Trading of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited in Hong Kong and New York is Suspended

HONG KONG, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the "Company"; NYSE "YZC"; SEHK "1171"; SSE "600188"), announces that, following a request made by the Company to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, trading in its H shares was suspended with effect from 9:30 a.m. on August 10, 2009 pending the release of an announcement in relation to a proposed acquisition by the Company.

Trading in the Company's American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, on the New York Stock Exchange was also suspended with effect from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on August 10, 2009.

The Company will make an application to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited to resume trading in the H shares of the Company upon the publication of the abovementioned announcement.

Background Information:

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited is the largest coal producer in Eastern China. The Company was established as a joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China on September 25, 1997. The Company successfully listed its ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, its H Shares on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, and its A Shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on March 31, 1998, April 1, 1998, and July 1, 1998, respectively.

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