Datong Coal Mine Group in the southwest part of Datong city was restructured in July 2000 and has become a comprehensive energy giant which takes coal production and power as its main business and features development of various industries such as metallurgy and coal machinery manufacturing, construction, foreign trade and logistics.

The group has been conducting an industrial transformation and upgrading process. It now has some 30 subsidiaries and collieries in 18 cities in seven provinces and autonomous regions, with some 200,000 employees.

In July 2018, the group ranked 497th in Fortune Global 500 companies.