Copper miners rise as prices push higher on potential mine shortfalls and risk-on sentiment

Hudbay Minerals

17/12/2025 16:00

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** Shares of copper miners rise, tracking higher prices of the red metal

** Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange up 1.2% at $11,732 a metric ton

** Copper prices rise as persistent worries about potential shortages spur buying by speculators MET/

** Global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N climbs ~2% and BHP Group BHP.N up ~1%

** Southern Copper SCCO.N up ~1% and Freeport-McMoRan < FCX.N> rises marginally

** Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO gains 2.3%, Teck Resources TECKb.TO up 4.1% and Ero Copper ERO.TO edges up 2.2%

 (Reporting by Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)

 ((Dharna.bafna@thomsonreuters.com))