IRONORE/ The mining trio — BHP Group BHP.AX, Rio Tinto RIO.AX and Fortescue Metals FMG.AX — fell between 0.1% and 0.9%. May 24 (Reuters) - Australian shares inched higher on Monday, helped by a rise in energy stocks, while investors looked to U.S. inflation data due later this week that could determine the Federal Reserve's monetary policy stance. Eyeing core inflation data in the United States, investors were worried that a high reading could revive talks of an early tapering in the Fed's bond-buying programme.