Released on = February 23, 2006, 7:48 am

Press Release Author = Econ Corporate Services, Inc

Industry = Energy

Press Release Summary = Coal Production and Demand - China\'s Participation in the
Global Coal Markets

Press Release Body =
InvestorIdeas.com Launches New Investor and Industry Portal CoalSectorStocks.com
Following Coal Stocks and Growth in the Coal Industry

Coal Production and Demand - China\'s Participation in the Global Coal Markets

POINT ROBERTS, WA, February, 23rd 2006 - www.CoalSectorStocks.com, a global investor
and industry news portal for coal sector stocks, (a portal within the
www.InvestorIdeas.com umbrella of investor portals) is pleased to offer interested
investors a new resource tool for researching the sector. During the past twenty
years, the coal market has developed rapidly and according to data from the US
National Mining Association, coal production is anticipated to reach 1.16 billion
tons, 3.2 percent higher than 2005. The demand and growth due to rising energy
prices has created new interest in coal stocks and investing in the sector.

China is a major factor in the global coal market with the majority of China\'s
energy production still generated from coal. China is currently the world\'s leading
coal producing country, producing 2.11 billion tons of coal in 2005. In addition to
energy generation, certain types of coal are also essential to the production of
steel - this application is also a significant factor in the expansion of China's
coal market. Puda Coal, Inc. (OYCBB: PUDC), a Chinese coking coal producer and
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (NYSE:YZC), provide insight into the critical
driving forces behind this particular sector (Also visit our China-Asia portal
www.China-AsiaStocks.com for recent articles on the coal and steel industries).

As China continues to expand its infrastructure, demand for coal is on the rise
globally and within China. Chinese coking coal producer Puda Coal is benefiting from
domestic construction's need for steel, which has increased 25% in the first seven
months of 2005. "Driving the demand for coking coal is the mass construction of
infrastructure projects that require the use of large amounts of steel, and coking
coal is essential in making coke, which is largely used in the steel making
process,\" explains Puda Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Zhao Ming. "We are now
very well positioned to capture the intense demand for the high grade coking coal
helping fuel China's industrial revolution."
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited also shows great confidence in the coal market.
According to a company representative, "China's coal consumption will continue to
grow. A major driving factor is China's high economic growth, which drives the
demand for coal. In 2006, it is expected that coal consumption in China will reach
2.17billion short tons, an increase of 0.13 billion short tons from 2005."

Featured Company Puda Coal, Inc.: (CSS and CAS are compensated by Puda Coal as
disclosed in disclaimer.)

Puda Coal, Inc. (OTCBB: PUDC) through its affiliates and controlled entities,
supplies premium grade coking coal to the steel making industry for use in making
coke. The Company currently produces 1.5 million metric tons of cleaned coking coal
annually, and management believes it is one of the largest suppliers of top grade
coking coal in the Shanxi province of China. Shanxi province provides 20-25% of
China\'s coal output and supplies nearly 50% of China\'s coke. www.Puda-Coal.com

Puda Coal Inc (OTCBB: PUDC) presented in the recent China-Asia Online Conference
held on February 22, 2006, 'Opportunities for Investing in China\'s Growth': To
review this presentation please visit:
http://www.investorideas.com/forums/Media/CAS/PUDA/PUDC.htm

For additional information on Puda Coal, Inc., click here:
http://www.china-asiastocks.com/CO/PUDC/Default.asp or to view their short
corporate video, click here: http://www.impactmovie.com/puda_coal/

www.CoalSectorStocks.com (CSS) and www.China-AsiaStocks.com (CAS), portals within
the InvestorIdeas.com content umbrella, offer investors research, news, blogs, RSS
Feeds, conferences and links to public companies within the coal industry and
China-Asia sector. CSS and CAS do not make recommendations, but offer unique free
information portals to research news, articles, interviews and a growing list of
participating public companies in each sector.

Our Current List of Coal Stocks: http://www.coalsectorstocks.com/CSS/Stock_List.asp
Our Current List of China-Asia Stocks:
http://www.China-AsiaStocks.com/Companies/China-AsiaStocks/Stocks_List.asp

To visit our China-Asia portal in Chinese click here:
http://www.china-asiastocks.com/CAS/

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For More Information Contact:

Dawn Van Zant 800-665-0411
Fei Wang 866-948-0848
108007140953 (North China)
108001400932 (South China)

Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com or fwang@investorideas.com

Source: CoalSectorStocks.com, Puda Coal, Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited


Web Site = http://www.coalsectorstocks.com

Contact Details = Dawn Van Zant 800-665-0411
Fei Wang 866-948-0848
108007140953 (North China)
108001400932 (South China)

Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com or fwang@investorideas.com