OREANDA-NEWS. December 19, 2012. The board of directors of China Coal Energy Company Limited (the “Company”) and all directors thereof guarantee that the information contained in this announcement does not contain any false representations, misleading statements or material omissions, and jointly and severally accept responsibility for the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the content of this announcement.

Benchmark item

Unit

2012

2011

Percentage change (%)

November

Total

November

Total

November

Total

1.Commercial coal production volume

10,000 tonnes

997

10,095

832

9,414

19.8

7.2

2.Coke production volume

10,000 tonnes

15

155

13

192

15.4

-19.3

3.Output value of coal mining Equipment production

RMB 10,000

66,212

787,831

55,530

748,325

19.2

5.3

4.Coal sales volume

10,000 tonnes

1,420

13,212

1,024

12,291

38.7

7.5

(1) Domestic sales of self-produced coal

10,000 tonnes

955

9,802

783

9,085

22.0

7.9

(2)Export sales of self-produced coal

10,000 tonnes

4

60

12

74

-66.7

-18.9

(3) Domestic coal trading

10,000 tonnes

426

2,673

201

2,602

111.9

2.7

(4) Export agency sales and proprietary export sales

10,000 tonnes

13

208

19

266

-31.6

-21.8

(5) Import agency sales and proprietary import sales

10,000 tonnes

22

469

9

264

144.4

77.7