兖矿集团有限公司前身是兖州矿务局，成立于1976年。1996年整体改制组建为国有独资公司。兖矿集团地处中国经济发达、煤炭消费旺盛的华东地区—孔孟之乡，是中国重要的煤炭生产和出口基地。
    兖矿集团坚持把技术创新作为企业发展的根本动力，大力培育和提升核心技术。集团公司连续7年被国家煤炭工业技术委员会评为“科技进步十佳企业”。
    集团控股的兖州煤业股份有限公司是亚洲金融危机中唯一到境外发行股票并在纽约、香港、上海三地成功上市的中国煤炭企业。兖州煤业”5次发行股票，累计募集资金58亿元人民币，占中国煤炭行业证券市场融资总额36.2%。
    多年来，兖矿集团大力实施“以煤为主，煤与非煤并重”发展战略，形成了以煤炭、煤化工、电解铝为主体，发电、矿井基建、建筑建材、机械加工、外经外贸等多产业综合经营的格局。相继获得“全国优秀企业(金马奖)”、“全国质量效益型先进企业特别奖”、“全国先进基层党组织”、“全国质量、服务、信誉AAA级企业”、“中国企业形象AAA级单位”、山东省管理创新十佳企业等殊荣；全国“重合同守信用先进企业”；企业资信被大公国际评定为“AAA”级；被国家质量检验检疫总局评为“全国质量管理先进单位”；荣获山东省质量管理奖称号、山东省管理创新十佳企业等荣誉称号。2004年10月18日国务院总理温家宝同志主持召开的企业界人士经济形势座谈会上，兖矿集团董事局主席、党委书记耿加怀作为8家企业代表之一在会上发言，得到中央领导充分肯定。

地理位置（LOCATION）
兖矿位于素以“孔孟之乡，礼仪之邦”闻名于世的山东济宁市境地内，西临世界名山—泰山，东靠渤海，水陆交通四通八达，距离中国第二大煤炭港口日照港约300公里，煤炭专用铁路兖石线直连接日照港，京沪、京九、陇海三大铁路干线穿越矿区，京福高速公路途径兖矿总部所在地—邹城市，驱车去济南机场仅用2小时，驱车去北京和上海仅需5、6个小时。		Yankugn Group is located in Jining City, Shandong Province. It is situated in the hometown of Confucius, and the Confucius Temple is one of the most famous tourist spots in the world. The Company enjoys the advantages of convenient and low cost transportation .The three main national railways of China run through the mining area. There is a special railway for coal transportation from the Company headquarters to the second largest coal port in China, Rizhao Coal terminal, which is only 300 km away. Driving to Jinan Airport takes less than 2 hours while to Beijing and Shanghai no more than 6 hours.

Yankuang Croup Co., Ltd is an estra-large SOE with total assets of RMB 22.844 billion and more than 50 subsidiaries. Yankuang Croup is engaged in coal production and sales , coal chemical, civil engineering, etc with annual total sales income of RMB 11.258 billion. It is one of the 120enterprises for experiment of large enterprise groups as designated by the State Council. Its sub-company, Yangzhou Coal Mining Company Limited, bas been successfully listed on New York Stock exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai securities Exchange respectively in 1998.Thanks to the comprehensive mechanical top caving technique, the annual raw coal output of the Group has reached 40 million tones and annual export volumn reached 15 million tones. It is the largest coal producer and trader in most prosperous eastern China and one of the biggest coal exporter in China.

Yangkuang Croup has won many awards such as“Top Award for National Science and Technology Innovation ”,“National Excellent Enterprise” ,“Special Award for National Enterprise for Quality and Efficiency”, “Labor Day Award”. Yankuang Group has been rated as “AAA” enterprise by Dagong Global Rating Co., Ltd, Yangkuang Croup was recommended by the State Council as the top 10 best SOE for enterprise reform and development. Yankuang Group Was rated by China Enterprise Federation as one of the “Most Influential Company for year 2001”.

Yankuang Group has set up its strategy for development. Within nest 10years, Yangkuang Group will become the biggest coal producer and exporter in China, and world-class clean coal and chemical production base with annual sales income of RMB 75-80 billion.