** Shares of Australian copper miners fall after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on aluminium and copper imports
** Stocks also pressured by analysts marking down forecasts for the metal's prices in 2025, citing uncertainty over Trump's tariffs, China's economy, and potential sticky inflation
** South32 S32.AX, which generated around 15% of its 2024 operating earnings from copper, down 4.7% to its lowest since mid-January
** Sandfire Resources SFR.AX falls 2.2% to lowest since Jan. 15
** ASX-listed shares of Capstone Copper CSC.AX drop 2%, trading at their lowest since mid-September
** Gold miner Newmont Corp NEM.AX, which also extracts copper, retreats 0.8%
** BHP Group BHP.AX and Rio Tinto RIO.AX, which are in a race to seize copper assets over the past few years, up 0.9% and 0.1%, as iron ore prices firm IRONORE/
(Reporting by Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru)
((Sameer.Manekar@thomsonreuters.com;))
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