(Hong Kong, 2 September 2025) – China Risun Group Limited (“China Risun”, or the “Group”, stock code: 1907.HK), a leading global integrated coke, coking chemicals and refined chemicals producer and supplier and relevant operation management services provider in China, announced its Interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2025 (“the reporting period”). During the reporting period, the Group upheld the main principle of integration of existing businesses and production bases, expansion and downstream of the production and processing capacity of coke and refined chemicals together with identification of new operation management projects over third-parties coke and refined chemicals producers in China and the world. The Group committed to empowering its consolidated competitive advantage and performance through operation and management reform, as well as exploring more capital market actions such as merger and acquisition of new businesses together with restructuring of existing businesses.
For the reporting period, the Group’s revenue was RMB20,549 million, representing a year-onyear decrease of 18.5%. Profit for the period was RMB86.9 million, and basic earnings per share were RMB0.66 cents. The Board declares an interim dividend of RMB0.20 cents per share (equivalent to HK0.22 cents per share).
Embody Vertical Integration, Complete Industrial Chain Layout
The Group focuses on integration and expansion of the existing businesses including production/processing capacity of coke, refined chemicals and operation management, enhance the leadership in coke industry production chain. For the reporting period, the Group constructed a new production base in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province with annual coke production capacity of 1.8 million tonnes, and it was estimated to complete by the end of 2025 or early 2026, making the total annual coke production/processing capacity up to 25.2 million tonnes upon commencement of operation. Furthermore, the Group continued its business under the Development to enhance the Group’s annual production and processing capacity of coke and refined chemicals together with potential capital market actions, including the cooperation with Beijing SinoHytec Co., Ltd. in March 2025 and Tianjin Binhai Energy & Development Co., Ltd. in May 2025.
Following the provision of operational management services to a company in Xuzhou in January, the Group has entered into two operation management agreement during the reporting period, to further expand the Group’s business presence in coke and coking chemicals in Shanxi and Jilin Province, China.
Meanwhile, China Risun made use of the initiative of leading position, advanced production technology and R&D experience over the decade, Dingzhou Production Base of the Group developed amino alcohol of 5,000 tonnes per annum by its production facility for the first time in China. The Group became the world’s second largest producer and supplier of amino alcohol, which drove its value in the refined chemicals industry through economic of scale, industry chain integration and innovation. In addition, amino alcohol has also successfully passed the REACH registration in EU and could be sold to customers in the EU market, marking another strategic breakthrough for the Group. Other than amino alcohol, the Group continued further development of new type of refined chemicals caprolactam, polyamide 6 and high-temperature nylon – a special material for many consumables with its characteristic of strength and heat resistance, further consolidated the Group’s market position in high-end refined chemicals and supported the Group’s sustainable development.
Coke and refined chemicals’ volume for the reporting period were 10.9 million tonnes and 2.9 million tonnes respectively, representing an increase of 25.3% and 11.5% year-on-year.
Accelerate Hydrogen Energy Business Development, Open Up New Prospects for Intelligent and Green Initiatives
The Group actively expands into the hydrogen energy sector and promotes a "Hydrogen New Paradigm" to foster greener, lower-carbon, and more exemplary development in the energy and chemical processes industries. For the reporting period, the Group actively participated into the hydrogen industrialization plan in Hebei Dingzhou, Inner Mongolia Hohhot and Hebei Xingtai, China, aiming at creating a clean and low-carbon hydrogen energy supplier.
Focusing on the rapid development of hydrogen energy industry in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, the Group is committed to develop from production, storage, transportation, hydrogenation to usage together with radiation of intelligent supply of hydrogen to the whole country with advanced technology and more customer-oriented services. For the Reporting Period, high-purified hydrogen’s production volume was 11.1 million Nm3, representing an increase of 16.8% yearon-year. In addition, Dingzhou Risun Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd. successfully completed the addition of hazardous chemicals business license, expanding the scope of hazardous chemicals business from 5 categories to 18 categories, taking an important step in the field of hazardous chemicals trade and operation, further enriching the product line and enhancing competitiveness.
The Group’s 5-tonne daily liquid hydrogen demonstration project successfully passed the preliminary review and public announcement by the Hebei Provincial Development and Reform Commission and was selected for the fifth batch of national recommendations for the first major technological equipment in the energy sector in China. This demonstrates recognition of the Group’s effort in promoting strategic energy transformation, and promoting green, low-carbon development. In the future, the group will invest in establishing new hydrogen energy projects in Pingxiang Production Base and explore the opportunities to construct hydrogen-energy mother island and energy integrated station in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area together with merger and acquisition with other leading companies specializing in hydrogen industry.
Meanwhile, the Group was committed to lead the digitalization in the coke and chemical industry by continuous innovation throughout the process of Sales-TransportationManufacturing-Supply-Research. The Group continued to promote the construction and improvement of digital or intelligent factories among the production bases of the Group with the aim of development of “green, agglomeration, intelligence and high-end” in the coke and chemicals industry. Through the unwavering efforts of the Group, Hebei Risun Energy Co., Ltd has been recognized for the first time as an “Coal Coking Full-Process Lean Management Intelligent Factory” listed in the first batch of advanced intelligent factories in 2025, released by the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Hebei Province.
In the future, the Group will focus on strengthening exploration in the capital market actions to improve business prospects, operation and management efficiency, profitability, return on investment, comprehensive competitiveness by fully implementing the annual plan of operation and production and the financial budget, achieving the corporate cost control measures and safeguarding profits, ensuring the Group’s financial health and sustainable development. These initiatives will lay a solid foundation for the steady progress of its "FiveYear Plan 2026 to 2030", enabling the Group to stand out in global competition and continuously create long-term value for its shareholders.
