Fujian Makeng Mining Lists on Shanghai Main Board as Longyan Builds "Mining + New Materials" Strategy

Sep 18, 2026

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Highlights

  • Fujian Makeng Mining debuted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Main Board on September 1 under ticker 601123, becoming Longyan's first locally based iron-ore company to go public.
  • Longyan authorities coordinated permitting, land policy, and capital markets access to support the IPO, with explicit ambitions to expand into rare earths and other critical minerals.
  • China's industrial playbook integrates upstream land access, regulatory support, public capital, and downstream materials policy simultaneously—a benchmark Western supply-chain rebuilders must match.
  • No new rare-earth resource, separation technology, or production target was announced; investors should not conflate Longyan's stated ambitions with demonstrated new REE supply.
  • The key open question is whether Longyan will apply this government-capital coordination model to its rare-earth and critical-mineral companies beyond iron ore.

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