Copper miners down amid uncertainty on tariffs, interest rates

** U.S.-listed shares of copper miners fall premarket, tracking the red metal's price

** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on London Metal Exchange down 0.3% at $9,771 per metric ton, having slipped from its highest in over two weeks, touched on Tuesday at $9,865

** Copper prices drifted lower as investors stayed on the sidelines awaiting clarity on a range of issues, including tariffs, the Ukraine war, Chinese demand and U.S. interest rates

** Global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N drop 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively

** Copper miners Southern Copper SCCO.N and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N each down less than 1%

** Canadian miner Ero Copper ERO.TO, ERO.N falls by a similar magnitude