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

July 31, 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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Table of Contents

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

Signatures

 

 



ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

Southern Copper Corporation (SCC) announces that yesterday three of its mining units, Cananea, Taxco and San Martín, suspended operations due to work stoppages organized by a minority of workers. The Company considers that the referred stoppages are illegal, based upon several procedural shortcomings. SCC has asked the competent authorities to promptly declare as illegal the purported strikes.

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: July 31, 2007