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In 2009, the Company set up Shendong Coal Group through the consolidation of original Shendong Mines and Wanli Mines, and thus tremendously improved all-round efficiency in terms of aspects such as coal production, resource allocation, geological exploration, coal processing, equipment maintenance and application of information technology in mines, which laid foundation for developing Shendong Mines into a world-leading mine region with a coal production capacity exceeding 200 million tonnes. The commercial coal production of Shendong Coal Group was 149.9 million tonnes in 2009, representing a year-on-year increase of 8.8% and accounting for 71.3% of the total commercial coal production of the company during the same period. In December 2009, Shendong Coal Group successfully installed the world’s first 7-meter height fully-mechanized working face at Bulianta mine. Liuta mine succeeded in implementing fully-mechanized top caving coal mining. Yujialiang mine was successful in the application of automatic mining techniques.

Both Shenhua Zhunge’er Energy and Ha’erwusu Coal Branch are an integral part of Zhunge’er Mines. In 2009, the commercial coal production of them reached 23.1 million tonnes and 14.1 million tonnes respectively, representing a year-on-year increase of 1.8% and 113.6% respectively. The future plan of Zhunge’er Mines is to be built into a coal mining base with a capacity over 100 million tonnes and will continue to accelerate the technological upgrade and capacity expansion. In 2009, major production projects, such as the supporting coal selection plant and equipment maintenance center of Ha’erwusu open-cut mines, were smoothly completed.