BUZZ — Australian lithium miners tumble after battery metal prices sink
* Top lithium miners Mineral Resources, IGO and PLS slid 4.6% to 6.5%, pacing losses across * Broader mining subindex shed 4.1%, sharply underperforming an otherwise near-flat ASX 200 benchmark * The battery metal's prices have slipped 3.6% so far on the day and remain down 11.9% YTD, according to data * Earlier this w