HANOI, June 3 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose on Thursday, rebounding from two sessions of losses, as supply threat in the Americas lent prices some support despite weak demand in top consumer China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.2% to $10,165 a tonne by 0247 GMT, while the most-traded July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 1.1% to 73,190 yuan ($11,462.98) a tonne.
Miner BHP has been facing labour strikes at its Escondica and Spence mines in Chile, while a landslip at miner Rio Tinto's U.S. Bingham Canyon copper mine disrupted operations. Vale, meanwhile, has said it will suspend operations at its Sudbury, Canada copper-nickel mine.
Production at BHP's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, dropped 16.5% year-on-year to 85,700 tonnes in April, and Codelco copper mine's output fell 0.5% to 132,700 tonnes, Chile's copper commission Cochilco said.
Meanwhile, Yangshan copper premium
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* LME nickel rose 1.3% to $18,470 a tonne and ShFE nickel advanced 1.7% to $135,330 a tonne.
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* Asian shares were a touch below a recent three-month top, with China a tad weaker as investors weighed inflation concerns ahead of key U.S. economic data while oil prices rose to near 1-1/2 year highs.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
0600 UK Reserve Assets Total May
0750 France Markit Serv, Comp PMIs May
0755 Germany Markit Services PMI May
0755 Germany Markit Comp Final PMI May
0800 EU Markit Serv, Comp Final PMIs May
0830 UK Markit/CIPS Serv PMI Final May
1230 US Initial Jobless Clm Weekly
1345 US Markit Serv, Comp Final PMIs May
1400 US ISM N-Mfg PMI May
($1 = 6.3849 yuan) (Reporting by Mai Nguyen; editing by Uttaresh.V)