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BUZZ-UK Mining cos: Soft Chinese PMIs deliver another blow

Reuters - UK Focus

** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) in London-listed mining cos among top FTSE 100 fallers before paring losses after weak Chinese PMI data

** Official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 3-yr low of 49.7 in August

** Global miners Glencore (Xetra: A1JAGV - news) , BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL - news) , Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) , and Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) down 0.7-2 pct

** Decent volumes on all stocks, with more than 10 pct of BHP's, Rio's, and Glencore's 30-day avg volumes going through in the first 20 minutes of trade

** Miners have borne the brunt of slowing Chinese growth (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)