EXHIBIT 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

As of December 31, 2011,
we owned the following subsidiaries:



|                                                       |  |                                                    
|------------------------------------------------------ |  | ---------------------------------------------------
|Name of Subsidiary                                     |  | Country of incorporation/registration and operation
|Austar Coal Mine Pty Limited                           |  | Australia                                          
|Yanmei Heze Nenghua Company Limited                    |  | PRC                                                
|Yancoal Australia Limited                              |  | Australia                                          
|Shandong Yanmei Shipping Co., Ltd.                     |  | PRC                                                
|Yanzhou Coal Yulin Nenghua Company Limited             |  | PRC                                                
|Zhongyan Trade Co., Ltd. of Qingdao Bonded Area        |  | PRC                                                
|Yankuang Shanxi Nenghua Co., Ltd.                      |  | PRC                                                
|Shanxi Heshun Tianchi Energy Company Limited           |  | PRC                                                
|Shanxi Tianhao Chemicals Co., Ltd.                     |  | PRC                                                
|Shandong Hua Ju Energy Co., Limited                    |  | PRC                                                
|Yanzhou Coal Ordos Neng Hua Company Limited            |  | PRC                                                
|Inner Mongolia Yize Mining Investment Co., ltd.        |  | PRC                                                
|Inner Mongolia Rongxin Chemicals Co., Ltd.             |  | PRC                                                
|Inner Mongolia Daxin Industrial Gas Co., Ltd.          |  | PRC                                                
|Inner Mongolia Xintai Coal Mining Company Limited      |  | PRC                                                
|Yancoal International (Holding) Co., Ltd.              |  | Hong Kong                                          
|Yancoal International Resources Development Co., Ltd.  |  | Hong Kong                                          
|Yancoal International Technology Development Co., Ltd. |  | Hong Kong                                          
|Yancoal International Trading Co., Ltd.                |  | Hong Kong                                          
|Yancoal Resources Limited                              |  | Australia                                          
|Ashton Coal Operations Pty Limited                     |  | Australia                                          
|Athena Coal Pty Ltd.                                   |  | Australia                                          
|Felix NSW Pty Ltd.                                     |  | Australia                                          
|Moolarben Coal Mines Pty Limited                       |  | Australia                                          
|Moolarben Coal Operations Pty Ltd.                     |  | Australia                                          
|Moolarben Coal Sales Pty Ltd.                          |  | Australia                                          
|Proserpina Coal Pty Ltd.                               |  | Australia                                          
|Syntech Holdings Pty Ltd.                              |  | Australia                                          
|Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd.                           |  | Australia                                          
|Tonford Pty Ltd.                                       |  | Australia                                          
|UCC Energy Pty Limited                                 |  | Australia                                          
|Wesfarmers Char Pty Limited                            |  | Australia                                          
|Wesfarmers Premier Coal Limited                        |  | Australia                                          
|White Mining (NSW) Pty Limited                         |  | Australia                                          
|White Mining Research Pty Ltd.                         |  | Australia                                          
|White Mining Services Pty Limited                      |  | Australia                                          
|White Mining Limited                                   |  | Australia                                          
|Yancoal Canada Resources Co., Ltd.                     |  | Canada                                             
|Mountfield Properties Pty Ltd.                         |  | Australia                                          
|AMH (Chinchilla Coal) Pty Ltd.                         |  | Australia                                          
|Syntech Resources Pty Ltd.                             |  | Australia                                          
|Yancoal Luxembourg Energy Holding Co., Limited         |  | Luxembourg                                         
|Yarrabee Coal Company Pty Ltd.                         |  | Australia