Gold miners fall as hot US data lifts dollar

** Shares of gold miners fall, tracking dip in bullion prices GOL/

** Spot gold XAU= down 0.6% at $3,334.19/ounce

** Gold prices slipped as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data and drop in jobless claims lifted dollar and Treasury yields, trimming odds of supersized September rate cut

** Top miners Newmont NEM.N and Barrick Mining ABX.TO each down marginally

** U.S.-listed shares of South African miners Gold Fields GFI.N, AngloGold Ashanti AU.N and Harmony Gold HMY.N decline between 1% and 1.7%

** Canadian miners Agnico Eagle Mines AEM.TO and Kinross Gold K.TO down 0.7%