BUZZ-Miner relief
** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) in London-listed mining cos among top FTSE 100 gainers in early trade following Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) 's positive market outlook
** Co expects global steel demand to grow by 2.5 pct per year between now and 2030.
** Global miners Glencore (Xetra: A1JAGV - news) , BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL - news) , Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) , Antofagasta (Other OTC: ANFGF - news) and Rio Tinto up 1-3 pct
** Traders also citing some short-covering in miners after a painful August
** Miners have borne the brunt of slowing Chinese growth, with most of them falling between 8 to 30 percent last month, except Antofagasta which was up c.6 pct
** FTSE 350 mining index has fallen 32 pct so far this year
** Crude oil, gold and silver prices fall on Thursday (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : aastha.agnihotri.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)