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March 27

Yancoal Energy releases its 2025 annual performance

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China Securities Journal

China Securities Journal Comment

In 2025, Yancoal Energy’s “coal-to-chemicals integration” strategy showcased strong synergistic effects. The output of chemical products reached 9.77 million tons, and attributable net profit was RMB 1.58 billion, representing a substantial year-over-year increase of 295%. It became the core “stabilizer” for smoothing performance fluctuations. As chemical product prices continued to strengthen, as a domestic scarce “coal + coal chemical” integrated whole-industry-chain leading enterprise, the accelerated release of the synergistic profit effect from its two main businesses provided strong assurance that its operating performance will increase in 2026.

Yancoal Energy: 2025 revenue of RMB 144.93 billion — the advantages of “coal-to-chemicals integration” are fully revealed, demonstrating the strength of a leading player

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At the evening of March 27, Yancoal Energy (600188.SH) disclosed its 2025 annual report. Faced with a complex industry environment under pressure from coal prices, the company maintained performance at a high level, with the resilience of key operating indicators standing out. Under China’s accounting standards, for the full year the company achieved operating revenue of RMB 144.93 billion and attributable net profit of RMB 8.38 billion.

The synergistic effects of the “coal-to-chemicals integration” strategy surged in 2025. Under the energy endowment of “abundant coal, poor oil, and limited natural gas,” China’s coal-to-chemicals sector, leveraging its advantage of independent resource supply, has become an important complement to petroleum refining and petrochemicals. Its value has been particularly prominent in safeguarding the safety of the chemical industry chain and promoting clean utilization of coal.

Relying on its own coal resource advantages, Yancoal Energy laid out “coal-to-chemicals integration” relatively early. In 2025, the company’s advantages along the “coal-to-chemicals integration” industrial chain were fully demonstrated, making it the core “stabilizer” for smoothing performance volatility. During the reporting period, the company’s chemical segment operated in an “stable, smooth, and excellent” manner. Its core facilities ran at full load. Full-year chemical product output was 9.77 million tons, up 8.46% year over year; attributable net profit was RMB 1.58 billion, up 295% year over year, effectively offsetting the impact of coal price fluctuations.

After more than two decades of deep cultivation and deployment, the company has formed four major chemical bases—Shandong, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang—creating an industrial pattern of “one region, one strategy, and differentiated complementarity.” Coal-to-chemicals total production capacity exceeded 11 million tons, maintaining a leading position in the industry in terms of scale. The company has relatively high industry say and brand influence. Its core product market competitiveness is outstanding. Among them, methanol sales volume was 4.33 million tons, ranking No. 1 in China; coal-to-oil production capacity was 1 million tons, ranking among the top in the country; acetic acid production capacity was 1 million tons, ranking No. 5 nationwide; polyoxymethylene (POM) production capacity was 0.08 million tons, steadily holding No. 4 domestically. Since 2026, fluctuations in international energy supply have intensified, geopolitical conflicts have pushed chemical product prices higher, and especially the profit elasticity of products such as methanol and coal-to-oil has improved significantly. With its production capacity scale and cost advantages, the chemical industry has become one of the most certain beneficiary segments.

Focusing on high-end, intelligent, and clustered development, the company is doing everything possible to move its chemical industrial chain toward the high end. It is steadily advancing projects including Xinjiang Energy Chemical’s 0.8 million tons per year coal-to-olefins and Future Energy’s 0.5 million tons per year high-temperature Fischer–Tropsch project. At the same time, it is actively exploring new pathways for coupled development of green hydrogen, green methanol, green ammonia, and traditional coal-to-chemicals, striving for the proportion of high-end chemical products to exceed 70% by the end of the “15th Five-Year Plan and the 5-year period beyond” (15th Five-Year Plan). This will significantly expand the company’s profit space and enhance its ability to withstand cyclical downturns.

Since 2026, due to the continuous widening of the international oil and gas price spread, the advantage of coal-to-chemicals raw material costs has been fully highlighted. In addition, the supply gap of chemical products in the Middle East has been widening, driving chemical product prices to climb rapidly. Since March, chemical product prices have risen across the board. Methanol futures prices have hit a peak above 3300 yuan, representing an increase of 56% compared with the beginning of the year.

As a scarce domestic “coal + coal-to-chemicals” whole-industry-chain leading enterprise, Yancoal Energy’s profit synergy effect from its two main businesses has accelerated its release, and the company’s full-year operating performance growth has strong certainty. The company said it will continue to deepen the “coal-to-chemicals integration” model. It expects Rongxin Chemical’s 0.8 million tons per year olefins and Lunan Chemical’s 0.06 million tons per year polyoxymethylene (POM) to be completed and begin operations by the end of 2026, marking that the transition to high-end chemicals has entered an acceleration period. The company plans full-year chemical product output of 9.5 million to 11 million tons.

Multiple leading securities firms, including GF Securities, Guosheng Securities, Zhongtai Securities, and Cinda Securities, have all made optimistic judgments about the trends in the coal and coal-to-chemicals market. Based on the company’s capacity deployment, cost control, and operating resilience, they have issued positive ratings such as “Buy” and “Overweight” multiple times, and have continued to look favorably on the company’s long-term development prospects. (Zhang Pengfei)

Shanghai Securities News

Shanghai Securities News Comment

In 2025, Yancoal Energy broke through against the trend. Output of commodity coal rose to 182 million tons; chemical products saw both volume and price increase. Year-over-year growth in attributable net profit reached 295%, and total dividends and distributions are expected to reach RMB 5.02 billion. In 2026, in the first quarter, it auctioned and disposed of the equity of XinTai Company and obtained a transfer income of RMB 3.05 billion, increasing the earnings for the current period. The company will work to release mine capacity, deepen the “coal-to-chemicals integration” model, and further implement the “cost wins” strategy. For the full year, it plans to produce 186 to 190 million tons of commodity coal, 9.5 to 11 million tons of chemical products, and strive to reduce the sales cost per ton of coal by 3%.

Yancoal Energy achieved revenue of RMB 144.93 billion in 2025 — the advantages of coal-to-chemicals integration are highlighted

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On the evening of March 27, Yancoal Energy disclosed its 2025 annual report. The announcement shows that in 2025, the company held up against pressure from industry-cycle adjustments, achieved operating revenue of RMB 144.93 billion, and realized attributable net profit of RMB 8.38 billion. After an interim dividend of RMB 0.18 per share, it will implement a cash dividend of RMB 0.32 per share this time. Total dividends and distributions for the full year will amount to RMB 5.02 billion.

Yancoal Energy said that 2025 was a critical year for the company to break through against the trend. Facing a complex situation, the company responded with “stability” and moved to “break the deadlock,” making efforts across strategic deployment, industrial upgrading, refined management, and capital operations, delivering a high-quality development answer sheet.

In 2025, Yancoal Energy’s core mining business optimized its growth and strengthened itself, with the company’s industrial footprint continuing to expand. The company deepened and implemented the strategy of “stabilize inside the province, expand outside the province, and optimize overseas.” Full-year commodity coal output rose to 182 million tons, an all-time high, net increase of 40 million tons compared with 2024. At the same time, the company built a capacity release pattern in tiers—“bring some online, build some, and reserve some.” By the end of 2025, the combined capacity of operating mines, mines under construction, and planned mines totaled about 300 million tons per year. The path of capacity growth is clear, laying a solid foundation for long-term stable growth in performance.

Synergy and efficiency gains in the chemical segment further highlight the advantages of coal-to-chemicals integration. According to the introduction, in 2025, Yancoal Energy’s chemical segment’s core units operated at full load, with full-year chemical product output of 9.77 million tons, up 8.46% year over year; attributable net profit was RMB 1.58 billion, up 295% year over year, effectively offsetting the impact of coal price fluctuations. As of now, the company has formed four major chemical bases—Shandong, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang—creating an industrial pattern of “one region, one strategy, and differentiated complementarity.” Total coal-to-chemicals capacity exceeded 11 million tons, maintaining a leading position in the industry in scale, with relatively high industry say and brand influence.

“Facing a severe market environment, the company improved quality and efficiency through refined management, strengthened resilience by reducing costs across multiple dimensions, and ensured that main products all completed their annual cost-control targets.” Relevant personnel from Yancoal Energy told reporters from Shanghai Securities News that in 2025, the company’s self-produced coal’s sales cost per ton fell to RMB 321 per ton, down 4.3% year over year. Unit sales costs for methanol and acetic acid decreased by 19% and 15%, respectively, year over year.

Looking ahead to 2026, Yancoal Energy said it will keep coal as the fundamental base and work to release mining capacity in the Shaanxi–Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang regions. It plans to produce 186 million to 190 million tons of commodity coal for the full year. The chemical segment will deepen the “coal-to-chemicals integration” model. It will build and bring into operation the Rongxin Chemical 0.8 million tons olefins project and the Lunan Chemical 0.06 million tons polyoxymethylene (POM) project, striving for chemical product output of 9.5 million to 11 million tons.

Meanwhile, the company will continue to deepen its “cost wins” strategy, aiming to reduce the sales cost per ton of coal by 3%, and to reduce sales costs for methanol and acetic acid by RMB 30 per ton. It will increase efforts to revitalize existing assets. It will actively dispose of and monetize inefficient assets. In the first quarter, the company auctioned and disposed of the equity of Inner Mongolia XinTai Company, obtaining transfer income of RMB 3.05 billion, which will significantly increase earnings for the current period. (Zhao Binbin)

Securities Times

Securities Times Comment

In 2025, Yancoal Energy’s operating performance remained high. It achieved operating revenue of RMB 144.93 billion and attributable net profit of RMB 8.38 billion, with commodity coal output of 182 million tons—an all-time high. With the expansion path of “increasing raw coal output to 300 million tons” clearly defined, the rapid deployment of diversified mineral resources of “coal + non-ferrous metals,” and improved market conditions gradually, the company is expected to seize the momentum and move ahead.

Yancoal Energy’s net profit in 2025 was RMB 8.38 billion; commodity coal output of 182 million tons hit an all-time high

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On the evening of March 27, Yancoal Energy (600188) disclosed its 2025 annual report. Faced with pressure from adjustments in the industry cycle, the company maintained high operating performance. Under China’s accounting standards, in 2025 the company achieved operating revenue of RMB 144.93 billion and attributable net profit of RMB 8.38 billion. The company’s capacity achieved a historical breakthrough: full-year commodity coal output reached 182 million tons, up a net 40 million tons year over year, setting a new record.

2025 is the final year of the “14th Five-Year Plan” and also a key year for Yancoal Energy to break through against the trend. As is known, Yancoal Energy deepened and implemented the strategy of “stabilize inside the province, expand outside the province, and optimize overseas.” Multiple points in its core coal bases delivered breakthroughs and coordinated efforts. Among them, the Shaanxi–Inner Mongolia base achieved full production and efficiency, with commodity coal output of 46.66 million tons, up 3.54 million tons year over year. Its profit contribution accounted for 56%, making it the most core area for incremental production and profit growth. The merger and acquisition effect of Northwest Mining was significant, contributing commodity coal output of 33.81 million tons. Australia’s production organization continued to be optimized, with commodity coal output of 44.02 million tons, up 1.72 million tons year over year, setting a best-in-history record and continuously strengthening its voice in the global market.

Targeting the goal of “raw coal output of 300 million tons,” Yancoal Energy has built a tiered capacity release pattern of “bringing some online, building some, and reserving some.” New capacity has accelerated its release. The Shandong Wanfu Coal Mine with an annual capacity of 1.8 million tons commenced operation and started production. The Xinjiang Wucaiwan No. 4 open-pit mine with an annual capacity of 10 million tons conducted trial operations and produced “first coal.” Construction capacity has been progressing steadily: the civil works of the Inner Mongolia Youfanghao Coal Mine with an annual capacity of 5 million tons were basically completed, and the annual capacity of 5 million tons Shaanxi Yangjiaping Coal Mine successfully started construction. Reserved capacity is well-connected: the Inner Mongolia Liusangadan Coal Mine and the Huo Linghe No. 1 Coal Mine obtained mining licenses for annual capacity of 10 million tons and 7 million tons, respectively. The Inner Mongolia Galutu Coal Mine plans to increase its annual capacity to 8 million tons. Both the Gansu MafuChuan Coal Mine and the MaojiaChuan Coal Mine obtained mining licenses for annual capacity of 5 million tons each, and obtained initial design approvals.

According to disclosures, Yancoal Energy’s future expansion path is clear. The combined capacity of operating mines, mines under construction, and planned mines will be about 300 million tons per year. Construction of the “three 100-million-ton級 capacity coal industry clusters” in Shaanxi–Gansu–Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Australia is being pushed with full effort, ensuring long-term steady growth in performance. In the Shaanxi–Gansu–Inner Mongolia base, planned mines such as Youfanghao, Huo Linghe No. 1, Liusangadan, Yangjiaping, MafuChuan, MaojiaChuan, and Galutu are expected to be completed and become operational around 2027 to 2031. Meanwhile, mines such as Silau Suxu and Yingpanhao are also being advanced for capacity expansion and incremental production. In the Xinjiang base, the Xinjiang Wucaiwan No. 4 open-pit mine’s 10 million tons Phase I project will be ensured to reach steady production on schedule. Key efforts will focus on increasing capacity in Phase II to 23 million tons. The Yili mining area will maintain stable production and efficiency. The Australia base continues to strengthen operating management and actively seeks high-quality resources and mature operating projects.

In addition, Yancoal Energy is accelerating the construction of a diversified combination of “coal + non-ferrous metals” mineral resources, continuously enhancing its resistance to cyclical fluctuations and its overall competitiveness. The molybdenum曹四夭 molybdenum mine under Inner Mongolia Xinghe Molybdenum Industry has molybdenum ore resources of 1.04 billion tons, which is an ultra-large, high-grade single molybdenum mine in China. It is planned to start construction in the second half of 2026, conduct joint trial operations in 2028, and after completion it will become an important profit growth point for the company. The high-quality potassium mine resources in Canada’s potassium chloride amount to 1.7 billion tons. The company is actively pushing collaboration with leading enterprises at home and abroad to develop resources and accelerate the release of resource value.

Looking ahead to 2026, the global energy landscape is undergoing deep adjustments, and geopolitical conflicts continue to disrupt international energy markets. In China and abroad, the coal price center may shift upward. Since March, coal and chemical product prices have risen across the board. Qinhuangdao 5500 kcal thermal coal has increased by about RMB 70 compared with the low point at the beginning of the year. With favorable external conditions, Yancoal Energy is expected to seize the momentum. The company said that in 2026 it will stabilize the basic base of the coal industry, and will do everything possible to release mining capacity in the Shaanxi–Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang regions. For the full year, it plans to produce 186 million to 190 million tons of commodity coal, which is an increase of 4 million to 8 million tons year over year. (Huang Xiang)

Securities Daily

Securities Daily Comment

Facing the severe market conditions in 2025, Yancoal Energy, on the basis that volume and efficiency for both its two core businesses—coal and coal-to-chemicals—rose together, continued to strengthen cost-reduction systems such as structural, managerial, and collaborative cost-cutting. The sales cost per ton of coal fell 4.3% year over year. In 2026, it will continue to deepen the “cost wins” strategy and strive to reduce the sales cost per ton of coal by 3%. The company’s development resilience and profit-driving momentum have continued to strengthen, further highlighting its long-term investment value.

Yancoal Energy digs deeper into internal potential to reduce costs — refined operations solidify the foundation for high-quality development

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On the evening of March 27, Yancoal Energy Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yancoal Energy” and “the company”) disclosed its 2025 annual report. Under China’s accounting standards, during the reporting period the company achieved operating revenue of RMB 144.93 billion and attributable net profit of RMB 8.38 billion. After an interim dividend of RMB 0.18 per share, it plans to implement a final dividend of RMB 0.32 per share. Total dividends and distributions for the full year will be RMB 5.02 billion.

In 2025, Yancoal Energy actively responded to the pressure from the downturn in the coal market, with both its coal and coal-to-chemicals core businesses seeing increases in both volume and efficiency. Full-year commodity coal output rose to 182 million tons, an all-time high, a net increase of 40 million tons compared with 2024. The chemical segment operated in an “stable, smooth, and excellent” manner, with core units running at full load. Full-year chemical product output was 9.77 million tons, up 8.46% year over year; attributable net profit was RMB 1.58 billion, up 295% year over year, effectively offsetting the impact of coal price fluctuations.

Facing a severe market environment, the company firmly established the mindset of “living tightly,” focusing efforts on tapping potential to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and optimize key product costs. The annual report shows that the company carried out special initiatives such as “ten enhancements, ten efficiency gains, and ten expense items.” Its leading products all completed their annual cost-control targets. The sales cost per ton of self-produced coal fell to RMB 321 per ton, down 4.3% year over year; unit sales costs for methanol and acetic acid decreased by 19% and 15%, respectively, year over year.

At the same time, the company continued to strengthen cost-reduction systems such as structural, managerial, and collaborative cost-cutting to build a solid foundation for resisting market volatility and stabilizing its profitability level. Centering on structural cost reductions, it deepened and implemented measures such as “three reductions and three improvements” and “two optimization with three reductions,” accelerating the strategic transfer of production capacity to lower-cost regions such as Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang to form long-term cost advantages. With managerial cost reductions as support, it strictly controlled non-production expenditures, strengthened “six-fixed-post” management for human resources, optimized and revitalized existing assets, and achieved a rigid reduction in expenses across all links. With collaborative cost reductions as an advantage, relying on supporting industrial chains such as equipment manufacturing and logistics, it optimized and revitalized existing assets, significantly reduced the premium costs in raw material and transportation links, and continuously expanded its profit space.

Yancoal Energy further put forward future plans for refined management. In terms of refined management, it will continue to deepen the “cost wins” strategy, and thoroughly implement actions such as “strictly control costs and practice thrift” and the “ten expense items,” aiming to reduce the sales cost per ton of coal by 3%, and to reduce methanol and acetic acid sales costs by RMB 30 per ton.

From current steady operations to a long-term strategic leap, Yancoal Energy, leveraging its deep industrial foundation, mature control capabilities, and strong growth momentum, can comfortably handle short-term market headwinds. The company is steadily moving toward a higher-quality, more sustainable, and more competitive direction. Its development resilience and profit-driving momentum continue to strengthen, and its long-term investment value is highlighted. (Wang Xi)

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