** Copper miners fall after U.S. dollar strengthens on Friday
** Dollar heads for best weekly performance in a month, as investors price in the possibility of the Federal Reserve cutting rates more slowly next year, weighing on dollar-backed commodities such as copper
** Both Freeport-McMoRan and Southern Copper
down, 2.2% each
** U.S.-listed shares of global mining giants BHP Group
and Rio Tinto fall 1.8% and 2.2%, respectively
** Canadian miners Teck Resources , First Quantum
, Ero Copper and Hudbay Minerals fall between 2.8% and 5.7%
(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
((Sourasis.bose@thomsonreuters.com))
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