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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-07-008713.txt : 20070501
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-07-008713.hdr.sgml : 20070501
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070501133031
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-07-008713
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:			VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001223260

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14066
		FILM NUMBER:		07804865

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BAJA CALIFORNIA 200
		CITY:			MEXICO
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			00000

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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<TYPE>4
<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>0001223260</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>VELASCO GERMAN LARREA MOTA</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>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman of the Board</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>3600</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 1,600 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>German Larrea Mota-Velasco 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>ex24germanlarrea.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 26,
2007.


			_/s/German Larrea Mota-Velasco_
			  German Larrea Mota-Velasco
</TEXT>
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