Shangren Ding
Geology
Coal of Africa Ltd
Australia
Biography
Mr. Shangren Ding is the Non-Executive Director of the Company. He is an experienced professional engineer who brings considerable experience to the CoAL board having worked for a number of mining and energy companies as well as acting as a consultant to government geological bureaus. Shangren has over 30 years' experience predominately in the coal mining sector and he has gained extensive operational coal mining knowledge through chief operating roles at a number of mines in the Heilongjiang province in the People's Republic of China. From 1998 to 2004 Shangren was director of technology and equipment at Harbin Zhongqing Gas Co Ltd. Since 2004 Shangren has worked in a number of senior roles for Beijing Haohua Energy Resource Co., Ltd and is also currently the deputy general manager and chief representative in South Africa of Haohua Energy International (Hong Kong) Co Ltd ("HEI"). Shangren is joining the board of CoAL as a representative of HEI, CoAL's largest shareholder.
Research Interest
Mining Engineering Energy and Resources
