Datong Coal Mining Group

The Datong Coal Mining Group is a third-largest state-owned coal mining enterprise in China, after Shenhua Group and China Coal Group.[1] It is located at Datong City, the second largest city in Shanxi Province which has the greatest coal deposits in China.

Datong Coal Mining Group Company Limited
大同煤矿集团公司

Type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Coal mining
Founded	1949
Headquarters	Datong, Shanxi , People's Republic of China
Area served	People's Republic of China
Key people	Party secretary and chairman: Mr. Wu Yongping
Products	Coal
Services	Coal production
Number of employees	200,000
Subsidiaries	Datong Coal Industry Company Limited
Website	Datong Coal Mining Group Company Limited

Formerly Datong Coal Mining Administration, it was established in 1949. In 2000, Datong Coal Mining Administration was reconstructed as Datong Coal Mine Group Company Limited.[2]

Its subsidiary company, Datong Coal Industry, was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2006.[3]

In an effort to reduce overcapacity production, improve recycling of resources and achieve green development, the company began developing a circular economy approach in Datong.[4] To that end, it sought to expand its business activities into other industries in order to obtain a degree of diversification and to utilize byproducts of its coal production, such as thermal power plants.[5]

See also

• Coal power in China

References

1. DATONG COAL MINE GROUP RANKED 3RD BY SALES IN 06
2. "Datong Coal Mine Group Co., Ltd". Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
3. Chinese Datong Coal to list in Shanghai Exchange on Friday Archived 2010-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
4. Tian, Huifang (2016). "The Datong Coal Mine Group Ltd and Its Tashan Circular Economy Park: A Business Case" (PDF). ERIA Research Project Report 2014-44.
5. "Shanxi digs deep to eradicate coal overcapacity". China Daily USA. April 1, 2016.