Copper miners gain as red metal prices edge up on weaker US dollar

U.S.-listed shares of copper miners rise premarket, tracking higher prices of the red metal MET/L

Benchmark copper CMCU3 on London Metal Exchange up 1.2% at $13,266.50 per metric ton

Copper prices rise on weaker U.S. dollar and as top consumer China prepares to shut down for Lunar New Year holiday

Global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N up 2.4% and BHP Group BHP.N rise 2.3% each

Miners Southern Copper SCCO.N and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N gains 3% and 2.7%, respectively

Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO, HBM.N rises 2.8%, Ero Copper ERO.TO, ERO.N adds 3.3% and Teck Resources TECKb.TO, TECK.N up 2.4%