The whole developing process of the Company is of technological progress. The Company is the pioneer in realizing large-scale centralization and modernization of China coal industry for searching and developing a complete system of thick coal seam mining technology with low investment, high productivity and high economic benefit.

        In possession of the international leading level top coal caving mining method and independent intelligence right, the Company has realized a leap forward in thick coal seam mining technique, which is a significant revolution of thick seam mining technology underground in the word and marks that coal mining technology of China has joined in world advanced coal mining countries.The Company is the Meritorious Winner of National Science & Technology Progress and the technology has gained patent rights both in China and Australia .

        By means of top coal caving method, the thick seam ranging from 8 to 12 meters can be excavated at one time, allowing the roof of mined area (comprising initially of coal body) caving without steel netting. By modified design of roof supports, a coal caving mechanism is incorporated at the rear of the support, which can be moved up and down to allow broken coal in the goaf area to spill onto a second armoured face conveyor. This process is continually to operate until all retrievable coal behind the face collected and waste rocks appeared. The comprehensive mechanized top coal caving method can effectively and economically utilize coal resources and excavate even thicker seam in one working face in one time.

        Owing to top coal caving mining method, the Company’s productivity has been greatly improved. Yanzhou Coal has been ranking in the leading level among underground coal mines of China in terms of productivity and unit output per working face for consecutive years.