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{{Infobox company
| name = Datong Coal Mining Group Company Limited <br /> 大同煤矿集团公司
| logo = Datongcoal.png
| type = [[State-owned enterprise]]
| genre =
| foundation = 1949
| founder =
| location_city = [[Datong]], [[Shanxi]]
| location_country = [[People's Republic of China]]
| location =
| origins =
| key_people = [[Party secretary]] and [[chairman]]: Mr. Wu Yongping
| area_served = [[People's Republic of China]]
| industry = [[Coal mining]]
| products = [[Coal]]
| services = Coal production
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 200,000
| parent = [[Jinneng Holding Power Group Company]]
| divisions =
| subsid = [[Datong Coal Industry Company Limited]]
| owner =
| company_slogan =
| homepage =[http://www.dtcoalmine.com/ Datong Coal Mining Group Company Limited]
}}
The '''Datong Coal Mining Group''' ({{zh|s=大同煤矿集团公司|p=Dàtóng Méikuàng Jítuán Gōngsī}}) is a third-largest [[state-owned]] [[coal mining]] enterprise in [[China]], after [[Shenhua Group]] and [[China National Coal Group|China Coal Group]].<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200703/ai_n22741179 DATONG COAL MINE GROUP RANKED 3RD BY SALES IN 06]</ref> It is located at [[Datong]] City, the second largest city in [[Shanxi Province]] which has the greatest [[coal]] deposits in China.
Formerly '''Datong Coal Mining Administration''', it was established in 1949. In 2000, Datong Coal Mining Administration was reconstructed as Datong Coal Mine Group Company Limited.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dcmgcl.en.china.cn/op/CorpInfo/index.htm |title=Datong Coal Mine Group Co., Ltd. |access-date=2008-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512091347/http://dcmgcl.en.china.cn/op/CorpInfo/index.htm |archive-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Its [[subsidiary]] company, [[Datong Coal Industry]], was listed on the [[Shanghai Stock Exchange]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.steelguru.com/selectednews/index/2006/006/022/archives.html Chinese Datong Coal to list in Shanghai Exchange on Friday] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202205732/http://steelguru.com/selectednews/index/2006/006/022/archives.html |date=2010-02-02 }}</ref>
In an effort to reduce overcapacity production, improve recycling of resources and achieve green development, the company began developing a [[circular economy]] approach in Datong.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tian|first=Huifang|year=2016|title=The Datong Coal Mine Group Ltd and Its Tashan Circular Economy Park: A Business Case|url=http://www.eria.org/RPR_FY2014_No.44_Chapter_8.pdf|journal=ERIA Research Project Report 2014-44}}</ref> To that end, it sought to expand its business activities into other industries in order to obtain a degree of diversification and to utilize byproducts of its coal production, such as [[thermal power plant]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-04/01/content_24229177.htm|title=Shanxi digs deep to eradicate coal overcapacity|date=April 1, 2016|website=China Daily USA}}</ref>
== See also==
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*[[Coal power in China]]
==References==
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