In southern Jiangxi province, solar power is also proving a headache for local authorities.
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Jiangxi Copper was down 3.9%, Chalco fell 2.1% and Zijin Mining Group dropped 2.5%.
Aluminum Corp. of China and Jiangxi Copper each finished down 1.2%, and Angang Steel fell 0.5%.
Another six inches of rainfall is expected in parts of Hubei, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces this weekend.
Meanwhile, China Minmetals, a giant state company, took over one of the biggest producers in Jiangxi province.
Jiangxi Copper Co. rose 0.7% in Shanghai but fell 0.2% in Hong Kong.
They're from Jiangxi province, on the other side of the country, and have already traveled a thousand miles to be here.
Eventually, I went up to the mountains of Jiangxi for eight months.
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.
The Jiangxi government has allotted 2 billion yuan to banks to roll over loans and required bank branches not to demand for payback for now.
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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.
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.
Hubei, Jiangxi and Hunan are not major corn producing provinces.
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.
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.
"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.
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