Copper miners down as demand falters ahead of crucial week

Shares of copper miners fall, tracking prices of the red metal MET/L

Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 down 0.4% at $9,839 a ton

Prices fall as physical buyers paused ahead of a week that could prove pivotal if it brings more clarity about the U.S. copper import tariff and the U.S. trade agreements with other countries

U.S.-listed shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N down 1.2%, BHP Group BHP.N falls 1.7%

Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N dips 1.1% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N down marginally

Canadian miners Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO declines marginally and Teck Resources TECKb.TO drops 2.5%