The company is a joint stock company exclusively initiated by China Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd. on August 22, 2006, and is headquartered in Beijing, China. The company successfully listed in Hong Kong in December 2006 and issued A shares in February 2008. The company is a large-scale energy enterprise integrating the four main businesses of coal production and trade, coal chemicals, power generation, and coal mining equipment manufacturing. The company's business divisions mainly include coal, coal chemicals, coal mining equipment, finance, and other business divisions including power generation, aluminum processing, equipment and accessories imports, bidding services, and railway transportation. The main industries involved include coal, coal chemicals, and coal mining equipment manufacturing.