807		3,243,679

During 2006, the Company entered into a co-operative agreement with two independent third parties to establish a company for acquiring a coal mine in Shaanxi province for operations. The Company will have to invest approximately RMB196.8 million in order to obtain 41% equity interest. As at December 31, 2011, the Company made a deposit of RMB118 million (2010: RMB118 million) in relation to this acquisition. As at December 31, 2011, the relevant procedures to establish the new company are still in progress, and the establishment has not yet been completed.

During 2010, the Company entered into a co-operative agreement with three independent companies to acquire 51% equity interest of Inner Mongolia Hao Sheng Coal Mining Limited (‘Hao Sheng’) at a consideration of RMB6,649 million and to obtain the mining rights of the Shilawusu Coal Field (‘the mining right’) in name of Hao Sheng. During the year, the Company entered into a co-operative agreement with two independent companies to acquire additional 10% shareholding of Hao Sheng at a consideration of RMB1,313,760,000. As at December 31, 2011, the Company made a deposit of RMB2,440 million (2010: RMB 2,046 million) in relation to this acquisition. According to the agreement, if the mining right is not obtained within two years, the acquisition would be cancelled and any consideration paid would be refunded to the Group. As at December 31, 2011, the relevant procedures are still in progress and the mining right has not yet been obtained. As the conditions of the acquisition is to obtain the mining right in name of Hao Sheng, hence the acquisition has not been completed.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

31. INTERESTS IN JOINTLY CONTROLLED ENTITIES

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Share of net assets		19,453		751

Information on major jointly controlled entities is as follows:

	Place of establishment and operation	Class of shares held		Principal activity		At December 31,
						2011		2010
Name of jointly controlled entity						Voting power	Interest held	Voting power			Interest Held
Australian Coal Processing Holdings Pty Ltd (i)	Australia		Ordinary shares		Holding company	50%	90%		33.33	%		60	%
Ashton Coal Mines Limited (ii)	Australia		Ordinary shares		Real estate holder & sales company	50%	90%		33.33	%		60	%

(i) During 2011, the Company, through a subsidiary company, acquired 30% equity interest held indirectly by a shareholder of Australian Coal Processing Holding Pty Ltd. The Company’s control in the Australian Coal Processing Holding Pty Ltd increased from 60% to 90%. Under the shareholders agreement between the subsidiary and the remaining one shareholder, all major financial and operating policy decisions require a vote by directors who together represent shareholders holding 100% of the shares or a vote by shareholders who together hold 100% of the shares. Therefore decisions must be passed unanimously by directors or shareholders and the subsidiary’s voting power is increased from 33.33% to 50%.

(ii) During 2011, the Company, through a subsidiary company, acquired 30% equity interest held indirectly by a shareholder of Ashton Coal Mines Limited. The Company’s control in the Ashton Coal Mines Limited increased from 60% to 90%. Under the shareholders agreement between the subsidiary and the remaining one shareholder, all major financial and operating policy decisions require a unanimous resolution of the shareholders. Therefore, decisions must be passed unanimously by shareholders and the subsidiary’s voting power is increased from 33.33% to 50%.

(iii) The above jointly controlled entities are indirectly held by the Company.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

31. INTERESTS IN JOINTLY CONTROLLED ENTITIES—Continued

Summarized financial information in respect of the Group’s jointly controlled entities is set out below:

	At December 31,
	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Total assets		230,367			82,698
Total liabilities		(208,753	)		(81,447	)
Net assets		21,614			1,251
Group’s share of net assets of jointly controlled entities		19,453			751

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Revenue		1,795,960		2,029,948
Loss for the year		—		(770	)
Group’s share of net loss of jointly controlled entities		—		(462	)

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

32. INTERESTS IN JOINT VENTURES

Information on major joint ventures (other than jointly controlled entities) is as follows:

	Place of establishment and operation		Principal activity	At December 31,
				2011			2010
Name of joint venture				Interest held			Interest held
Boonal joint venture		Australia	Provision of a coal haul road and train load out facilities		50	%		50	%
Athena joint venture		Australia	Coal exploration		51	%		51	%
Ashton joint venture		Australia	Development and operation of open-cut and underground coal mines		90	%		60	%
Moolarben joint venture		Australia	Development and operation of open-cut and underground coal mines		80	%		80	%

The above joint ventures are established and operated as unincorporated businesses and are held indirectly by the Company.

The Group’s interest in the assets and liabilities of the joint ventures are set out below:

	At December 31,
	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Current assets		859,702			588,626
Non-current assets		20,243,996			19,264,652
Current liabilities		(284,493	)		(218,206	)
Non-current liabilities		(79,765	)		(57,218	)
		20,739,440			19,577,854

The Group’s share of revenue, expenses and profit before income tax of the joint ventures are set out below:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Revenue		1,007,606			28,834
Expenses		(4,246,184	)		(2,138,986	)
Loss before income tax		(3,238,578	)		(2,110,152	)

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

33. BILLS AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Accounts payable
- To third parties		2,003,462		1,420,042
- To a jointly controlled entity		181		7,943
		2,003,643		1,427,985
Bills payable		237,201		126,459
		2,240,844		1,554,444

The following is an aged analysis of bills and accounts payable based on the invoice dates at the balance sheet date:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
1 - 90 days		1,790,743		1,321,149
91 - 180 days		257,392		78,647
181 - 365 days		60,865		23,607
Over 1 year		131,844		131,041
		2,240,844		1,554,444

The average credit period for accounts payable and bills payable is 90 days. The Group has financial risk management policies in place to ensure that all payables are within the credit timeframe.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

34. OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Customers’ deposits		1,523,567		1,378,811
Accrued wages		1,047,144		823,655
Other taxes payable		431,728		280,028
Payables in respect of purchases of property, plant and equipment and construction materials		2,733,713		324,136
Accrued freight charges		3,871		5,466
Accrued repairs and maintenance		34,957		24,177
Accrued utility expenses		—		8,516
Staff welfare payable		94,121		96,501
Withholding tax payable		641		258
Deposits received from employees		12,847		9,946
Coal Price adjustment fund		47,072		36,031
Accrued land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs		533		691
Payable on compensation fee of mining rights		552,686		412,919
Others		861,935		419,836
		7,344,815		3,820,971

35. PROVISION FOR LAND SUBSIDENCE, RESTORATION, REHABILITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS

	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Balance at January 1		2,453,231			1,608,808
Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries Exchange re-alignment		—   (11,267	)		(6,878 12,791	)
Acquisition of Syntech		14,259			—
Acquisition of Premier Coal and Premier Char		168,847			—
Additional provision in the year		1,513,084			1,532,200
Utilization of provision		(956,511	)		(693,690	)
Balance at December 31		3,181,643			2,453,231
Presented as:
Current portion		2,856,229			2,300,637
Non-current portion		325,414			152,594
		3,181,643			2,453,231

The provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs has been determined by the directors based on their best estimates. However, in so far as the effect on the land and the environment from current mining activities becomes apparent in future periods, the estimate of the associated costs may be subject to change in the near term.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

36. BORROWINGS

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Current liabilities
Bank borrowings
- Unsecured borrowings (i)		13,193,083		156,278
- Secured borrowings (ii)		6,395,413		375,978
Finance leases (iii)		—		82,669
		19,588,496		614,925
Non-current liabilities
Bank borrowings
- Unsecured borrowings (i)		2,110,000		789,962
- Secured borrowings (ii)		12,759,324		20,871,536
Finance leases (iii)		—		739,335
		14,869,324		22,400,833
Total borrowings		34,457,820		23,015,758

(i) Unsecured borrowings are repayable as follows:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Within one year		13,193,083		156,278
More than one year, but not exceeding two years		22,000		679,962
More than two years, but not more than five years		2,066,000		66,000
More than five years		22,000		44,000
Total		15,303,083		946,240

The balance as of December 31, 2011 represented a borrowing obtained by Shanxi Tianchi before the Company acquired it, short term and long term borrowings obtained by the Company, and a short term borrowing obtained by Yancoal International during the year. The loan of Shanxi Tianchi amounting to RMB132,000,000 (2010: RMB154,000,000) carried interest at 5.94% (2010: 5.94%) per annum and is subject to adjustment based on the interest rate stipulated by the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”). The loan is repayable by 20 instalments over a period of 12 years, with the first instalment due in May 2008. The amount is guaranteed by the Parent Company.

The total unsecured short term borrowings of the Company amounting to RMB11,892,000,000 carried interest at 6.06%-6.56% per annum. The unsecured long term borrowing amounting to RMB2,000,000,000 carried interest at 6.90% per annum and is subject to adjustment based on the interest rate stipulated by the PBOC. The long term loan is guaranteed by the Parent Company.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

36. BORROWINGS—Continued

(i) Unsecured borrowings are repayable as follows:—Continued

The total unsecured short term borrowing of Yancoal International amounting to RMB 1,279,083,000 (USD203,000,000) carried interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 2.6% per annum. The loan is repayable on the due day in full.

The total unsecured borrowings of Australian subsidiaries amounting to RMB792,240,000 (AUD118,000,000) as at December 31, 2010 have been repaid during the year.

(ii) Secured borrowings are repayable as follows:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Within one year		6,395,413		375,978
More than one year, but not exceeding two years		6,395,413		6,925,847
More than two years, but not more than five years		6,363,911		13,945,689
Total		19,154,737		21,247,514

Included in the balance as of December 31, 2011 are loans amounting to RMB19,154,737,000 (USD3,040,000,000) (2010: RMB20,133,007,000) obtained by the Group for the purpose of settling the consideration in respect of acquisition of Yancoal Resources. The borrowings of RMB18,272,611,000 (USD2,900,000,000) (2010: RMB19,205,829,000) and of RMB882,126,000 (USD140,000,000) (2010: RMB927,178,000) carried interest at three-month LIBOR plus a margin of 0.75% (approximately 1.31%) and at three-month LIBOR plus a margin of 0.8% (approximately 1.36%) respectively. The borrowings are guaranteed by the Company, counter-guaranteed by the Parent Company and secured by the Group’s term deposit (note 17).

(iii) Finance leases are repayable as follows:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Minimum lease payments
Within one year		—		152,740
More than one year, but not exceeding two years		—		150,125
More than two years, but not more than five years		—		747,900
		—		1,050,765
Less: Future finance charges		—		(228,761	)
Present value of lease payments		—		822,004

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

36. BORROWINGS—Continued

(iii) Finance leases are repayable as follows:—Continued

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Present value of minimum finance lease payments
Within one year		—		82,669
More than one year, but not exceeding two years		—		88,144
More than two years, but not more than five years		—		651,191
		—		822,004
Less: Amounts due within one year and included in current liabilities		—		(82,669	)
Amounts due after one year and included in non-current liabilities		—		739,335

During the year, all the finance lease liabilities have been repaid.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

37. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Derivatives used for cash flow hedging:
Current assets
- Forward foreign exchange contracts		104,910		239,476
Current liabilities
- Forward foreign exchange contracts		42,471		12,269
- Interest rate swap contracts		179,618		153,909
		222,089		166,178

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Group’s subsidiaries in Australia entered into forward foreign exchange contracts to sell or purchase specified amounts of foreign currencies in the future at stipulated exchange rates. The objective of entering into the forward foreign exchange contracts is to reduce the foreign exchange rate related volatility of revenue stream and capital expenditure and thereby assist in risk management for the Group. The outstanding sell United States dollars contracts are hedging highly probable forecasted sales of coal. Cash flows and any impact to profit or loss arising from all the foreign exchange contracts are expected to occur within one year from the balance sheet date.

As at December 31, 2011, the outstanding notional amount to sell United States dollars (sell United States dollars and buy Australian dollars) was approximately RMB3,279 million (2010: RMB4,169 million) and RMB1,553 million, all maturing within one year (2010: within one year) with forward rates ranging from 0.9182 to 1.0642 (2010: ranging from 0.8369 and 0.9887 respectively) and floor price and ceiling price of 0.9230 and 1.080 (2010: nil).

As at 31 December 2011, the Company has not entered into any contracts to buy United States dollars (buy United States dollars and sell Australian dollars) and buy Yen (buy Yen and sell Australian dollars) (2010: the outstanding notional amount to buy United States dollars (buy United States dollars and sell Australian dollars) and buy Yen (buy Yen and sell Australian dollars) were RMB79 million and RMB9 million respectively; all maturing within one year with forward rate of approximately 0.8811 and floor price and ceiling price of 63.5 and 65 respectively).

As at 31 December 2011, the Group’s Australian subsidiaries has not entered into contracts with banks to hedge a proportion of borrowings issued at variable interest rates through the use of floating-to-fixed interest rate swap contracts. (2010: outstanding notional amount RMB1,503 million; contract period of three years at a hedge period of 3 months with floating rate and fixed rate of approximately 5.09 % and 5.8312% respectively).

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

37. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS—Continued

The Company also entered into contracts with three banks to hedge a proportion of borrowings issued at variable interest rates through the use of floating-to-fixed interest rate swap contracts. As at December 31, 2011, the outstanding notional amount was approximately RMB9,451 million (USD 1,500 million) (2010: RMB9,934 million), contract period of four years (2010: four years) at a hedge period of 3 months with floating rate as LIBOR + 0.75% (2010: LIBOR + 0.75%) and fixed rate of approximately 2.75%, 2.42% and 2.41% for the three contracts respectively (2010: approximately 2.75%, 2.42% and 2.41% respectively). The non-current portion of the derivatives is not material and is included in current portion. Cash flows and any impact to profit or loss arising from the above use of floating-to-fixed interest rate swap contracts are expected to occur within each hedge period of 3 months over the contract period.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the ineffective hedging portion of the changes in fair values of the forward foreign exchange contracts of approximately RMB1.9 million was recognized as selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated income statement (2010: RMB10 million). The effective hedging portion was recognized as current portion of derivative financial instruments in the consolidated balance sheet.

The fair values of the forward foreign exchange contracts are estimated based on the discounted cash flows between the contract forward rate and spot forward rate. The fair values of the interest rate swap contracts are estimated based on the discounted cash flows between the contract floating rate and the contract fixed rate.

38. LONG-TERM PAYABLE

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Current liabilities
- Deferred income of sale and leaseback		—		3,179
- Deferred payment for acquisition of interests in Minerva (i)		3,205		3,357
		3,205		6,536
Non-current liabilities
- Deferred income of sale and leaseback		—		7,946
- Deferred payment for acquisition of interests in Minerva (i)		8,159		12,991
- Others		6,869		7,980
		15,028		28,917
Total		18,233		35,453

(i) The carrying value of the deferred payment for acquisition of interests in Minerva is based on cash flows discounted using a rate of 7.5%.

(ii) Yancoal Resources incurred the deferred income of sale and leaseback and deferred payment for acquisition of interests in Minerva prior to its acquisition by the Group.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

39. DEFERRED TAXATION

	Available-for-sale investment			Accelerated tax depreciation			Fair value adjustment on mining rights (coal reserves)			Temporary differences  on income and expenses recognized			Tax losses			Cash flow hedge reserve			Total
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
Balance at January 1, 2010		(50,623	)		(301,226	)		(633,033	)		(331,950	)		563,671			(4,267	)		(757,428	)
Exchange re-alignment		—			(3,897	)		(40,040	)		(30,255	)		53,752			—			(20,440	)
Disposal of a joint venture and subsidiaries		—			—			2,229			(5,653	)		—			—			(3,424	)
Credit (charge) to other comprehensive income		21,818			—			—			—			—			(24,350	)		(2,532	)
Credit (charge) to the consolidated income statement (note 12)		—			(230	)		(32,738	)		(406,304	)		(253,945	)		—			(693,217	)
Balance at January 1, 2011		(28,805	)		(305,353	)		(703,582	)		(774,162	)		363,478			(28,617	)		(1,477,041	)
Exchange re-alignment		—			3,846			87,322			25,090			(8,008	)		—			108,250
Acquisition of additional interests in joint venture		—			—			(49,246	)		—			—			—			(49,246	)
Acquisition of Syntech		—			—			(81,370	)		55,728			—			—			(25,642	)
Acquisition of Premier Coal and Premier Char		—			—			(69,154	)		51,305			—			—			(17,849	)
Acquisition of Xintai		—			—			(817,296	)		—			—			—			(817,296	)
Credit to other comprehensive income		5,190			—			—			—			—			62,073			67,263
Credit (charge) to the consolidated income statement (note 12)		—			70,100			(550,430	)		487,222			(355,470	)		—			(348,578	)
Balance at December 31, 2011		(23,615	)		(231,407	)		(2,183,756	)		(154,817	)		—			33,456			(2,560,139	)

The temporary differences on income and expenses recognized mainly arose in respect of unpaid provision of salaries and wages, provisions of compensation fees for mining rights and land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs and also included payments on certain expenses such as exploration costs and certain income in Australia.

The following is the analysis of the deferred tax balances for financial reporting purposes:

	At December 31,
	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Deferred tax assets		1,335,165			1,124,166
Deferred tax liabilities		(3,895,304	)		(2,601,207	)
		(2,560,139	)		(1,477,041	)

At the balance sheet date, the Group has unused tax losses of RMB1,560 million (2010: RMB2,778 million) contributed by the subsidiaries available for offset against future profits. No deferred tax asset has been recognized (2010: RMB1,212 million) of such losses. No deferred tax asset has been recognized in respect of the RMB1,560 million (2010: RMB1,566 million) due to the unpredictability of future profit streams. Included in unrecognized tax losses are losses of RMB298 million that will expire in 2013 and losses of RMB357 million that will expire in 2014 (2010: losses of RMB106 million that will expire in 2012, losses of RMB298 million that will expire in 2013 and losses of RMB357 million that will expire in 2014). Other losses may be carried forward indefinitely.

By reference to financial budgets, management believes that there will be sufficient future profits for the realization of deferred tax assets which have been recognized in respect of tax losses.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

40. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Share capital

The Company’s share capital structure at the balance sheet date is as follows:

	Domestic invested shares				Foreign invested shares H shares (including H shares represented by ADS)		Total
	State legal person shares  (held by the Parent Company)		A shares
Number of shares
At January 1, 2010, January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011		2,600,000,000		360,000,000		1,958,400,000		4,918,400,000
	Domestic invested shares				Foreign invested shares H shares (including H shares represented by ADS)		Total
	State legal person shares (held by the Parent Company)		A shares
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Registered, issued and fully paid
At January 1, 2010, January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011		2,600,000		360,000		1,958,400		4,918,400

Each share has a par value of RMB1.

The Company has completed the implementation of the share reform plan on April 3, 2006 and the non-tradable legal person shares held by the Parent Company become tradable shares. The Parent Company guaranteed that it would not trade these shares in the market within 48 months from that day. As part of the share reform plan, the Parent Company agreed that the Group can participate in the investment and joint development in the oil production project of the Parent Company. During the year, the Parent Company has fulfilled all the requirements. Up to the issue of these financial statements, there is no application for the right of shares trading in the market by the Parent Company and hence the shares held by the Parent Company are still not yet tradable.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

40. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY—Continued

Reserves

Future Development Fund

Pursuant to regulation in the PRC, the Company, Shanxi Tianchi and Heze are required to transfer an annual amount to a future development fund at RMB6 per tone of raw coal mined (Xintai and Ordos: RMB6.5 per tone of raw coal mined). The fund can only be used for the future development of the coal mining business and is not available for distribution to shareholders.

From 2008 onwards, Shanxi Tianchi is required to transfer an additional amount at RMB5 per tonne of raw coal mined as coal mine transformation fund.

Pursuant to the regulations of the Shandong Province Finance Bureau, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shandong Province and the Shandong Province Coal Mining Industrial Bureau, the Company is required to transfer an additional amount at RMB5 per tonne of raw coal mined from July 1, 2004 to the reform specific development fund for the future improvement of the mining facilities and is not distributable to shareholders. No further transfer to the reform specific development fund is required from January 1, 2008.

In accordance with the regulations of the State Administration of Work Safety, the Company has a commitment to incur RMB8 (Shanxi Tianchi: increased from RMB15 to RMB50 from July 2011 onwards, Xintai and Ordos: RMB7) for each tonne of raw coal mined from May 1, 2004 which will be used for enhancement of safety production environment and improvement of facilities (“Work Safety Cost”). In prior years, the work safety expenditures are recognized only when acquiring the fixed assets or incurring other work safety expenditures. The Company, Heze, Shanxi Tianchi, Xintai and Ordos make appropriation to the future development fund in respect of unutilized Work Safety Cost from 2008 onwards.

In accordance with the regulations of the State Administration of Work Safety, the Company’s subsidiaries, Hua Ju Energy, Shanxi Tianhao and Yulin, have a commitment to incur Work Safety Cost at the rate of: 4% of the sales income for the year below RMB10 million; 2% of the actual sales income for the year between RMB10 million and RMB100 million (included); 0.5% of the actual sales income for the year between RMB100 million and RMB1 billion (included); 0.2% of the actual sales income for the year above RMB1 billion. The unutilized Work Safety Cost at December 31, 2011 was RMB665,102,000.

Statutory Common Reserve Fund

The Company and its subsidiaries in the PRC have to set aside 10% of its profit for the statutory common reserve fund (except where the fund has reached 50% of its registered capital). The statutory common reserve fund can be used for the following purposes:

• to make good losses of the previous years; or

• to convert into capital, provided such conversion is approved by a resolution at a shareholders’ general meeting and the balance of the statutory common reserve fund does not fall below 25% of the registered capital.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

40. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY—Continued

Reserves—Continued

Retained earnings

In accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association, the profit for the purpose of appropriation will be deemed to be the lesser of the amounts determined in accordance with (i) PRC accounting standards and regulations and (ii) IFRS or the accounting standards of the places in which its shares are listed.

The Company can also create a discretionary reserve in accordance with its Articles of Association or pursuant to resolutions which may be adopted at a meeting of shareholders.

The Company’s distributable reserve as at December 31, 2011 is the retained earnings computed under PRC GAAP which amounted to approximately RMB22,913,403,000 (At December 31, 2010: RMB19,727,074,000).

41. CAPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Group will be able to continue as a going concern while maximizing the return to shareholders through the optimization of the debt and equity balance. The Group’s overall strategy remains unchanged from prior year.

The capital structure of the Group consists of debt, which includes the borrowings disclosed in note 36 and equity attributable to equity holders of the Company, comprising issued share capital, reserves and retained earnings, and amounted to RMB77,092,310,000 (2010: RMB60,347,644,000) as at December 31, 2011.

The directors of the Company review the capital structure regularly. As part of this review, the directors of the Company assess the annual budget prepared by the accounting and treasury department and consider and evaluate the cost of capital and the risks associated with each class of capital. The Group will balance its capital structure through the payment of dividends, issue of new shares and new debts or the repayment of existing debts.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT

42a. Categories of financial instruments

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Financial assets
Loans and receivables (including cash and cash equivalents)		26,863,250		21,468,083
Available-for-sale financial assets		372,800		224,442
Derivative financial instruments (financial instruments at fair value)		104,910		239,476
Financial liabilities
Amortized cost		41,606,999		26,757,425
Derivative financial instruments (financial instruments at fair value)		222,089		166,178

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies

The Group’s major financial instruments include available-for-sale equity instruments, bills and accounts receivable, other current assets such as other receivables, bank balances and cash, term deposits, restricted cash, long term receivables, derivative financial instruments, bills and accounts payable, other payables, borrowings and amount due to Parent Company and its subsidiary companies. Details of these financial instruments are disclosed in respective notes. The risks associated with these financial instruments and the policies on how to mitigate these risks are set out below. The management manages and monitors these exposures to ensure appropriate measures are implemented on a timely and effective manner. There has been no significant change to the Group’s exposure to market risk or the manner in which it manages and measures the risk.

Credit risk

Credit risk refers to the risk that counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Group.

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk which will cause a financial loss to the Group arising from the failure to perform their obligations in relation to each class of recognized financial assets is the carrying amount of those assets as stated in the consolidated balance sheet.

In order to minimise the credit risk, the management of the Group has delegated a team responsible for determination of credit limits, credit approvals and other monitoring procedures to ensure that follow-up action is taken to recover overdue debts. In addition, the Group reviews the recoverable amount of each individual trade debt at each balance sheet date to ensure that adequate impairment losses are made for irrecoverable amounts. In this regard, the directors of the Company consider that the Group’s credit risk is significantly reduced.

The Group maintains its cash and cash equivalents with reputable banks and Yankuang Group Finance Group Company Limited (see note 28). Therefore, the directors consider that the credit risk for such is minimal.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Credit risk—Continued

The Group generally grants the customers with long-relationship credit terms not exceeding 180 days, depending on the situations of the individual customers. For small to medium sized new customers, the Group generally requires them to pay for the products before delivery.

Most of the Group’s domestic sales are sales to electric power plants, metallurgical companies, construction material producers and railway companies. The Group generally has established long-term and stable relationships with these companies. The Group also sells its coal to provincial and city fuel trading companies.

As the Group does not currently have direct export rights, all of its export sales must be made through National Coal Corporation, Shanxi Coal Corporation or Minmetals Trading. The qualities, prices and final customer destinations of the Group’s export sales are determined by the Group, National Coal Corporation, Shanxi Coal Corporation or Minmetals Trading.

For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, net sales to the Group’s five largest customers accounted for approximately 19.4%, 24.7% and 28.7%, respectively, of the Group’s total net sales. Net sales to the Group’s largest customer accounted for 8.5%, 13.0% and 15.4% of the Group’s net sales for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Group’s largest customer was Huadian Power International Corporation Limited (“Huadian”) for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

Details of the accounts receivable from the five customers with the largest receivable balances at December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	Percentage of accounts receivable
	At December 31,
	2011			2010
Five largest receivable balances		60.47	%		58.43	%

The management considers the strong financial background and good creditability of these customers, and there is no significant uncovered credit risk.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Credit risk—Continued

The table below shows the credit limit and balance of 5 major counterparties at the balance sheet date:

		31.12.2011				31.12.2010
Counterparty	Location	Credit limit		Carrying amount		Credit limit		Carrying amount
		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
		(note)				(note)
Company A	Australia		Not applicable		181,164		Not applicable		53,450
Company B	Australia		Not applicable		94,248		Not applicable		—
Company C	Hong Kong		Not applicable		80,156		Not applicable		—
Company D	Korea		Not applicable		69,566		Not applicable		58,773
Company E	Hong Kong		Not applicable		69,482		Not applicable		—
Company F	Australia		Not applicable		—		Not applicable		64,170
Company G	Korea		Not applicable		—		Not applicable		59,133
Company H	Japan		Not applicable		—		Not applicable		52,600
					494,616				288,126

Note: Customers of Australian subsidiaries have not been granted the credit limit. Australian subsidiaries generally make annual sales arrangements with customers.

The Group’s geographical concentration of credit risk is mainly in East Asia (excluding the PRC) and Australia. As at December 31, 2011 and 2010, over 86% and 85% of the Group’s total trade receivables were from Australia and from East Asia (excluding the PRC) respectively.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Market risk

(i) Currency risk

The Group’s sales are denominated mainly in the functional currency of the relevant group entity making the sale, whilst costs are mainly denominated in the group entity’s functional currency. Accordingly, there is no significant exposure to foreign currency risk.

The carrying amounts of the Group’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities in currencies other than the functional currencies of the relevant group entities at the balance sheet date are as follows:

	Liabilities				Assets
	2011		2010		2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
United States Dollar (“USD”)		19,309,802		20,516,314		1,025,746		902,402
Euro (“EUR”)		—		—		205		222
Hong Kong Dollar (“HKD”)		—		—		452		6,062
Notional amounts of sell USD foreign exchange contracts used for hedging		1,996,267		—		2,836,035		4,169,000
Notional amounts of buy USD foreign exchange contracts used for hedging		—		79,000		—		—
Notional amounts of buy Yen foreign exchange contracts used for hedging		—		9,000		—		—

The sales of the Group’s subsidiaries in Australia are mainly export sales and some of their fixed assets are imported from overseas. Their foreign exchange hedging policy is disclosed in note 37. The Group’s operations in the PRC do not adopt any foreign exchange hedging policy.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Market risk—Continued

(i) Currency risk—Continued

Sensitivity analysis

The Group is mainly exposed to the fluctuation against the currency of United States Dollar and Hong Kong Dollar.

The following table details the Group’s sensitivity to a 5% increase and decrease in RMB against relevant foreign currencies. 5% represents management’s assessment of reasonably possible changes in foreign exchange rates over the period until the next annual balance sheet date. The sensitivity analysis includes only outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and adjusts their translation at the year end for a 5% change in foreign currency rates and also assumes all other risk variables remained constant. The sensitivity analysis includes loans to foreign operations within the Group where the denomination of the loan is in a currency other than the functional currency of the lender or the borrower.

	USD Impact (note i)						HKD Impact (note i )
	2011			2010			2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
Increase (Decrease) to profit and loss
- if RMB weakens against respective foreign currency		14,311			35,312			17			227
- if RMB strengthens against respective foreign currency		(14,311	)		(35,312	)		(17	)		(227	)

	USD Impact (note ii)
	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Increase (Decrease) to profit and loss
- if AUD weakens against respective foreign currency		(873,588	)		(718,045	)
- if AUD strengthens against respective foreign currency		873,588			718,045
Increase (Decrease) to shareholders’ equity
- if AUD weakens against respective foreign currency		(680,643	)		(725,998	)
- if AUD strengthens against respective foreign currency		680,643			725,998

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Market risk—Continued

(i) Currency risk—Continued

Notes:

(i) This is mainly attributable to the exposure outstanding on the bank deposit and loans to foreign operations within the Group of USD and HKD at year end in the Group.

(ii) This is mainly attributable to the exposure outstanding on the loans to foreign operations within the Group, foreign currency bank borrowings and derivative financial instruments where the denomination of the loan is in a currency other than the functional currency of the borrower (i.e. AUD).

In management’s opinion, the sensitivity analysis is unrepresentative of the inherent foreign exchange risk as the year end exposure does not reflect the exposure during the year.

(ii) Interest rate risk

The Group is exposed to cash flow interest rate risk in relation to variable-rate bank balances, term deposits, restricted cash (see note 17 for details of these bank balances) and bank borrowings (see note 36 for details of these borrowings).

The interest rate hedging policy of the Group is disclosed in note 37.

The Group’s exposures to interest rate risk on financial assets and financial liabilities are detailed in the liquidity risk section of this note. The Group’s cash flow interest rate risk is mainly concentrated on the fluctuation of the PBOC arising from the Group’s RMB borrowings and the LIBOR arising from the Group’s USD borrowings.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Market risk—Continued

(ii) Interest rate risk—Continued

Sensitivity Analysis

The following table details the Group’s sensitivity to a change of 100 basis points in the interest rate, assuming the financial instruments outstanding at the end of the reporting period were outstanding for the whole year and all the variables were held constant. It includes the interest rate fluctuation of the abovementioned PBOC rate and LIBOR.

	2011			2010
	RMB’000			RMB’000
Increase (Decrease) to profit and loss
-If increases by 100 basis points		(114,257	)		(71,946	)
-If decreases by 100 basis points		114,257			71,946
Increase (Decrease) to shareholders’ equity
-If increases by 100 basis points		(78,815	)		(34,692	)
-If decreases by 100 basis points		78,815			34,692

(iii) Other price risk

In addition to the above risks relating to financial instruments, the Group is exposed to equity price risk through investment in listed equity securities and also to price risk in non financial instruments such as steel and metals (the Group’s major raw materials). The Group currently does not have any arrangement to hedge the price risk exposure of its investment in equity securities and its purchase of raw materials. The Group’s exposure to equity price risk through investment in listed equity securities and also the result of the sensitivity analysis is not significant.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Liquidity risk

In the management of the liquidity risk, the Group monitors and maintains a level of cash and cash equivalents deemed adequate by the management to finance the Group’s operations and mitigate the effects of fluctuations in cash flows. The management monitors the utilization of bank borrowings and ensures compliance with loan covenants.

The following table details the Group’s remaining contractual maturity for its financial liabilities. For non-derivative financial liabilities, the table has been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Group can be required to pay. The table includes both interest and principal cash flows.

Liquidity and interest risk tables

	Weighted average  effective interest rate			Less than 3 months		3-6 months		6 months to 1 year		1-5 years		5+ years		Total undiscounted cash flow		Carrying amount at 12.31
	%			RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
2011
Non-derivative financial liabilities
Bills and accounts payables		N/A			2,205,968		34,876		—		—		—		2,240,844		2,240,844
Other payables		N/A			4,514,097		—		—		—		—		4,514,097		4,514,097
Amount due to Parent Company and its subsidiary companies		N/A			352,625		—		—		—		—		352,625		352,625
Bank borrowings - variable rate		2.76%-6.90	%		7,845,689		2,344,366		10,279,014		15,970,348		34,020		36,473,437		34,488,069
Long-term payable		N/A			1,535		—		1,474		9,807		—		12,816		11,364
					14,919,914		2,379,242		10,280,488		15,980,155		34,020		43,593,819		41,606,999
Financial guarantees issued
Maximum amount guaranteed (note)		N/A			—		—		—		—		1,392,566		1,392,566		—
Derivative financial instruments – gross settlement
Forward foreign exchange contracts - Outflow		N/A			180,014		695,818		1,118,038		—		—		1,993,870		1,996,267
Derivative financial instruments – net settlement
Interest rate swap contracts		N/A			30,552		30,552		62,802		55,712		—		179,618		179,618

Note: the amount presented is the maximum contractual presented under guarantees issued.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42b. Financial risk management objectives and policies—Continued

Liquidity risk—Continued

	Weighted average  effective interest rate			Less than 3 months		3-6 months		6 months to 1 year		1-5 years		5+ years		Total undiscounted cash flow		Carrying amount at 12.31
	%			RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
2010
Non-derivative financial liabilities
Bills and accounts payables		N/A			1,539,098		15,346		—		—		—		1,554,444		1,554,444
Other payables		N/A			1,732,092		—		—		—		—		1,732,092		1,732,092
Amount due to Parent Company and its subsidiary companies		N/A			438,783		—		—		—		—		438,783		438,783
Finance leases		6.9%-12.47	%		38,185		38,185		76,370		898,025		—		1,050,765		822,004
Bank borrowings - variable rate		1.05%-7.6	%		144,597		449,854		284,383		22,674,270		50,722		23,603,826		22,193,754
Long-term payable		N/A			1,626		—		1,576		10,968		2,337		16,507		16,348
					3,894,381		503,385		362,329		23,583,263		53,059		28,396,417		26,757,425
Financial guarantees issued
Maximum amount guaranteed (note)		N/A			—		—		—		—		532,607		532,607		—
Derivative financial instruments – gross settlement
Forward foreign exchange contracts - Outflow		N/A			14,747		41,098		32,155		—		—		88,000		88,000
Derivative financial instruments – net settlement
Interest rate swap contracts		N/A			38,297		37,103		67,529		10,980		—		153,909		153,909

Note: the amount presented is the maximum contractual presented under guarantees issued.

42c. Fair values

The fair value of available-for-sales investment is determined with reference to quoted market price. The fair values of the forward foreign exchange contracts are estimated based on the discounted cash flows between the contract forward rate and spot forward rate. The fair values of interest rate swap contracts are estimated based on the discounted cash flows between the contract floating rate and contract fixed rate. The fair value of other financial assets and financial liabilities are determined in accordance with generally accepted pricing models based on discounted cash flow analysis.

The directors consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded at amortized cost in the consolidated financial statements approximate their fair values.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

42. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT—Continued

42c. Fair values—Continued

Fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:

The following table presents the carrying value of financial instruments measured at fair value across the three levels of the fair value hierarchy defined in IFRS 7 (Amendment). The levels of fair value are defined as follows:

Level 1:	fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;
Level 2:	fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices); and
Level 3:	fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the assets or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		At December  31 Total
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
2011
Assets
Available-for-sale investments
- Investments in securities listed on the SSE
Derivative financial instruments		173,495		—		—		173,495
- Forward foreign exchange contracts		—		104,910		—		104,910
		173,495		104,910		—		278,405
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments
- Forward foreign exchange contracts		—		42,471		—		42,471
- Interest rate swap contracts		—		179,618		—		179,618
		—		222,089		—		222,089
2010
Assets
Available-for-sale investments
- Investments in securities listed on the SSE		194,258		—		—		194,258
Derivative financial instruments
- Forward foreign exchange contracts		—		239,476		—		239,476
		194,258		239,476		—		433,734
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments
- Forward foreign exchange contracts		—		12,269		—		12,269
- Interest rate swap contracts		—		153,909		—		153,909
		—		166,178		—		166,178

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

43. ACQUISITION OF HUA JU ENERGY

On October 24, 2008, the Company entered into an acquisition agreement with the Parent Company to acquire 74% equity interest in Hua Ju Energy. On February 18, 2009, the acquisition was completed and the consideration of RMB593,243,000 was fully paid to the Parent Company to acquire 74% equity interest of Hua Ju Energy. The net assets acquired were included in the methanol, electricity and heat supply segment.

In July 2009, the Company paid RMB173,007,000 to three former shareholders of Hua Ju Energy to acquire additional 21.14% equity interest in Hua Ju Energy which gives rise to goodwill of RMB38,187,000.

This acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method.

The net assets of Hua Ju Energy acquired, and the goodwill arising, are as follows:

	Fair value
	RMB’000
Bank balances and cash		4,567
Bills and accounts receivable		2,129
Inventories		3,611
Prepayments and other receivables		79,563
Other currents assets		25,246
Property, plant and equipment		755,213
Prepaid lease payment		74,652
Available-for-sale financial assets		30,182
Deferred tax assets		2,017
Accounts payable		(64,760	)
Customers’ deposits and other payables		(263,297	)
Other current liabilities		(120,000	)
Net assets acquired		529,123
Non-controlling interests		(137,572	)
Goodwill arising on acquisition		201,692
		593,243
Total consideration satisfied by:
Cash consideration paid on acquisition		593,243
Net cash outflow arising on acquisition:
Cash paid on acquisition		(593,243	)
Bank balances and cash acquired		4,567
		(588,676	)

There is no significant difference between the carrying value and the fair value of net assets of Hua Ju Energy.

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YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

43. ACQUISITION OF HUA JU ENERGY—Continued

Goodwill arising from acquisition of Hua Ju Energy is mainly because this acquisition can establish an electricity management platform for the Group and is beneficial to the future development of coal resources of the Group. It also ensures stable supply of electricity to the Group, reduce operating costs, and enhance profitability and operating results. It further ensures environmental disposal of waste products such as coal gangue produced from the Group’s mining operations.

During the period from the acquisition date/the beginning period date to December 31, 2009, this transaction does not have any material impact on the revenue and operating results of the Group.

44. ACQUISITION OF YANCOAL RESOURCES

On August 13, 2009, the Group entered into a binding scheme implementation agreement with Felix to acquire 100% equity interest in Felix. On December 23, 2009, the acquisition was completed and the Group paid the consideration of AUD3,333 million to all the shareholders of Felix. On December 30, 2009, Felix was delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange and all legal procedures of acquiring all of the Felix shares have been completed. The net assets acquired were included in the mining segment.

This acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

44. ACQUISITION OF YANCOAL RESOURCES—Continued

The net assets of Felix acquired, and the goodwill arising, are as follows:

	Carrying amounts			Fair value adjustments			Fair values
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
Bank balances and cash		872,435			—			872,435
Term deposits		91,941			—			91,941
Bills and accounts receivable		292,008			—			292,008
Inventories		306,444			(39,349	)		267,095
Prepayments and other receivables		214,501			—			214,501
Derivative financial instrument assets		27,928			—			27,928
Tax recoverable		46,777			—			46,777
Other currents assets		350,676			—			350,676
Property, plant and equipment, net		2,842,046			704,861			3,546,907
Available-for-sale financial assets		1			—			1
Interests in jointly controlled entities		1,257			—			1,257
Intangible assets		1,312,393			16,535,630			17,848,023
Accounts payable		(390,927	)		—			(390,927	)
Receipts in advance and other payables		(700,833	)		—			(700,833	)
Borrowings		(1,573,956	)		—			(1,573,956	)
Derivative financial instrument liabilities		(28,333	)		—			(28,333	)
Deferred taxation		(376,526	)		(596,585	)		(973,111	)
Provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs		(48,170	)		—			(48,170	)
Other long-term payables		(28,367	)		—			(28,367	)
Net assets acquired								19,815,852
Non-controlling interests								(23,542	)
Goodwill arising on acquisition								766,816
								20,559,126
Total consideration satisfied by:
Cash consideration paid on acquisition								20,428,030
Direct acquisition costs paid								2,949
Direct acquisition costs not yet settled								128,147
								20,559,126
Net cash outflow arising on acquisition:
Cash paid on acquisition								(20,430,979	)
Bank balances and cash acquired								872,435
								(19,558,544	)

During the period from the acquisition date to December 31, 2009, Felix did not have any material impact on the revenue and operating results the Group.

If the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2009, the Group’s revenue for the year would have been RMB23,894 million, and the Group’s profit for the year would have been RMB4,914 million. The pro forma information is for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily an indication of revenue and results of operations of the Group that actually would have been achieved had the acquisition been completed on January 1, 2009, nor is it intended to be a projection of future results.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

44. ACQUISITION OF YANCOAL RESOURCES—Continued

The goodwill arising from the acquisition is attributable to the extension of coal reserves and diversification of operations by the Group, and operational synergies and strategic benefits.

45. ACQUISITION OF THREE SUBSIDIARIES

In 2009, the Group signed a co-operation agreement with an independent third party for the acquisition of 100% equity of Yize. The acquisition was completed on April 30, 2010 with a consideration of RMB179.7 million being paid to the shareholders of Yize.

In 2010, the Group has also completed the acquisition of 100% equity of Inner Mongolia Rongxin Chemical Co., Ltd (“Rongxin Chemicals”) and Inner Mongolia Daxin Industrial Gas Co., Ltd (“Daxin Industrial”) with cash consideration of RMB4.4 million and RMB6 million respectively.

Yize, Rongxin Chemicals and Daxin Industrial have not engaged in any operating activities at the acquisition date and the acquisitions were reflected as purchases of assets and liabilities of which no goodwill was recognized.

Net book values of the acquired net assets at acquisition dates are as follow:

	Carrying amounts
	RMB’000
Inventories		7
Prepayments and other receivables		15,600
Property, plant and equipment, net		4,751
Prepaid lease payments		55,418
Intangible assets		131,985
Other payables		(17,666	)
Net assets acquired		190,095
Considerations:
Cash paid on acquisition		133,000
Deposit paid for acquisition of investment in prior year		57,095
		190,095
Net cash outflow arising on acquisition		(133,000	)

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46. ACQUISITION OF AN YUAN COAL MINE

In 2010, Ordos signed a co-operation agreement with an independent third party for the acquisition of An Yuan Coal Mine at a consideration of RMB1,435 million. The acquisition was completed during the year.

The acquisition of An Yuan Coal Mine was classified as purchase of assets and liabilities of which no goodwill was recognized.

Net book values of the acquired net assets at acquisition date are as follow:

	Carrying amounts
	RMB’000
Property, plant and equipment, net		176,067
Intangible assets		1,258,433
Other current assets		500
Net assets acquired		1,435,000
Considerations:
Cash paid on acquisition		355,000
Deposit paid for acquisition of investment in prior year		1,080,000
		1,435,000
Net cash outflow arising on acquisition		(355,000	)

47. ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL INTERESTS IN JOINT VENTURE

The Australia subsidiaries of the Group originally held 60% equity interests in Ashton joint venture. During the year, the Group acquired additional 30% equity interests in Ashton joint venture from another venturer at a consideration of USD250 million. This included the acquisition of 30% equity interests in the jointly controlled entities, Ashton Coal Mines Limited and Australian Coal Processing Holdings Pty Ltd. Upon completion of the acquisition, the Group held 90% equity interest in Ashton joint venture.

Under the shareholders agreement, the 90% equity interest held in Ashton remained classified as a joint venture.

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48. ACQUISITION OF SYNTECH

On May 13, 2011, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company acquired 100% equity interests in Syntech and its subsidiaries for a cash consideration of AUD208,480,000. The equity transfer was completed on August 1, 2011. The principal business of Syntech and its subsidiaries include exploration, production, sorting and processing of coal, the major product of which is thermal coal. The net assets acquired were included in the mining segment.

This acquisition has been accounted for using the acquisition method.

The net assets of Syntech acquired, and the goodwill arising, are as follows:

	Carrying amounts			Fair value adjustments			Fair values
	RMB’000			RMB’000			RMB’000
Bank balances and cash		51,828			—			51,828
Account receivables and other receivables		118,042			—			118,042
Inventories		85,190			28,539			113,729
Property, plant and equipment, net		1,227,053			(301,522	)		925,531
Intangible assets		121,140			271,234			392,374
Accounts and other payables		(219,243	)		—			(219,243	)
Deferred tax		—			(25,642	)		(25,642	)
Provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs		(14,259	)		—			(14,259	)
Net assets acquired								1,342,360
Goodwill arising on acquisition								25,642
								1,368,002
Total consideration satisfied by:
Cash consideration paid on acquisition								1,368,002
Net cash outflow arising on acquisition:
Cash paid on acquisition								(1,368,002	)
Bank balances and cash acquired								51,828
								(1,316,174	)

The goodwill arising from the acquisition is attributable to the extension of coal reserves in Australia and diversification of operation by the Group, and operational synergies and strategic benefits.

During the period from the acquisition date / the beginning period date to December 31, 2011, Syntech and its subsidiaries did not have any material impact on the revenue and operating results of the Group.

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49. ACQUISITION OF PREMIER COAL AND PREMIER CHAR

On September 27, 2011, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company acquired 100% equity interests of both Premier Coal and Premier Char as a package for a cash consideration of AUD 313,533,000. The equity transfer was completed on December 30, 2011. For Premier Coal, the principal businesses are exploration, production and processing of coal; for Premier Char, the principal businesses are the research and development of the technology and procedures in relation to processing coal char from low rank coals. The net assets acquired were included in the mining segment.

This acquisition has been accounted for using the acquisition method.

The net assets of Premier Coal and Premier Char acquired, and the goodwill arising, are as follows:

	Carrying amounts			Fair value adjustments		Fair values
	RMB’000			RMB’000		RMB’000
Accounts and other receivable		91,416			—		91,416
Inventories		68,956			4,666		73,622
Property, plant and equipment, net		1,484,398			264,216		1,748,614
Intangible assets		—			511,186		511,186
Accounts and other payables		(198,715	)		—		(198,715	)
Deferred tax		(123,377	)		105,528		(17,849	)
Provision for land subsidence, restoration, rehabilitation and environmental costs		(168,847	)		—		(168,847	)
Net assets acquired							2,039,427
Goodwill arising on acquisition							17,849
							2,057,276
Total consideration satisfied by:
Cash consideration paid on acquisition							2,057,276
Net cash outflow arising on acquisition:
Cash paid on acquisition							(2,057,276	)

The goodwill arising from the acquisition is attributable to the extension of coal reserves in Australia and diversification of operation by the Group, and operational synergies and strategic benefits.

During the period from the acquisition date / the beginning period date to December 31, 2011, Premier Coal and Premier Char did not have any material impact on the revenue and operating results of the Group.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

50. ACQUISITION OF XINTAI

During the year, the Company entered into an agreement with independent third party to acquire 80% equity interests in Xintai at a cash consideration of RMB2,801,557,000. The acquisition was completed during the year. Xintai owns and operates Wenyu Coal Mine located in Inner Mongolia. The principle businesses are coal mining and sales. The net assets acquired were included in the mining segment.

This acquisition has been accounted for using the acquisition method.

The net assets of Xintai acquired and the goodwill arising, are as follows:

	Carrying amounts		Fair value adjustments			Fair values
	RMB’000		RMB’000			RMB’000
Property, plant and equipment, net		182,403		(14,427	)		167,976
Intangible assets		50,362		3,283,608			3,333,970
Deferred tax		—		(817,296	)		(817,296	)
Net assets acquired							2,684,650
Non-controlling interests							(536,930	)
Goodwill arising on acquisition							653,837
							2,801,557
Considerations:
Cash paid on acquisition							2,751,557
Outstanding consideration payable							50,000
							2,801,557
Net cash outflow arising on acquisition
Cash paid on acquisition							(2,751,557	)

The goodwill arising from the acquisition is attributable to the extension of coal reserves and diversification of operation by the Group, and operational synergies and strategic benefits.

During the period from the acquisition date / the beginning period date to December 31, 2011, Xintai did not have any material impact on the revenue and operating results of the Group.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

51. DISPOSAL OF A JOINT VENTURE

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Group disposed of its 51% interest in Minerva joint venture to an independent third party at a consideration of AUD191,860,000 (RMB1,235,840,000).

Net assets of joint venture dispose of are as follows:

	Carrying amounts
	RMB’000
Total assets		1,401,548
Total liabilities		(283,636	)
		1,117,912
Gain on disposal of a joint venture		117,928
Total consideration		1,235,840
Cash inflow (outflow) of the disposal
Cash consideration		1,235,840
Disposal of cash and bank balance		(88,019	)
Net cash inflow from the disposal of Minerva		1,147,821

During 2010, the Group has also disposed of its interests in Minerva Mining Pty Ltd, Minerva Coal Pty Ltd and Felix Coal Sales Pty Ltd, subsidiaries related to the operations of Minerva joint venture. The subsidiaries are not material to the Group and their assets, liabilities and related profit or loss on disposal have been included in the above disposal of a joint venture.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

52. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS

Transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties of the Company, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed. Details of balances and transactions between the Group and other related parties are disclosed below.

Related party balances

The amounts due to the Parent Company and its subsidiary companies are non-interest bearing and unsecured.

The amounts due to the Parent Company and its subsidiary companies as at December 31, 2010 included the present value of the outstanding balance that arose from the funding of the acquisition of the mining rights of Jining III as of January 1, 2001 discounted using the market rate of bank borrowings.

The consideration for the cost of the mining rights of approximately RMB132,479,000 is to be settled over the 10 years, commencing from 2001.

Except the amounts disclosed above, the amount due to the Parent Company and/or its subsidiary companies are repayable on demand.

During the years, the Group had the following significant transactions with the Parent Company and/or its subsidiary companies:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Income
Sales of coal		2,088,794		2,672,424		2,086,542
Sales of auxiliary materials		485,676		454,254		317,479
Sales of heat and electricity		180,808		235,002		204,061
Expenditure
Utilities and facilities		31,646		34,006		39,069
Purchases of supply materials and equipment		696,802		421,606		598,498
Repair and maintenance services		323,550		262,478		388,917
Social welfare and support services		848,121		794,621		769,561
Technical support and training		26,000		26,000		26,000
Road transportation services		73,638		64,945		79,560
Construction services		718,155		655,311		242,593

Certain expenditure for social welfare and support services (excluding medical and child care expenses) of RMB269,182,000, RMB259,575,000 and RMB165,900,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and for technical support and training of RMB26,000,000, RMB26,000,000 and RMB26,000,000 have been charged by the Parent Company at a new negotiated amount per annum, subject to changes every year.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company acquired 74% equity interest in Hua Ju Energy from the Parent Company. Details of this acquisition are set out in note 43.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

52. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS—Continued

Related party balances—Continued

As at 31 December, 2011, the Company has deposited RMB1,820,000,000 (2010: RMB1,400,000,000) to the Company’s associate, Yan Kuang Group Finance Company Limited. The interest income received and finance cost paid during the year amounted to RMB7,665,000 (2010: RMB680,000) and RMB10,119,000 (2010: nil) respectively.

In addition to the above, the Company participates in a retirement benefit scheme of the Parent Company in respect of retirement benefits (note 54).

Transactions/balances with other state-controlled entities in the PRC

The Group operates in an economic environment currently predominated by entities directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the PRC government (“state-controlled entities”). In addition, the Group itself is part of a larger group of companies under the Parent Company which is controlled by the PRC government. Apart from the transactions with the Parent Company and its subsidiaries disclosed above, the Group also conducts business with other state-controlled entities. The directors consider those state-controlled entities are independent third parties so far as the Group’s business transactions with them are concerned.

Material transactions with other state- controlled entities are as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Trade sales		8,487,421		9,823,814		6,970,855
Trade purchases		2,597,741		1,581,427		1,191,783

Material balances with other state-controlled entities are as follows:

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Amounts due to other state-controlled entities		580,726		443,403
Amounts due from other state-controlled entities		681,413		1,320,801

Amounts due to and from state-controlled entities are trade nature of which terms are not different from other customers (notes 18 and 33).

In addition, the Group has entered into various transactions, including deposits placements, borrowings and other general banking facilities, with certain banks and financial institutions which are state-controlled entities in its ordinary course of business. In view of the nature of those banking transactions, the directors are of the opinion that separate disclosure would not be meaningful.

Except as disclosed above, the directors are of the opinion that transactions with other state- controlled entities are not significant to the Group’s operations.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

52. RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS—Continued

Balances and transactions with jointly controlled entities

Due from a jointly controlled entity:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Due from a jointly controlled entity (note 20)		198,780		115,480

The amount due from a jointly controlled entity is unsecured and interest-free.

As at December 31, 2011, the trade balances between the Group and a jointly controlled entity are disclosed in notes 18 and 33. During the year, sales to the jointly controlled entity by the Group’s Australian subsidiaries amounted to RMB1,363,241,000 (2010: RMB1,202,255,000).

Compensation of key management personnel

The remuneration of directors and other members of key management were as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	RMB’000		RMB’000		RMB’000
Directors’ fee		484		452		436
Salaries, allowance and other benefits in kind		4,864		4,548		3,292
Retirement benefit scheme contributions		834		778		550
		6,182		5,778		4,278

The remuneration of directors and key executives is determined by the remuneration committee having regard to the performance of individuals and market trends.

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53. COMMITMENTS

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Capital expenditure contracted for but not provided in the consolidated financial statements
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
- the Group		2,022,362		814,800
- share of joint ventures		179,166		207,111
Acquisition of intangible assets
- the Group		1,947		—
- share of joint ventures		158		—
		2,203,633		1,021,911

During 2006, the Company entered into a co-operative agreement with two independent third parties to establish a company for acquiring a coal mine in Shaanxi province for operations. In addition to the deposit referred to in note 30, the Company is committed to invest a further RMB78.8 million as at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Pursuant to the regulations issued by the Shandong Province Finance Bureau, the Group has to pay a deposit of RMB2,636 million (2010: RMB1,980 million) to the relevant government authority, which secured for the environmental protection work done by the Company. As at December 31, 2011, deposit of RMB732 million (2010: RMB222 million) were made and the Company is committed to further make security deposit of RMB1,904 million (2010: RMB1,758 million).

Compensation fees for mining rights are required to be pay annually and details are set out in note 23.

In 2010, the Company entered into a co-operative agreement with three independent companies to acquire 51% equity interest of Inner Mongolia Haosheng Coal Mining Limited (“Hao Sheng”) at a consideration of RMB6,649 million and to obtain the mining rights of the Shilawusu Coal Field in name of Hao Sheng. During the year, the Company entered into a co-operative agreement with two independent companies to acquire additional 10% shareholding of Hao Sheng at a consideration of RMB1,313,760,000. The Company also agreed to increase the registered capital of Hao Sheng by RMB51 million. Up to the date of these financial statements, the Company has invested RMB2,439,881,000 in relation to this acquisition (2010: RMB2,045,750,000).

On January 24, 2011, the Company, the Parent Company, and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Corp. Ltd (“Yanchang Petroleum”) entered into an agreement for the formation of Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Corp. Ltd. Upon completion of the agreement, the Parent Company, the Company and Yanchang Petroleum will contribute RMB2.7 billion, RMB1.35 billion and RMB1.35 billion as capital contribution and will hold 50%, 25% and 25% equity interest in the investee company respectively. Up to the date of these financial statements, Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Corp. Ltd. has been incorporated and the Company has invested RMB540,000,000 as capital contribution.

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54. RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Qualifying employees of the Company are entitled to a pension, medical and other welfare benefits. The Company participates in a scheme of the Parent Company and pays a monthly contribution to the Parent Company in respect of retirement benefits at an agreed contribution rate based on the monthly basic salaries and wages of the qualified employees. The Parent Company is responsible for the payment of all retirement benefits to the retired employees of the Company.

Pursuant to the Provision of Insurance Fund Administrative Services Agreement entered into by the Company and the Parent Company on November 7, 2008, the monthly contribution rate is set at 20% (2010: 20%; 2009: 20%) of the total monthly basic salaries and wages of the Company’s employees for the period from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011. Other welfare benefits will be provided by the Parent Company, which will be reimbursed by the Company.

The amount of contributions paid to the Parent Company were RMB760,906,000, RMB640,933,000 and RMB520,273,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

The Company’s subsidiaries are participants in a state-managed retirement scheme pursuant to which the subsidiaries pay a fixed percentage of its qualifying staff’s wages as a contribution to the scheme. The subsidiaries’ financial obligations under this scheme are limited to the payment of the employer’s contribution. During the year, contributions paid and payable by the subsidiaries pursuant to this arrangement were insignificant to the Group. The Group’s overseas subsidiaries pay fixed contribution as pensions under the laws and regulations of the relevant countries.

During the year and at the balance sheet date, there were no forfeited contributions which arose upon employees leaving the above schemes available to reduce the contributions payable in future years.

55. HOUSING SCHEME

The Parent Company is responsible for providing accommodation to its employees and the domestic employees of the Company. The Company and the Parent Company share the incidental expenses relating to the accommodation at a negotiated amount for each of the three years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. Such expenses, amounting to RMB140,000,000, RMB140,000,000 and RMB140,000,000 for each of the three years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 respectively, have been included as part of the social welfare and support services expenses summarized in note 52.

The Company currently makes a fixed monthly contribution for each of its qualifying employees to a housing fund which is equally matched by a contribution from the employees. The contributions are paid to the Parent Company which utilizes the funds, along with the proceeds from the sales of accommodation and, if the need arises, from loans arranged by the Parent Company, to construct new accommodation.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

56. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENT

(1) MERGER OF YANCOAL AUSTRALIA LIMITED AND GLOUCESTER COAL LTD BY WAY OF A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT

On December 22, 2011, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Yancoal Australia Limited (“Yancoal Australia”), the Company and Gloucester Coal Limited (“Gloucester”), a corporation incorporated in Australia whose shares are listed on ASX, entered into the Merger Proposal Deed in respect of a proposal for the merger of Yancoal Australia and Gloucester.

On March 5, 2012, Yancoal Australia, the Company and Gloucester entered into an amending deed to the Merger Proposal Deed for the merger of Yancoal Australia and Gloucester. The Company’s board of directors approved the proposal in relation to the merger of Yancoal Australia and Gloucester and signed the amending deed to the Merger Proposal Deed on the same date. The amending deed, pursuant to which, among other things, upon the completion of the merger, the Company will hold 78% equity interests in Yancoal Australia while the existing shareholders of Gloucester will hold 22% equity interests in Yancoal Australia. Up to the date of these financial statements, the relevant procedures are still in progress and the relevant financial impact has not been estimated.

(2) ISSUING NOT MORE THAN RMB15 BILLION CORPORATE BONDS

In the Extraordinary General Meeting held on February 8, 2012, it was resolved that the Company was approved to issue not more than RMB 15 billion corporate bonds (the “Offering”) depending upon the market conditions at the time of the Offering. Up to the date of these financial statements, these bonds have not yet been issued.

(3) ISSUING NOT MORE THAN USD1 BILLION CORPORATE BONDS

On March 5, 2012, the board of directors of the Company approved the issue of USD bonds of a principal amount not expected to exceed US$1.0 billion (including US$1.0 billion) by the Company through a wholly-owned offshore subsidiary and submission of the proposal for consideration and approval at a general meeting. Up to the date of these financial statements, the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders has not yet been held.

(4) Australian Minerals Resource Rent Tax (“MRRT”)

On March 19, 2012, the Australian Minerals Resource Rent Tax (“MRRT”) was passed through the Australian upper house. The MRRT is a tax on 30 per cent of the “super profits” on the mining activities including coal mining. The MRRT is to be effective from July 1, 2012 and the legislation is considered “substantively enacted” and the Group will be required to account for the related deferred tax consequences from March 19, 2012. However, given the complexity of the MRRT, the effect of MRRT to the Company’s Australian subsidiaries has not yet been quantified.

(5) Acquisition of Coal Mines From Parent Company

On April 23, 2012, Parent Company and its wholly owned subsidiary and the Company entered into an Assets Transfer Agreement, pursuant to which the Company will purchase from Parent Company and its wholly owned subsidiary all of the assets and liabilities of Beisu and Yangcun coal mines at a consideration of RMB 824,142,000. The assets the Company will purchase include mining rights, building ownership certificates, mining and related equipment and other fixed assets, as well as certain equity investments of Beisu and Yangcun. Up to the date of these financial statements, the acquisition has not yet been completed.

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57. MAJOR NON-CASH TRANSACTION

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Group acquired certain property, plant and equipment, of which RMB2,733,713,000 (2010: RMB324,136,000) have not yet been paid.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Group had no property, plant and equipment was acquired under finance leases (2010: RMB261,566,000).

58. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

	At December 31,
	2011		2010
	RMB’000		RMB’000
Within one year		7,178		6,043
More than one year, but not more than five years		3,210		4,922
		10,388		10,965

Operating leases have average remaining lease terms of 1 to 5 years. Items that are subject to operating leases include mining equipment, office space and small items of office equipment.

59. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

		At December 31,
		2011		2010
		RMB’000		RMB’000
Guarantees
(a)	The Group
	Performance guarantees provided for daily operations		1,099,755		292,733
	Guarantees provided in respect of the cost of restoration of certain mining leases, given to government departments as required by statute		263,603		201,167
(b)	Joint ventures
	Performance guarantees provided for daily operations		731		967
	Guarantees provided in respect of the cost of restoration of certain mining leases, given to government departments as required by statute		28,477		37,740
			1,392,566		532,607

F-104

EX-12.1

EXHIBIT 12.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 OR 15d-14

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, ZHANG Yingmin, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F/A, as amended by Amendment No.1 on Form 20-F/A, of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “Company”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material aspects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Company’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Company’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 20, 2012

By:	/s/    ZHANG YINGMIN
Name:	Zhang Yingmin
Title:	General Manager

EX-12.2

EXHIBIT 12.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 OR 15d-14

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, WU Yuxiang, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F/A, as amended by Amendment No.1 on Form 20-F/A, of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “Company”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material aspects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The company’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Company’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 20, 2012

By:	/s/    WU YUXIANG
Name:	Wu Yuxiang
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EX-13.1

EXHIBIT 13.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002

(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

In connection with this annual report on Form 20-F/A, as amended by Amendment No.1 on Form 20-F/A, of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, ZHANG Yingmin, General Manager of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The annual report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the annual report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: September 20, 2012

By:	/s/    ZHANG YINGMIN
Name:	Zhang Yingmin
Title:	General Manager

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

EX-13.2

EXHIBIT 13.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES–OXLEY ACT OF 2002

(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

In connection with this annual report on Form 20-F/A, as amended by Amendment No.1 on Form 20-F/A, of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, WU Yuxiang, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The annual report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the annual report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: September 20, 2012

By:	/s/    WU YUXIANG
Name:	Wu Yuxiang
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.