Copper miners fall on rising inventories

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

Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 1.4% at $12,673 per metric ton

Global mining giant Rio Tinto RIO.N down 3.1%

Southern Copper SCCO.N drops ~6%; Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N falls 4.4%

Canada's Teck Resources TECKb.TO down 3%, Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO plunges 6.1% and Ero Copper ERO.TO dips 5.5%