** Shares of copper miners rise, tracking higher prices of the red metal MET/
** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange up 2.5% at $11,201.50 a metric ton
** Copper prices powered to a record high, boosted by a weaker dollar and concerns over lower supply from top copper miner Chile and smelters in China, the world's biggest consumer of the metal
** A softer dollar makes dollar-denominated metals more affordable for holders of other currencies
** Miners Southern Copper SCCO.N up 1.5% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N up 2.3%
** Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO up ~2% and Ero Copper ERO.TO climbs 4.4% and Teck Resources TECKb.TO gains marginally
(Reporting by Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)
((Dharna.bafna@thomsonreuters.com))
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