BUZZ — Australian miners slip to 2 — 1/2 — month low as copper prices fall

* Shares of Australian miners fall as much as 0.7%, hitting their lowest level since August 4 * The sub-index tracks copper prices, which fell as selling pressure in chip stocks spilled over into the metal MET/L * Rio Tinto falls 0.4% as the miner reported a 2% rise in its quarterly iron ore sales, while BHP slips 0.7% * AXMM up over 10% this year, including the day's move (Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru) ((Rajasik.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com)