Meanwhile, China Minmetals, a giant state company, took over one of the biggest producers in Jiangxi province.
Meanwhile, in Jiangxi, water supplies "return to normal" after a fuel spill in Lake Poyang cut off tap water for 60, 000 residents, China Central Television reports.
In southern Jiangxi province, solar power is also proving a headache for local authorities.
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"They dare not sell Hunan rice, " the executive said, adding that the market is now selling rice produced in the provinces of Hubei, Jiangxi, Henan and in northeastern areas, together with some imported rice from Vietnam and Pakistan.
Another six inches of rainfall is expected in parts of Hubei, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces this weekend.
One of these is the 8km walk from Guankeng to Lingjiao, two tiny villages located further north in the mountains near the Jiangxi-Anhui border.
Sichuan in the Southwest, Jilin in the Northeast and several parts of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces were also hit with heavy flooding in June and July 2010.
Jiangxi Copper rose 1.7% in Hong Kong and 1.9% in Shanghai, while in Sydney, Fortescue Metals Group and BHP Billiton advanced 3.8% and 0.7%, respectively.
We continue to recommend Freeport-McMoran, the largest publicly traded copper producer(FCX), December 2011 calls in copper futures, two Chinese coppper companies, Jiangxi Copper and Philex Mining.
Jiangxi Copper Co. rose 0.7% in Shanghai but fell 0.2% in Hong Kong.
China's state news agency Xinhua reported Friday that the eastern province of Jiangxi had reported its first case, leaving a 69-year old man in critical condition at a local hospital.
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