UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

June 25, 2007

(Date of Report/Date of earliest event reported)

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-14066

 

13-3849074

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

11811 North Tatum Blvd., Suite 2500, Phoenix, AZ 85028
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

(602) 494-5328
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On June 25, 2007, Southern Copper Corporation (the “Company”) filed a notice of Relevant Events with the Peruvian Securities Commission and the Lima Stock Exchange announcing that unionized workers in Peru at the Ilo smelter and refinery and at the Toquepala and Cuajone mines commenced a work stoppage on June 23, 2007.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

Southern Copper Corporation

 

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Armando Ortega Gómez

 

 

 

 

Armando Ortega Gómez

 

 

 

 

Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Date:June 25, 2007

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