** Shares of copper miners fall, tracking lower prices of the red metal MET/
** Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 3.5% to $11,415 a metric ton
** Copper prices plunge after hitting a record high earlier in the session, as renewed fears of the AI bubble bursting sparked a broad sell-off of riskier assets
** Global mining giants Rio TintoRIO.N and BHP Group BHP.N dip ~3% each
** Southern CopperSCCO.N down ~3% and Freeport-McMoRan FCX.N falls 1.3%
** Canada's Hudbay Minerals HBM.TO down 1.6%, Teck Resources TECKb.TO falls 5.2% and Ero CopperERO.TO fall ~4%
(Reporting by Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)
((Dharna.bafna@thomsonreuters.com))
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