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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001047469-06-009333
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-4/A
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20060707
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060707

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001838
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133849074
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-4/A
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-135170
		FILM NUMBER:		06951333

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2575 EAST CAMELBACK ROAD, SUITE 500
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(602) 977-6595

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2575 EAST CAMELBACK ROAD, SUITE 500
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORP/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960726

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN PERU COPPER HOLDING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951006
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 7, 2006  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No. 333-135170  </B></FONT></P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> AMENDMENT NO. 1<BR>
TO<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-4<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</B></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1000</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(Primary Standard Industrial<BR>
Classification Code Number)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>13-3849074</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2575 East Camelback Road<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85016<BR>
(602)&nbsp;977-6595<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Armando Ortega G&oacute;mez, Esq.<BR>
Secretary<BR>
Southern Copper Corporation<BR>
2575 East Camelback Road<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85016<BR>
(602)&nbsp;977-6595<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Copies to:  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Michael L. Fitzgerald, Esq.<BR>
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley&nbsp;&amp; McCloy </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>LLP</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
One Chase Manhattan Plaza<BR>
New York, New York 10005  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Approximate date of commencement of proposed exchange offer:  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If
the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the
following box.&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#111;</FONT> </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#111;</FONT> </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#111;</FONT> </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="35%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered(1)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
Registered(1)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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Offering Price<BR>
Per Unit(1)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price(1)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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Registration Fee</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>7.500% Notes due 2035</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>400,000,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>100</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>%</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>400,000,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>42,800.00</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
based on the face value of the 7.500% Notes due 2035 previously sold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act of 1933. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file&nbsp;a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section&nbsp;8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or
until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section&nbsp;8(a), may determine.</B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 is being filed solely to amend the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2006,
to include on the cover page of this Registration Statement the delaying amendment pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(a) of the Securities Act of&nbsp;1933, as amended. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Mexico City, Mexico, on July&nbsp;7, 2006. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ARMANDO ORTEGA G&Oacute;MEZ</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Armando Ortega G&oacute;mez<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>General Counsel</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on July&nbsp;7, 2006. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Germ&aacute;n Larrea Mota-Velasco</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Oscar Gonz&aacute;lez Rocha</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Officer)</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Xavier Garc&iacute;a de Quevedo Topete</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> J. Eduardo Gonz&aacute;lez Felix</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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By:</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jos&eacute; N. Chirinos Fano</FONT></TD>
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Comptroller (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Emilio Carrillo Gamboa</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jaime F. Collazo Gonz&aacute;lez</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ARMANDO ORTEGA G&Oacute;MEZ</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Armando Ortega G&oacute;mez</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Juan Rebolledo Gout</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Carlos Ruiz Sacrist&aacute;n</FONT></TD>
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