** Shares of copper miners rise, tracking prices of the red metal
** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange rose 1.2% to $9,607 per metric ton
** Copper prices rise after speculation about possible new import tariffs, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on aluminium and steel imports to 50%
** U.S.-listed shares of global mining giants BHP Group BHP.N and Rio Tinto RIO.N up marginally
** Copper miners: Southern Copper SCCO.N rises 1.8% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N gains ~4%
** Canadian miners: Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO rises 3.2% and Ero Copper ERO.TO up 2.5%
(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)
((Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))
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