<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-13-012091.txt : 20130724
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-13-012091.hdr.sgml : 20130724
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130724193447
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-13-012091
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130718
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130724
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130724

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Corrales Aguilar Edgar
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001582294

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14066
		FILM NUMBER:		13984646

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 160
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85014
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>edgar.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 -
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-07-18</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001582294</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Corrales Aguilar Edgar</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 160</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PHOENIX</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AZ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>85014</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President, Explorations</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Edgard Corrales Aguilar</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-07-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex24ecaguilar.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, officer of
Southern Copper Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Hans A. Flury, Luis Echevarria S.S., Lina
Vingerhoets, Mauricio Ibanez Campos, Javier Gomez Aguilar, 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 July 23, 2013.



					/s/ Edgard Corrales Aguilar
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
