Yanzhou Coal continuously focuses on coal business. With the advantages of technology, brand, finance and management, the Company integrated its resources and extend its business along the industrial chain and accelerate the development of its coal further processing business.

The 600,000 tonsmethanal project of Yanzhou Coal Yulin Neng Hua was launched into production for test in December 2008. Now the project has reached its designed capacity and the Company has made profit from the project. In 2013, Yanzhou Coal produced 609,000 tons of methanal and sold 599,000 tons of methanal.

The 600,000 tons methanal project owned by Yanzhou Coal in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, will be put into commercial operation in 2014, and Yanzhou Coal's coal further processing business will be expanded again.