Copper miners fall on softer demand for red metal

** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 0.8% at $9,501.50 a metric ton

** Prices fall as softer demand from price-sensitive consumers, such as China, pushed the growth-dependent metal down from its recent highs, sparked by the 90-day U.S.-China trade truce

** U.S.- listed shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N fall 1.2% each

** Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N down 3% and 3.2%, respectively

** Shares of Canadian miners Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO and Teck Resources TECKb.TO dip 3.5% and 3%, respectively