Copper miners dip as prices ease on London Metal Exchange

Shares of copper miners fall, tracking lower prices of the red metal

Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 0.7% at $11,401 a metric ton

Global mining giant Rio Tinto RIO.N down 1.7%

Southern Copper SCCO.N down marginally and Freeport-McMoRan < FCX.N> falls 1.2%

Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO down 1.3% and Ero Copper ERO.TO fall 1%