China Shenhua Energy Company
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China Shenhua Energy Company (Traditional Chinese:中國神華能源公司, Simplified Chinese: 中国神华能源公司) (in short form China Shenhua or Shenhua) is the largest coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 mining state-owned enterprise in Mainland China
Mainland China
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, and the largest coal mining enterprise in the world. It is a subsidiary of Shenhua Group
Shenhua Group
Shenhua Group is a state-owned mining and energy company in China. It is the largest coal-producing company in the world. It was founded in October 1995 under the auspices of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.-Activities:...

. It is engaged in the production
Production, costs, and pricing
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 and sale
Sale
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 of coal and the generation and sale of electric power in the PRC. It operates coal mines as well as an integrated railway network and a seaport that are primarily used to transport its coal. It also operates power plants in the PRC which are engaged in the generation and sales of coal-based power to provincial
Province
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 and regional
Régional
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 electric companies.

On August 15, 2005, China Shenhua Energy joined Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Constitute Stock.

On August 23, 2007, China Shenhua Energy announced that it will issue not more than 1.8 billion A share
A share
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 to provide rooms for its parent company
Parent company
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, China Shenhua Group, to inject the capital
Financial capital
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 into it for its long-term development.

On October 9, 2007, China Shenhua Energy listed A share in the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Shanghai Stock Exchange
The Shanghai Stock Exchange , abbreviated as 上证所/上證所 or 上交所, is a stock exchange that is based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the two stock exchanges operating independently in the People's Republic of China, the other is the Shenzhen Stock Exchange...

. The closed price at the first trading day was RMB
Renminbi
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$69.3, 87% higher than its IPO price, RMB$36.99.

On November 7, 2007, Hang Seng Index Services Company announced that China Shenhua would have been Hang Seng Index Constituent Stock since December 10, 2007.

In September 2009, Shenhua announced that over four years they will invest $39.5 billion in coal to increase their production.

In September 2010, the company agreed a contract with Mitsui & Co. in an extensive ranging cooperation in the coal industry from shipping and overseas mine development to effectiveness of coal usage and chemical manufacturing.

In December 2010, Shenhua invested $2 billion in the construction of a railway; 35 percent using its own capital and the remainder from bank lending.

In July 2011, Shenhua acquired a 40 percent stake in Mongolia's biggest coal project, with a Russian syndicate controlling 36 percent and Peabody Energy Corp of America owning the remaining 24 percent.

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