BUZZ-Copper miners gain as red metal prices edge higher

Hudbay Minerals Inc
Ero Copper
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Southern Copper Corporation
BHP Group Ltd Sponsored American Depositary Receipt Repr 2 Shs

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Ero Copper

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Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

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Southern Copper Corporation

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BHP Group Ltd Sponsored American Depositary Receipt Repr 2 Shs

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

** Benchmark copper CMCU3 on London Metal Exchange up 2.1% at $13,437 a ton

** Prices dropped 1.5% on Wednesday on demand concerns after U.S. President Donald Trump said the memorandum of understanding with Iran to end the Gulf conflict was "over"

** Copper prices rebound on Thursday as the market hopes for another de-escalation in hostilities in the Gulf and the U.S. dollar dips after its recent surge

** Shares of global mining giant BHP Group BHP.N rise 1.3%

** Miners Southern Copper SCCO.N up 1.8% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N adds 1.6%

** Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.N HBM.TO jumps 2.7% and Ero Copper ERO.N ERO.TO adds 1.3%