Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.yanzhoucoal.com.cn
Employees: 56,103
Employee growth: 7.3%

Yanzhou Coal Mining is helping fuel China's industrialization. The company is a leader in coal production in Eastern China, where most of its coal is generated, though Yanzhou also operates in Australia. The company produces more than 35 million tons per year and has about 2 billion tons in proved and probable reserves. Yanzhou Coal operates six mines, producing both thermal coal for electric generation and coking coal for metallurgical production. The company's first Australian mining project commenced production in 2006. It also owns major rail transport assets. Yanzhou Coal formed an $830 million joint mining venture in 2011 with its parent company, state-owned Yankuang Group.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $7,464.6M
One year growth: 45.4%
Net income: $1,416.0M
Income growth: 0.9%

Officers:
Chairman: Wang Xin
Vice Chairman and General Manager: Li Weimin
Deputy General Manager and Director: Wang Xinkun

Competitors:
BHP Billiton
China Shenhua Energy
Nippon Coke & Engineering