** Shares of copper miners rise as prices of the red metal increase on a weaker U.S. dollar, even as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs remained
** Benchmark three-month copperCMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange up 0.4% at $9,418 a metric ton after hitting a peak of $9,481.50 in the previous session to touch its highest since April 3
** A weaker U.S. currency makes dollar-priced commodities such as copper less expensive for buyers using other currencies
** U.S.-listed shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N rise 2.5% and 1.7%, respectively
** Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N up 3.8%; and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N up 6.1% after posting Q1 results
** Shares of Canadian miners Hudbay Minerals HBM.N up 4.5% and Teck Resources TECK.N rise 5.1%
(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)
((Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))
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