China Coal Energy Company Limited provided consolidated earnings guidance for the nine months ended 30 September 2022. The company announced that based on preliminary estimates of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, the profit attributable to equity holders of the company for the nine months ended 30 September 2022 is expected to range from RMB 19.874 billion to RMB 21.966 billion (the same period of 2021: RMB 13.192 billion), representing a year-on-year increase of 50.7% to 66.5%. The board considers that the expected increase in profit for the nine months ended 30 September 2022 is due to the facts that: in the first three quarters of 2022, the Group made full efforts to increase production and supply to ensure the security of energy, the price of major products maintained at a high level, and the Group continued to enhance the scientific control of expenses through refined management, and the profit attributable to the associates and joint ventures of the Group increased, which led to a significant year-on-year increase in the results of the Group.