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PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: (Details) | Mar. 31, 2015 lb
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Copper | April and May 2015 |
PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: |
Nonmonetary notional amount of commodity (in million lbs.) | 60,900,000 scco_NonmonetaryNotionalAmountOfProvisionallyPricedSalesAgreements / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = scco_CopperMember / scco_SettlementMonthAxis = scco_SettlementInAprilAndMay2015Member
Provisional price | 2.75 scco_ProvisionalPriceOfSalesAgreementsPerUnit / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = scco_CopperMember / scco_SettlementMonthAxis = scco_SettlementInAprilAndMay2015Member
Molybdenum | April To July 2015 |
PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: |
Nonmonetary notional amount of commodity (in million lbs.) | 10,300,000 scco_NonmonetaryNotionalAmountOfProvisionallyPricedSalesAgreements / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = scco_MolybdenumMember / scco_SettlementMonthAxis = scco_SettlementInAprilToJuly2015Member
Provisional price | 8.28 scco_ProvisionalPriceOfSalesAgreementsPerUnit / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = scco_MolybdenumMember / scco_SettlementMonthAxis = scco_SettlementInAprilToJuly2015Member

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