** U.S.-listed shares of copper miners gain premarket, tracking red metal's prices

** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on London Metal Exchange up 1.5% at $9,761 per metric ton, strongest since April 1

** Copper prices rise amid dwindling inventories in London Metal Exchange warehouses and supply worries after big mine in Congo suspended

** Shares of global mining companies Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N gain 1.5% and 1.9%, respectively

** Southern Copper SCCO.N rises ~1% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N up 1.8%

** Canadian miners Hudbay Minerals HBM.N and Ero Copper ERO.N gain 2% and 2.2%, respectively

(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)

((Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))