Copper miners gain as red metal hits record high

** Shares of copper miners rise, tracking prices of the red metal; with CME Copper (HGc1) hitting a record high of $5.033/lb

** U.S.-shares of mining giant BHP Group BHP gain 2.6%

** Southern Copper SCCO and Freeport-McMoRan FCX rise 3.3% and 2.8%, respectively

** Canadian miners Teck Resources TECK, Ero Copper ERO and First Quantum Minerals FM climb between 2.2% and 7.3%

** Hudbay Minerals HBM jumps nearly 10%