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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-07-015423.txt : 20070726
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070726174506
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-07-015423
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070726
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070726
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070726

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			de la Parra Zavala Alberto
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001408055

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14066
		FILM NUMBER:		071004228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		602-494-5328

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		11811 NORTH TATUM BLVD., SUITE 2500
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85028
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -
<TEXT>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-07-26</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001408055</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>de la Parra Zavala Alberto</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>2007-07-26</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>400</value>
                </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>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Alberto de la Parra by his Attorney-In-Fact Armando Ortega Gomez</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-07-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex24delaparra.txt
<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 on July 26, 2007.


				   __/s/ Alberto de la Parra Zavala__
					Alberto de la Parra Zavala

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