Copper miners down as investors shed risk after Israel strikes Iran

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13/06/2025 13:17

** U.S.-listed Shares of copper miners fall premarket, tracking red metal's prices

** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 1.3% at $9,575 per metric ton, the weakest since June 3

** Copper prices slipped, weighed down by a stronger dollar as investors sold risky assets after Israel attacked Iran

** Shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N fall 1.6% and 2.3% respectively

**  Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N dips ~2% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N down 3.3%

** Canadian miners: Hudbay Minerals HBM.N and Teck Resources TECK.N both fall marginally

 (Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)

 ((Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))