** Shares of Australian copper miners track the drop in red metal prices on Tuesday on muted demand in China and pressure from a stronger dollar MET/L

** Sandfire Resources SFR.AX slips 4%

** ASX-listed shares of Capstone Copper Corp CSC.AX fall 5.4%

** Broader mining sub-index down 3.9%

** YTD, Sandfire up 64.6%, Capstone up 23.5%

(Reporting by Shruti Agarwal in Bengaluru)

((Shruti.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))