<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-13-007702.txt : 20130503
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-13-007702.hdr.sgml : 20130503
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130503172348
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-13-007702
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130502
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130503

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CIFUENTES GILBERTO PEREZALONSO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001223261

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14066
		FILM NUMBER:		13813858

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:		1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 160
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		602-264-1375

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 160
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85014

	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 -
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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-05-02</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001223261</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CIFUENTES GILBERTO PEREZALONSO</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE, SUITE 160</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PHOENIX</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AZ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>85014</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>2013-05-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1200</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15741</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/ Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes by his Attorney-In-Fact Raul Jacob</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-05-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex24-gipeci.txt
<DESCRIPTION>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 Hans A. Flury, Luis Echevarria S.S., Raul Jacob
Ruisanchez, Lina Vingerhoets, Javier Gomez Aguilar, Mauricio
Ibanez Campos, and Agustin Avila Martinez as his 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 April 15, 2013.



					/s/ Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
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