In Jun, 2007, the coal price in Shanxi province rebounded. The price of steam coal started to rebound from the late period of May, and that of in Datong increased RMB 5/ton, which shook off the situation of continuous drop since the beginning of the year, while the price of coking coal rose RMB 40/ton, the smokeless coal of Yangquan increased RMB 35/ton in May.

The coal price in the located places of the listed companies of Shanxi Province all rose, though in different levels: that of Datong Coal increased RMB 5/ton, the steam coal and coking coal in Gujiao Mine of Xishan increased RMB 20/ton and RMB 40/ton respectively, that of Shanxi Guoyan New Energy Co., Ltd, grew RMB 20/ton, Shanxi Lu¡¯an Environmental Energy Development Co., Ltd, rose RMB 30/ton, Shanxi Orchid Science & Technology Pioneering Co., Ltd, up RMB 10/ton.

The coke price in the located places of the listed companies of Shanxi Province also increased: The second-grade metallurgical coke in Linfen grew RMB 120/ton, that of Jiexiu, rose RMB 90/ton, Taiyuan increased RMB 40/ton, Tangshan, up RMB 50/ton in April, and in May, it remained the same level.

Datong Steam Coal Price Trend (Excluding Tax)

2 Coal Price of Transit Place Qinhuangdao

3 Coal Price of Located Places of Key Listed Companies
3.1 Datong Coal Industry Co., Ltd
3.2 Shanxi Xishan Coal and Electricity Power Co., Ltd
3.3 Shanxi Guoyan New Energy Co., Ltd and Shanxi Orchid Science & Technology Pioneering Co., Ltd
3.4 Shanxi Lu'an Environmental Energy Development Co., Ltd
3.5 Shenhuo Coal Industry Co., Ltd
3.6 Kailuan Coal Industry Co., Ltd
3.7 Jinniu Energy Resource Co., Ltd
3.8 Yanzhou Coal Industry Co., Ltd
3.9 Huolinhe Opencut Coal Industry Co., Ltd

4 BJ Spot Price of Australia

5 Coke Price
5.1 Coke Price of Tianjin
5.2 Metallurgical Coke Price of Shanxi and Tangshan