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BUZZ-London's miners rise as copper hits 1-wk high

Reuters - UK Focus

** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) in London's miners at the top of the FTSE 100 after copper hits its highest in more than a week as China's Q4 growth met expectations

** Copper hit multi-year lows last week, hurting battered commodities stocks

** Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) , Glencore (Xetra: A1JAGV - news) , Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO.L - news) , Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) , BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL - news) up 4.3-9 pct, cos top five gainers on the FTSE

** Junior miner Vedanta Resources (Other OTC: VDNRF - news) up 4.5 pct, near the top of the FTSE midcap index

** Best (LSE: 0M1A.L - news) day for Stoxx 600 Basic Resources Index since Dec. 23; index hit 12-1/2 yr lows on Monday before recovering

** Rio Tinto also says on Tuesday it plans to increase iron ore production and shipments in 2016 (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)