Copper miners rise as prices push higher on potential mine shortfalls and risk-on sentiment

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

Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange up 1.2% at $11,732 a metric ton

Global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N climbs ~2% and BHP Group BHP.N up ~1%

Southern Copper SCCO.N up ~1% and Freeport-McMoRan < FCX.N> rises marginally

Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO gains 2.3%, Teck Resources TECKb.TO up 4.1% and Ero Copper ERO.TO edges up 2.2%