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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-07-008714.txt : 20070501
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-07-008714.hdr.sgml : 20070501
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070501133117
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-07-008714
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070501
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070501

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GAMBOA EMILIO CARRILLO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001198716

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14066
		FILM NUMBER:		07804874

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2022613300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DECHERT,1775 EYE STREET NW
		STREET 2:		1775 EYE STREET NW
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20006

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11811 NORTH TATUM BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2500
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85028
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(602) 977-6595

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11811 NORTH TATUM BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2500
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85028

	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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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -
<TEXT>
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-04-30</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001001838</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PCU</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001198716</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GAMBOA EMILIO CARRILLO</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>11811 NORTH TATUM BLVD, SUITE 2500</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PHOENIX</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AZ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>85028</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-04-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>400</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Received pursuant to Issuer's Directors' Stock Award Plan for service as a director - exempt transaction under Rule 16b-3(d).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">N/A</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Reflects 800 shares acquired due to a two-for-one stock split effective October 2, 2006 - exempt transaction under Rule 16a-9(a).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Emilio Carrillo Gamboa by his Attorney-In-Fact Armando Ortega Gomez</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-04-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex24carrillogamboa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX. 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
			POWER OF ATTORNEY


		KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director of Southern Copper Corporation (the "Company") hereby
constitutes and appoints Armando Ortega Gomez, Fabiola Alvarado,
Hans A. Flury, Luis Echevarria S. S., and Jose N. Chirinos  and
as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them with full power to act without the other as his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place
and stead, to sign any and all Form ID, Forms 3, 4 and 5 which
are deemed appropriate and in his best interests and which are to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C. 20549, under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and with the New York Stock Exchange, and to
sign any amendments to any such Forms, hereby granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

		The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto
executed this power of attorney this April 30, 2007.


/s/ Emilio Carrillo Gamboa_
Emilio Carrillo Gamboa
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