Copper miners gain on record high prices, supply concerns, weaker dollar

Shares of copper miners rise, tracking higher prices of the red metal

Benchmark copper CMUCU3 on the London Metal Exchange up 3% at $11,475 a metric ton

Copper prices rise to record high supported by a weaker U.S. dollar, supply concerns and tighter availability of metal in warehouses registered with the London Metal Exchange MET/L

U.S.-listed shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N up 1.3% and BHP Group BHP.N gains 2.1%

Southern Copper SCCO.N up 2.3% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N rises 3.2%

Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO up 3.3%, Teck Resources TECKb.TO up 2.4% and Ero Copper ERO.TO rises 2.3%