EXHIBIT 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

As of December 31, 2012,
we owned the following subsidiaries:



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|Name of Subsidiary                                        |  | Country of incorporation/
registration and operation
|Austar Coal Mine Pty, Limited                             |  | Australia                                           
|Yanmei Heze Neng Hua Company Limited                      |  | PRC                                                 
|Yancoal Australia Limited                                 |  | Australia                                           
|Shandong Yanmei Shipping Co., Ltd.                        |  | PRC                                                 
|Yanzhou Coal Yulin Neng Hua Company Limited               |  | PRC                                                 
|Zhongyan Trade Co., Ltd.                                  |  | PRC                                                 
|Yanzhou Coal Shanxi Neng Hua Company Limited              |  | PRC                                                 
|Shanxi Heshun Tianchi Energy Company Limited              |  | PRC                                                 
|Shanxi Tianhao Chemical Company Limited                   |  | PRC                                                 
|Shandong Hua Ju Energy Company Limited                    |  | PRC                                                 
|Yanzhou Coal Ordos Neng Hua Company Limited               |  | PRC                                                 
|Inner Mongolia Yize Mining Investment Co., Ltd.           |  | PRC                                                 
|Inner Mongolia Rongxin Chemical Co., Ltd.                 |  | PRC                                                 
|Inner Mongolia Daxin Industrial Gas Co., Ltd.             |  | PRC                                                 
|Inner Mongolia Xintai Coal Mining Company Limited         |  | PRC                                                 
|Yancoal International (Holding) Company Limited           |  | Hong Kong                                           
|Yancoal International Resources Development Co., Limited  |  | Hong Kong                                           
|Yancoal International Technology Development Co., Limited |  | Hong Kong                                           
|Yancoal International Trading Co., Limited                |  | Hong Kong                                           
|Yancoal Technology (Holdings) Co., Ltd.                   |  | Australia                                           
|Yancoal Resources Limited                                 |  | Australia                                           
|Shandong Coal Trading Centre Co., Ltd.                    |  | PRC                                                 
|Zoucheng Yankuang Beisheng Industry & Trading Co., Ltd.   |  | PRC                                                 
|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                                           
|Duralie Coal Pty Ltd.                                     |  | Australia                                           
|Gloucester Coal Limited                                   |  | Australia                                           
|Auriada Limited                                           |  | Northern Ireland                                    
|Ballymoney Power Limited                                  |  | Northern Ireland                                    
|Balhoil Nominees Pty Ltd.                                 |  | Australia                                           
|SASE Pty Limited                                          |  | Australia                                           
|CIM Mining Pty Ltd.                                       |  | Australia                                           
|Donaldson Coal Holdings Ltd.                              |  | Australia                                           
|Monash Coal Holdings Pty Ltd.                             |  | Australia                                           
|CIM Stratford Pty Ltd.                                    |  | Australia                                           
|CIM Services Pty Ltd.                                     |  | Australia                                           
|Donaldson Coal Pty Ltd.                                   |  | Australia                                           
|Agrarian Finance Pty Ltd.                                 |  | Australia                                           
|Monash Coal Pty Ltd.                                      |  | Australia                                           
|Newcastle Coal Company Pty Ltd.                           |  | Australia                                           
|Syntech Holdings II Pty Ltd.                              |  | Australia                                           
|Tonford Pty Ltd.                                          |  | Australia                                           
|UCC Energy Pty Limited                                    |  | Australia                                           
|Wesfarmers Char Pty Ltd.                                  |  | Australia                                           
|Wesfarmers Premier Coal Limited                           |  | Australia                                           
|White Mining (NSW) Pty Limited                            |  | Australia                                           
|White Mining Research Pty Ltd.                            |  | Australia                                           
|White Mining Services Pty Limited                         |  | Australia                                           



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|Name of Subsidiary                             |  | Country of incorporation/
registration and operation
|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                                           
|Westralian Prospectors NL                      |  | Australia                                           
|Eucla Mining NL                                |  | Australia                                           
|CIM Duralie Pty Ltd.                           |  | Australia                                           
|Duralie Coal Marketing Pty Ltd.                |  | Australia                                           
|Gloucester (SPV) Pty Ltd                       |  | Australia                                           
|Gloucester (Sub Holdings 1) Pty Ltd.           |  | Australia                                           
|Gloucester (Sub Holdings 2) Pty Ltd.           |  | Australia                                           
|Donaldson Coal Finance Pty Ltd.                |  | Australia                                           
|Stradford Coal Pty Ltd.                        |  | Australia                                           
|Straford Coal Marketing Pty Ltd.               |  | Australia                                           
|Abakk Pty Ltd.                                 |  | Australia                                           
|Primecoal International Pty Ltd.               |  | Australia                                           
|Athena Holdings P/L                            |  | Australia                                           
|Premier Coal Holdings P/L                      |  | Australia                                           
|Tonford Holdings P/L                           |  | Australia                                           
|Wilpeena Holdings P/L                          |  | Australia                                           
|Yancoal Energy P/L                             |  | Australia                                           
|Yancoal Technology Development Pty Ltd.        |  | Australia