Yancoal Australia Ltd (ASX: YAL) Share Price and News

Price

$5.01

Movement

0.06 (+1.21%)

as at 9 May - Closed (20 mins delayed)

52 Week Range

$4.36 - $7.52

 
1 Year Return

-14.65%

Yancoal Australia Ltd Chart and Price Data

Fundamentals Data provided by Morningstar.

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Market Cap $6.54 billion
P/E Ratio 5.36
Dividend Yield 10.53%
Shares Outstanding 1.32 billion
Earnings per share 0.921
Dividend per share 1.04
Year To Date Return -16.00%
Earnings Yield 18.64%
Franking 100%
Share Price

$5.01

Day Change

0.06 (+1.21%)

52 Week Range

$4.36 - $7.52

Yesterday's Close

$4.95

Today's Open

$4.94

Days Range

$4.86 - $5.01

Volume

2,337,036

Avg. Volume (1 month)

2,805,939

Turnover

$11,582,529

as at 9 May - Closed

Yancoal Australia Ltd (ASX: YAL)
Latest News

Dividend Investing

2 ASX coal shares with dividend yields over 20%: Are they for real?

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Dividend Investing

12 ASX dividend shares with yields over 10%. Are they too good to be true?

Is a 10% yield a good or a bad sign for an income share?

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Mergers & Acquisitions

BHP share price dips as coal mines catch attention

BHP is looking to divest its Blackwater and Daunia coal mines, located in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

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Share Fallers

Why Bank of Queensland, Brainchip, Pilbara Minerals, and Yancoal shares are sinking today

These ASX shares are being hammered on Tuesday.

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Share Market News

Earnings preview: Here are the ASX shares reporting on Monday

The end of the reporting season is upon us, but these companies are about to turn up the heat today!

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Share Fallers

What's going so wrong for ASX coal shares today?

ASX coal icons have updated the market on the NSW's price cap policy.

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Energy Shares

New Hope share price dives 9% as ASX 200 coal stocks get hit hard

It’s not just New Hope shares that are sliding today. Whitehaven Coal and Yancoal are deep in the red as…

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Energy Shares

Why did ASX 200 coal shares have such a top run on Tuesday?

Coal shares smashed the market today...

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Earnings Results

ASX All Ordinaries shares on the move following earnings updates

Investors have had mixed reactions to earnings releases from these three companies today.

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Share Gainers

What's the forecast for the coal price in 2023?

Will coal prices and ASX shares in the commodity power on this year?

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Energy Shares

Is China about to reignite ASX 200 coal shares?

The big ASX coal miners all managed to at least double their share prices in 2022.

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Share Gainers

These were the 5 top-performing ASX All Ords shares of 2022

These ASX All Ords shares crushed the market in 2022.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dividend Payment History Data provided by Morningstar.

Data provided by Morningstar.
Ex-Date Amount Franking Type Payable
13 Mar 2025 $0.5200 100.00% Final 30 Apr 2025
12 Mar 2024 $0.3250 100.00% Final 30 Apr 2024
05 Sep 2023 $0.3700 100.00% Interim 20 Sep 2023
14 Mar 2023 $0.7000 100.00% Final 28 Apr 2023
05 Sep 2022 $0.5271 0.00% Interim 20 Sep 2022
15 Mar 2022 $0.2040 0.00% Special Cash 29 Apr 2022
15 Mar 2022 $0.5000 0.00% Final 29 Apr 2022
13 Mar 2020 $0.2121 0.00% Final 29 Apr 2020
05 Sep 2019 $0.1035 0.00% Interim 20 Sep 2019
08 Mar 2019 $0.1259 0.00% Special Cash 30 Apr 2019
08 Mar 2019 $0.1596 0.00% Final 30 Apr 2019
06 Sep 2018 $0.0030 0.00% Interim 21 Sep 2018

YAL ASX Announcements

An announcement is considered as "Price Sensitive" if it is thought that it may have an impact on the price of the security.

DateAnnouncementPrice Sensitive?TimeNo. of PagesFile Size
8th May 2025 2025-05-08T17:42:37 HKEX - Monthly Return Notice April 2025YesNo5:42pm111M
6th May 2025 2025-05-06T18:27:04 Notification of cessation of securities - YALYesNo6:27pm413k
2nd May 2025 2025-05-02T18:29:44 Notification regarding unquoted securities - YALYesNo6:29pm616k
2nd May 2025 2025-05-02T18:25:49 Update on 2022 LTIP RightsYesNo6:25pm2244k
24th Apr 2025 2025-04-24T18:32:00 Appendix 4GYesNo6:32pm12290k
24th Apr 2025 2025-04-24T18:31:40 HKEX- Notification of Record date for Annual General MeetingYesNo6:31pm3981k
24th Apr 2025 2025-04-24T18:31:20 2025 AGM Notice of Meeting and Proxy formYesNo6:31pm18418k
24th Apr 2025 2025-04-24T18:24:40 Sustainability/Climate Action ReportYesNo6:24pm785M
24th Apr 2025 2025-04-24T18:24:20 Annual Report to shareholdersYesNo6:24pm16412M
17th Apr 2025 2025-04-17T18:30:41 Quaterly Activities Report - 1Q 2025YesNo6:30pm7500k

About Yancoal Australia Ltd

Yancoal Australia Ltd (ASX: YAL) is a coal miner involved in identifying, developing, and operating coal-related projects in Australia. It has a diversified mix of metallurgical and thermal coal mines. It owns, operates, or participates in 11 coal mines across NSW, Queensland, and Western Australia.

Yancoal’s NSW mines include Moolarben, Hunter Valley Operations, Mount Thorley Warkworth, Stratford-Duralie, Ashton, Austar, and Donaldson. Its Queensland mines include Yarrabee and the Middlemount Joint Venture. Yancoal also manages the Cameby Downs and Premier coal mines in Queensland and Western Australia respectively on behalf of  Yankuang Energy.

The company's primary geographical markets include Japan, Singapore, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Yancoal is majority owned by Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited.

YAL Share Price History Data provided by Morningstar.

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Date Close Change % Change Volume Open High Low
08 May 2025 $4.95 $0.01 0.20% 3,319,018 $4.92 $4.98 $4.88
07 May 2025 $4.94 $0.04 0.82% 1,847,067 $4.90 $4.95 $4.87
06 May 2025 $4.90 $0.18 3.81% 2,589,600 $4.73 $4.90 $4.72
05 May 2025 $4.72 $-0.13 -2.68% 3,498,562 $4.86 $4.88 $4.72
02 May 2025 $4.85 $-0.10 -2.02% 2,742,182 $4.90 $4.91 $4.82
01 May 2025 $4.95 $-0.03 -0.60% 2,505,233 $4.96 $5.00 $4.84
30 Apr 2025 $4.98 $-0.06 -1.19% 1,981,378 $5.05 $5.08 $4.95
29 Apr 2025 $5.04 $0.09 1.82% 2,572,143 $4.98 $5.05 $4.96
28 Apr 2025 $4.95 $0.08 1.64% 3,185,444 $4.88 $4.99 $4.86
24 Apr 2025 $4.87 $-0.04 -0.81% 1,223,140 $4.89 $4.96 $4.86
23 Apr 2025 $4.91 $0.15 3.15% 2,312,813 $4.87 $4.94 $4.86
22 Apr 2025 $4.76 $-0.05 -1.04% 3,106,457 $4.75 $4.82 $4.70
17 Apr 2025 $4.81 $0.06 1.26% 4,521,791 $4.76 $4.83 $4.73
16 Apr 2025 $4.75 $-0.13 -2.66% 4,096,078 $4.85 $4.87 $4.70
15 Apr 2025 $4.88 $-0.12 -2.40% 2,437,573 $4.98 $5.03 $4.86
14 Apr 2025 $5.00 $0.11 2.25% 1,858,452 $4.94 $5.00 $4.91
11 Apr 2025 $4.89 $0.02 0.41% 2,213,787 $4.82 $4.91 $4.80
10 Apr 2025 $4.87 $0.17 3.62% 4,327,646 $4.97 $5.00 $4.79
09 Apr 2025 $4.70 $-0.02 -0.42% 2,974,469 $4.59 $4.70 $4.56

Director Transactions Data provided by Morningstar.

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Date Director Type Amount Value Notes
07 Mar 2025 Ning Yue Exercise 8,270 $24,695
Conversion of securities. 2023 STIP Rights ($24,695 for shares and cash)
07 Mar 2025 Ning Yue Buy 4,135 $24,695
Conversion of securities.
22 Aug 2024 Geoffrey (Geoff) Raby Buy 23,000 $134,459
On-market trade. average
per share price
22 Aug 2024 Debra Bakker Buy 9,000 $51,930
On-market trade. average
per share price
30 Jul 2024 Yaomeng Xiao Buy 100,000 $963,000
On-market trade. HKD
30 Jul 2024 Xiaolong Huang Buy 100,000 $971,200
On-market trade. HKD
05 Jul 2024 Xiaolong Huang Issued 72,000 $527,760
As advised by the company. Bonus shares will be distributed to shareholders on the basis of three (3) bonus shares for every ten (10) shares held.
05 Jul 2024 Yaomeng Xiao Issued 157,500 $1,154,475
As advised by the company. Bonus shares will be distributed to shareholders on the basis of three (3) bonus shares for every ten (10) shares held.
30 May 2024 Ning Yue Issued 16,541 $106,689
Issue of securities. 16,541 Rights
13 May 2024 Ning Yue Sell 120,000 $465,080
As advised by the company. CNY, Buy-back

Directors & Management Data provided by Morningstar.

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Name Title Start Date Profile
Mr David James Moult Chief Executive Officer Jan 2018
Mr Moult is an experienced CEO and company director with a career that spans over 40 years across the global mining and coal industries. During his tenure as a Yancoal director, he has been the chairman of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee (6 February 2018 -current), a Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (8 June 2018 - current) and a Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (8 June 2018 - current). Mr Moult was previously the managing director and CEO of Centennial Coal Company Limited (Centennial) from 2011 to 2017, and then a non-executive director of Centennial from May 2017 until January 2018. Before being appointed as CEO at Centennial, he had held the position of a Chief operating officer from 1998 to 2011. Mr Moult previously held senior management positions at Joy Mining Machinery in the USA and Australia, RJB Mining PLC and British Coal in the UK. Mr Moult is a former director of the Minerals Council of Australia, former chairman and director of the New South Wales Minerals Council, former chairman and director of the Australian Coal Association Low Emissions Technology Ltd, and a former director of the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group and the Port Kembla Coal Terminal. He is also a Member of the University of NSW Education Trust Advisory Committee. Mr Moult is also a current director of the following industry organisations: Coal Services Pty Ltd; Coal Mines Insurance Pty Ltd; and Mines Rescue Pty Ltd. Mr Moult is a director of various Yancoal subsidiaries.
Mr Peter Andrew Smith Non-Executive Director Dec 2024
Mr Smith is a resource industry director, with experience encompassing the gold, coal, metals and fertilisers sectors. He currently sits on the Boards of Evolution Mining Limited (ASX: EVN) and Iluka Resources Limited (ASX: ILU); and was previously a non-executive Director of NSW Minerals Council, Western Metals Limited, VP Minerals Limited and Surat 18 Pty Ltd. During his career, Mr Smith, held prominent senior positions with Rio Tinto, WMC Resources, Ensham Resources, Western Metals, Newcrest Mining, Israel Chemicals Limited, and Kestrel Coal Resources. Mr Smith is Chair of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee.
Mr Gregory James Fletcher Non-Executive DirectorCo-Vice Chairman Jun 2012
Mr Fletcher was a Director of Gloucester Coal Ltd from June 2009. He was appointed as a Director of Yancoal after the merger of Yancoal and Gloucester Coal Ltd in June 2012. Mr Fletcher was elected as a Co-Vice Chairman of Yancoal in 2018. Prior to 2009, Mr Fletcher was a senior partner of Deloitte for 16 years, during which he held many senior roles as well as working with major Australian listed companies with operations internationally, including the Asia Pacific region. He also worked closely with organizations in China, Indonesia and Mongolia to enhance governance practices. He has been Chairman of SMEG Australia Pty Limited and a Board Director of Yancoal SCN Limited, Railcorp, TAFE NSW and WDS Limited and is currently a Board Director of Saunders International Limited.
Ms Debra Anne Bakker Non-Executive Director Mar 2024
Ms Bakker has experience encompassing precious metal, base metal and critical mineral mining, oil and gas development, shipping logistics, commodity trading and corporate financing. She currently sits on the Boards of IGO Ltd, X64 Ltd, Transhipment Services Australia, and Auramet Trading LLC. During her career, Ms Bakker, held prominent roles in banking and finance, including Head of Metals and Mining Origination in Commonwealth Bank of Australia's Natural Resources Division; Risk Advisory at Kiodex, a provider of energy risk management solutions; and positions with Standard Bank and Barclays in London and Sydney.
Mr Xiaolong Huang Non-Executive Director May 2023
Mr Huang is the Director and Secretary of the Board of the Yankuang Energy. Mr. Huang joined the predecessor of Yankuang Energy in 1999 and became the Securities Affairs Representative of Yankuang Energy in 2006. In 2008 and 2012, he took office as the Deputy-Director-Level Secretary of the Board Secretariat of Yankuang Energy and the Deputy Director of the Board Secretariat successively. He served as the Director of the former Shandong Energy Equity Reform and Restructuring Office in 2013, and a Standing-Director of the Board Secretariat of Shandong Energy in August 2020. In July 2021 and August 2021, he became the Secretary of the Board of Yankuang Energy and a Director of Yankuang Energy.
Mr Gang Ru Non-Executive Director May 2023
Mr Gang Ru joined China New Technology Venture Capital Corporation in July 1994 and was appointed as the Head of the Capital Market Research Center of Cvic Software Engineering Co., Ltd. in September 2000. From 2002 to 2008, he served as the Director and the Secretary to the Board of Directors of Shandong TV-NET Medium Development Co., Ltd. Mr Ru successively acted as the Supervisor, Chief Financial Officer and the External Director of Zibo Mining Group Co.,Ltd from 2008 to 2015. Mr Ru served as the Chief Financial Officer and External Director of Shandong Energy from 2015 to 2022. Mr Ru was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of Shandong Energy in March 2022. He has experience in financial and capital management, corporate management, investment and financing.
Mr Ning Yue Non-Executive Director Sep 2023
Mr Yue is a senior engineer having more than 20 years of experience in coal mining operations and management. Mr Yue joined the predecessor company of Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited in 2000, and has held several senior roles during his career, including Head of the Safety Technology Section of the Jinjitan Project Department of Nantun Coal Mine, Chief Engineer of the Jinjitan Coal Mine and subsequently General Manager of the Jinjitan Coal Mine. Mr Yue is also a director of Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Yankuang Energy, and Deputy General Manager of Yankuang Energy.
Mr Ang Li Non-Executive Director Feb 2025
Mr Li started working at China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2009. He has served as director of Strategic Customer Department IV, assistant general manager of Hunan Branch, and deputy general manager of Strategic Customer Department IV. He is responsible for investment business, especially the M&A and reorganization of listed companies. He has domestic and international experience in M&A projects.Mr Li will be appointed as a member of the Strategy and Development Committee.
Mr Jiuhong Wang Non-Executive Director Feb 2025
Mr Wang was appointed as chief engineer of Nantun Coal Mine of Yanzhou Coal Mining Co.,Ltd in September 2014, general manager of Anyuan Coal Mine of Yanzhou Coal Ordos Neng Hua Co., Ltd. in December 2016, and the deputy director of the production technology department and the deputy director of ventilation and disasters prevention department of the Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd., in October 2017. He was appointed as the executive director and the general manager of Ordos Zhuanlongwan Coal Co., Ltd. in September 2018, the vice general manager of Yanzhou Coal Ordos Neng Hua Co., Ltd. and director and the general manager of Inner Mongolia Haosheng Coal Mining Company Limited in December 2020. In November 2021, Mr Wang took positions as the general manager of Yanzhou Coal Ordos Neng Hua Co., Ltd., and the chairman of the board of directors of Inner Mongolia Haosheng Coal Mining Company Limited. In June 2022, he became the director of Inner Mongolia Haosheng Coal Mining Company Limited. In October 2022, he became the vice general manager of Yankuang Energy Group Co., Ltd., and took positions as the chairman of the board of director and the general manager of Yankuang Energy (Ordos) Company Limited and served as the Party secretary and the chairman of the board of director of Inner Mongolia Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. In May 2023, he started to serve as the chairman of the board of director of Yankuang Energy (Ordos) Company Limited. In November 2024, he was appointed as the General Manager of Yankuang Energy Group.
Mr Zhiguo Zhao Non-Executive Director Feb 2025
Mr Zhao, has served as Chief Accountant of Linyi Mining Group Heze Coal-fired Power Co., Ltd. He was the Deputy Director of the Finance Department, and the Deputy Head of Capital Securitization Leadership Work Office before becoming Director of the Finance Department, and Head of the Big Data Analysis Office at Linyi Mining Group. At Shandong Energy Group, he held roles in the Finance Management Department before being appointed as the CFO of Yankuang Energy.
Ms Laura Ling Zhang Company Secretary
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Ning (Kevin) Su Chief Financial Officer
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Laura Ling Zhang Company Secretary
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Top Shareholders Data provided by Morningstar.

Data provided by Morningstar.
Name Shares Capital
HKG Register Control A/C\C 670,123,766 50.75%
Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited 322,157,715 24.40%
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd <Clearstream> 53,758,959 4.07%
HSBC Custody Nominees <Australia> Limited 49,737,948 3.77%
J P Morgan Nominees Australia Pty Limited 44,208,172 3.35%
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 37,467,154 2.84%
HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited <Gsco Customers A/C> 7,210,914 0.55%
CPU Share Plans Pty Ltd <Yal Est Unallocated A/C> 6,578,230 0.50%
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd <Ib Au Noms Retailclient> 5,818,505 0.44%
BNP Paribas Noms Pty Ltd <Global Markets> 4,870,757 0.37%
Mr Qingnan Wen 4,200,000 0.32%
UBS Nominees Pty Ltd 4,183,056 0.32%
BNP Paribas Noms Pty Ltd 3,499,512 0.27%
BKI Investment Company Limited 2,545,000 0.19%
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd <Agency Lending A/C> 2,522,373 0.19%
Netwealth Investments Limited <Wrap Services A/C> 2,043,153 0.15%
Warbont Nominees Pty Ltd <Unpaid Entrepot A/C> 2,008,732 0.15%
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd <Uob Kh Pl> 2,003,250 0.15%
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd Barclays 1,946,122 0.15%
National Nominees Limited 1,878,290 0.13%

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