BUZZ-Copper miners down after Iran denies talks to end war, attacks Israel

Hudbay Minerals Inc
Ero Copper
Rio Tinto plc Sponsored ADR
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Southern Copper Corporation

Hudbay Minerals Inc

HBM

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Ero Copper

ERO

0.00

Rio Tinto plc Sponsored ADR

RIO

0.00

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

FCX

0.00

Southern Copper Corporation

SCCO

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** U.S.-listed shares of copper miners fall premarket, tracking lower prices of the red metal MET/L

** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on London Metal Exchange down 1.4% at $11,991.50 per metric ton

** Copper prices fall after Iran denied holding talks with U.S. to end the war in Middle East and launched fresh missile attacks on Israel

** Global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N fall 1.3% and 1.2%, respectively

** Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N down marginally and 1.2%, respectively

** Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO, HBM.N slides 4.3%, Ero Copper ERO.TO, ERO.N down 1.2% and Teck Resources TECKb.TO, TECK.N falls 2.6%