Copper miners rise on  supply worries despite mixed U.S. labor data

Hudbay Minerals

17/12/2025 11:11

** U.S.-listed shares of copper miners rise premarket, tracking higher prices of the red metal

** Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange up 1.1% at $11,725.50 a metric ton

** Copper prices rise as traders and investors take stock of supply concerns in the face of mixed U.S. labour market data MET/

** Global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N climbs 1.1% and BHP Group BHP.N up marginally

** Southern Copper SCCO.N up 1.5% and Freeport-McMoRan < FCX.N> rises 1.2%

** Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO, HBM.N gains 2.2%, Teck Resources TECKb.TO, TECK.N up ~4% and Ero Copper ERO.TO, ERO.N edges up 1%

 (Reporting by Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)

 ((Dharna.bafna@thomsonreuters.com))