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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_ConsolidationPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Principles of consolidation</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionPolicyTextBlock" xlink:to="us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Revenue recognition</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_ShippingAndHandlingCostPolicyTextBlock" xlink:to="us-gaap_ShippingAndHandlingCostPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_ShippingAndHandlingCostPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Shipping and handling fees and costs</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2015/elts/us-gaap-2015-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock" xlink:label="us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock" xlink:to="us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cash and cash equivalents</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesPolicy" xlink:to="us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesPolicy_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesPolicy_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Marketable Securities, Policy [Policy Text Block]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesPolicy_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Short-term investments</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_InventoryPolicyTextBlock" xlink:to="us-gaap_InventoryPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_InventoryPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_InventoryPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Inventories</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LongTermInventoryPolicyTextBlock" xlink:to="scco_LongTermInventoryPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LongTermInventoryPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Disclosure of accounting policy for long term inventories which includes the long term portion of the production cost of leachable material and the basis for which it is charged to cost of sales.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LongTermInventoryPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long Term Inventory Policy, [Policy Text Block]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsAndEnvironmentalCostPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Asset retirement obligations (reclamation and remediation costs)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2015/elts/us-gaap-2015-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsPolicyTextBlock" xlink:label="us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsPolicyTextBlock" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Debt issuance costs</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ExplorationCostPolicyPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Exploration Cost Policy, [Policy Text Block]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_ExplorationCostPolicyPolicyTextBlock_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Exploration</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_OreReservesEstimatesPrecedingPeriodsConsideredForCalculationOfAverageMetalPrice_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the number of years preceding periods considered for the calculation of average metal prices used to determine the amortization of mine development and intangible assets.</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoodsAndWorkInProcessNetOfReservesAbstract_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Metals at average cost:</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Finished goods</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_InventoryWorkInProcessNetOfReserves" xlink:to="us-gaap_InventoryWorkInProcessNetOfReserves_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_InventorySuppliesNetOfReserves_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Supplies at average cost</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_InventoryOreStockpilesOnLeachPadsCapitalizedCosts_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the capitalized costs of ore stockpile material contained on a leach pad, such as copper or gold ore.</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_InventoryOreStockpilesOnLeachPadsRecognizedAsCostOfSales_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the costs recognized under cost of sales of ore stockpile material contained on a leach pad, such as copper or gold ore.</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Axis]</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2015/elts/us-gaap-2015-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentTypeDomain" xlink:label="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentTypeDomain" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_BuildingAndEquipmentMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Buildings and equipment</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Construction in progress</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_LandMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Land [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_LandMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Land, other than mineral</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentLineItems" xlink:to="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentLineItems_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Property</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Total property</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_SeniorUnsecuredNotes7.50PercentDue2035Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Senior Unsecured Notes7.50 Percent Due2035 [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes5.375PercentDue2020Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Notes5.375 Percent Due2020 [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes5.375PercentDue2020Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">5.375% Senior unsecured notes due 2020</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes6.75PercentDue2040Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the information pertaining to fixed-rate senior unsecured notes that bear an interest rate of 6.75 percent and will mature in 2040.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes6.75PercentDue2040Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Notes6.75 Percent Due2040 [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes6.75PercentDue2040Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">6.750% Senior unsecured notes due 2040</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes3.50PercentDue2022Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the information pertaining to fixed-rate senior unsecured notes that bear an interest rate of 3.50 percent and will mature in 2022.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes3.50PercentDue2022Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Notes3.50 Percent Due2022 [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes3.50PercentDue2022Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">3.500% Senior unsecured notes due 2022</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes5.25PercentDue2042Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the information pertaining to fixed-rate senior unsecured notes that bear an interest rate of 5.25 percent and will mature in 2042.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes5.25PercentDue2042Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Notes5.25 Percent Due2042 [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes5.25PercentDue2042Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">5.250% Senior unsecured notes due 2042</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_YankeeBondsSeriesB9.25PercentDue2028Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the information pertaining to bonds that bear an interest rate of 9.25 percent and will mature in 2028.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_YankeeBondsSeriesB9.25PercentDue2028Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Yankee Bonds Series B9.25 Percent Due2028 [Member]</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentLineItems" xlink:to="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentLineItems_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Debt Instrument [Line Items]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">FINANCING</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount" xlink:to="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount" xlink:to="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/negatedLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Issuance discount</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2015/elts/us-gaap-2015-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Debt Issuance Cost</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/negatedLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Issuance costs</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Interest rate (as a percent)</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_DebtInstrumentCovenantRatioEBITDAToInterestExpense_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Debt Instrument Covenant Ratio EBITDA to Interest Expense</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_DebtInstrumentNumberOfTranches_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Debt Instrument, Number Of Tranches</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_PaymentsForUnderwritingExpense_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Underwriters discount</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_DistanceOfPondUnderConstructionFromMine_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the distance of pond under construction from mine.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_DistanceOfPondUnderConstructionFromMine_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Distance of Pond under Construction from Mine</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_DistanceOfPondUnderConstructionFromMine_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Distance of pond under construction from mine (in kilometers)</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfZones_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number Of Zones</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_AmountCommittedToMexicanFederalGovernmentToEstablishTrust_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the amount committed to the Mexican Federal Government to establish a trust to support the remedial efforts undertaken and to comply with the environmental remediation plan.</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_AmountContributedToMexicanFederalGovernmentToEstablishTrust_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Amount contributed to the Mexican Federal Government (in peso)</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfAdministrativeProceedings_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the information pertaining to number of administrative proceedings.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfAdministrativeProceedings_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number Of Administrative Proceedings</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_AmountOfAdministrativeFinesAndSanctions_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the maximum amount of administrative fines and sanctions, which the company may require to pay.</label>
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_NumberOfWorkersHired" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfWorkersHired" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_EstimatedContingentLiability" xlink:label="scco_EstimatedContingentLiability" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_EstimatedContingentLiability_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Estimated Contingent Liability</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_EstimatedContingentLiability_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Estimated total damages</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_RemediationAlreadySpent" xlink:label="scco_RemediationAlreadySpent" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_RemediationAlreadySpent_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the amount paid previous to the establishment of the trust.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_RemediationAlreadySpent_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Remediation Already Spent</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_GarciaAtaucuriLitigationMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Garcia Ataucuri Litigation [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ExploracionesDeConcesionesMetalicasSACMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Exploraciones De Concesiones Metalicas S A C [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LaborMattersMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents labor matters.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LaborMattersMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Labor Matters [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LaborMattersMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Labor Matters</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_TiaMariaMember" xlink:label="scco_TiaMariaMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_TiaMariaMember" xlink:to="scco_TiaMariaMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_TiaMariaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Tia Maria [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_TiaMariaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Tia Maria</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_VirgenMariaMember" xlink:to="scco_VirgenMariaMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_VirgenMariaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents descriptions related to the entity's Virgen Maria mine.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_VirgenMariaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Virgen Maria [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_IloAndCuajoneMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ilo And Cuajone [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_IloAndCuajoneMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ilo and Cuajone</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ToquepalaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Toquepala [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LaborShareFaceValue_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Face value of one labor share</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfLaborShares_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the percentage of labor shares issued by the Branch for all of its employees during that period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfLaborShares_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Percentage of Labor Shares</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfLaborShares_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Labor shares issued by the Branch (as a percent)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_PercentageOfEligibleEmployees" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfEligibleEmployees" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_PercentageOfEligibleEmployees" xlink:to="scco_PercentageOfEligibleEmployees_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfEligibleEmployees_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the percentage of SCC's eligible employees during the period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfEligibleEmployees_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Percentage of Eligible Employees</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfEligibleEmployees_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Plaintiffs do not represent the percent of SCC's eligible employees</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_SolesDeOroEquivalentToOneNuevoSol" xlink:label="scco_SolesDeOroEquivalentToOneNuevoSol" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_SolesDeOroEquivalentToOneNuevoSol" xlink:to="scco_SolesDeOroEquivalentToOneNuevoSol_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_SolesDeOroEquivalentToOneNuevoSol_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the amount of soles de oro equivalent to one nuevo sol.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_SolesDeOroEquivalentToOneNuevoSol_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Soles De Oro Equivalent to One Nuevo Sol</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_SolesDeOroEquivalentToOneNuevoSol_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Soles de oro equivalent to today's one nuevo sol</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtSharesEquivalentSharesSeized" xlink:to="scco_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtSharesEquivalentSharesSeized_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtSharesEquivalentSharesSeized_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">The number of investment shares seized in order to secure the delivery of labor shares sought as damage in the litigation.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtSharesEquivalentSharesSeized_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loss Contingency Damages Sought Shares, Equivalent Shares Seized</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtSharesEquivalentSharesSeized_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of shares seized as security for damages sought (in shares)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_NumberOfLaborSharesPerOneInvestmentShare" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborSharesPerOneInvestmentShare" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_NumberOfLaborSharesPerOneInvestmentShare" xlink:to="scco_NumberOfLaborSharesPerOneInvestmentShare_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborSharesPerOneInvestmentShare_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents number of labor shares per one investment share.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborSharesPerOneInvestmentShare_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number Of Labor Shares Per One Investment Share</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborSharesPerOneInvestmentShare_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of labor shares per one investment share</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffsInvolvedInNewClaimsFiled" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffsInvolvedInNewClaimsFiled" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffsInvolvedInNewClaimsFiled" xlink:to="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffsInvolvedInNewClaimsFiled_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffsInvolvedInNewClaimsFiled_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the number of plaintiffs involved in new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffsInvolvedInNewClaimsFiled_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loss Contingency Number of Plaintiffs Involved in New Claims Filed</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffsInvolvedInNewClaimsFiled_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of plaintiffs involved in lawsuits filed</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LossContingencyNumberOfFormerBranchWorkers" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfFormerBranchWorkers" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfFormerBranchWorkers" xlink:to="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the number of former branch workers.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loss Contingency Number of Former Branch Workers</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of former Branch workers</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LossContingencyNumberOfSccFormerBranchWorkers" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfSccFormerBranchWorkers" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfSccFormerBranchWorkers" xlink:to="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfSccFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfSccFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the number of former branch workers.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfSccFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loss Contingency Number of Scc Former Branch Workers</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyNumberOfSccFormerBranchWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of SCC's former Branch workers</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_AreaOfMiningConcession" xlink:label="scco_AreaOfMiningConcession" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_AreaOfMiningConcession" xlink:to="scco_AreaOfMiningConcession_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_AreaOfMiningConcession_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the area of mining concessions.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_AreaOfMiningConcession_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Area of Mining Concession</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_AreaOfMiningConcession_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Area of mining concession (in hectares)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_PercentageOfMiningConcession" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfMiningConcession" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_PercentageOfMiningConcession" xlink:to="scco_PercentageOfMiningConcession_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfMiningConcession_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the percentage of mining concessions.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfMiningConcession_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Percentage of Mining Concession</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfMiningConcession_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Percentage of mining concession</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LossContingencyPurchasePriceOfSharesPaidToPlaintiff" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyPurchasePriceOfSharesPaidToPlaintiff" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LossContingencyPurchasePriceOfSharesPaidToPlaintiff" xlink:to="scco_LossContingencyPurchasePriceOfSharesPaidToPlaintiff_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyPurchasePriceOfSharesPaidToPlaintiff_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the purchase price of shares paid to the plaintiff.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyPurchasePriceOfSharesPaidToPlaintiff_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loss Contingency Purchase Price of Shares Paid to Plaintiff</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LossContingencyPurchasePriceOfSharesPaidToPlaintiff_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Purchase price of shares paid to former stockholders</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_PercentageOfLaborUnionized" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfLaborUnionized" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_PercentageOfLaborUnionized" xlink:to="scco_PercentageOfLaborUnionized_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfLaborUnionized_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the percentage of labor which was unionized labor.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfLaborUnionized_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Percentage of Labor Unionized</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfLaborUnionized_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Percentage of labor unionized</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_TotalNumberOfWorkers" xlink:label="scco_TotalNumberOfWorkers" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_TotalNumberOfWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the number of workers of the Peruvian operations.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_TotalNumberOfWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Total Number of Workers</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_TotalNumberOfWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Total number of workers</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_NumberOfLaborUnions" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnions" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_NumberOfLaborUnions" xlink:to="scco_NumberOfLaborUnions_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnions_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the number of labor unions in the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnions_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of Labor Unions</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnions_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of labor unions</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsRepresentMajorityOfWorkers" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsRepresentMajorityOfWorkers" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsRepresentMajorityOfWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">The number of labor unions in the entity representing the majority of workers.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsRepresentMajorityOfWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of Labor Unions Represent Majority of Workers</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsRepresentMajorityOfWorkers_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of labor unions represent majority of workers</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsOtherThanMajorityWorkersUnions_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the number of labor unions other than the majority workers unions in the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsOtherThanMajorityWorkersUnions_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of Labor Unions Other than Majority Workers Unions</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfLaborUnionsOtherThanMajorityWorkersUnions_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number of labor unions other than majority workers unions</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_TermOfCollectiveBargainingAgreement" xlink:label="scco_TermOfCollectiveBargainingAgreement" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_TermOfCollectiveBargainingAgreement_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the term of the collective bargaining agreement with labor unions which represent the majority of workers (in years).</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_TermOfCollectiveBargainingAgreement_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Term of Collective Bargaining Agreement</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_PercentageOfAnnualSalaryIncreaseAsPerCollectiveBargainingAgreementInYearOne_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Percentage of annual salary increase as per collective bargaining agreement in year 2016</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_MexicoGeneradoraDeEnergiaSDeRLMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Mexico Generadora De Energia S De R L [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_MexicoGeneradoraDeEnergiaSDeRLMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">MGE</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_CommitmentsAbstract_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Other commitments:</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ProjectBudgetAmount_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Project Budget Amount</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_CarryingAmountInvested_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Carrying Amount Invested</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_CarryingAmountInvested_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Carrying Amount invested in the project</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_AdditionalInvestmentConstructionOfDesalinizationPlant_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">The amount of additional investment required for the construction of the desalinization plant.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_AdditionalInvestmentConstructionOfDesalinizationPlant_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Additional Investment, Construction of Desalinization Plant</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NumberOfWorkersExpectedToBeDirectlyEmployed_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Number Of Workers Expected To Be Directly Employed</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Available-for-sale Securities</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_FerrocarrilMexicanoSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V., a related party of the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_FerrocarrilMexicanoSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ferrocarril Mexicano S A De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_FerrocarrilMexicanoSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V.</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_MexicoProyectosYDesarrollosSADeCVAndAffiliatesMember" xlink:to="scco_MexicoProyectosYDesarrollosSADeCVAndAffiliatesMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_MexicoProyectosYDesarrollosSADeCVAndAffiliatesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates, related parties of the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_MexicoProyectosYDesarrollosSADeCVAndAffiliatesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Mexico Proyectos Y Desarrollos S A De C V And Affiliates [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_MexicoProyectosYDesarrollosSADeCVAndAffiliatesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_CompaniaPerforadoraMexicoSAPIDeCVMember" xlink:to="scco_CompaniaPerforadoraMexicoSAPIDeCVMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_CompaniaPerforadoraMexicoSAPIDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents information pertaining to Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_CompaniaPerforadoraMexicoSAPIDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Compania Perforadora Mexico S A P I De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_CompaniaPerforadoraMexicoSAPIDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. and affiliates</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_OperadoraDeGeneradorasDeEnergiaMexicoS.a.DeC.v.Member" xlink:label="scco_OperadoraDeGeneradorasDeEnergiaMexicoS.a.DeC.v.Member" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_OperadoraDeGeneradorasDeEnergiaMexicoS.a.DeC.v.Member" xlink:to="scco_OperadoraDeGeneradorasDeEnergiaMexicoS.a.DeC.v.Member_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_OperadoraDeGeneradorasDeEnergiaMexicoS.a.DeC.v.Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents information pertaining to Operadora de Generadoras de Energia Mexico S.A. de C.V.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_OperadoraDeGeneradorasDeEnergiaMexicoS.a.DeC.v.Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Operadora De Generadoras De Energia Mexico S.a. De C.v. [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_OperadoraDeGeneradorasDeEnergiaMexicoS.a.DeC.v.Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Operadora de Generadoras de Energia Mexico S.A. de C.V.</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_MexicoTransportesAereosSADeCVMember" xlink:label="scco_MexicoTransportesAereosSADeCVMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_MexicoTransportesAereosSADeCVMember" xlink:to="scco_MexicoTransportesAereosSADeCVMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_MexicoTransportesAereosSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents a Larrea family company, Mexico Transportes Aereos, S.A. de C.V., a related party of the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_MexicoTransportesAereosSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Mexico Transportes Aereos S A De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_MexicoTransportesAereosSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Mexico Transportes Aereos S.A. de C.V. ("Mextransport")</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_HigherTechnologySACMember" xlink:label="scco_HigherTechnologySACMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_HigherTechnologySACMember" xlink:to="scco_HigherTechnologySACMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_HigherTechnologySACMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Higher Technology S.A.C., a related party through relationships to the entity's executive officers' families.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_HigherTechnologySACMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Higher Technology S A C [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_HigherTechnologySACMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Higher Technology S.A.C.</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_ServiciosYFabricacionesMecanicasSACMember" xlink:label="scco_ServiciosYFabricacionesMecanicasSACMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_ServiciosYFabricacionesMecanicasSACMember" xlink:to="scco_ServiciosYFabricacionesMecanicasSACMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_ServiciosYFabricacionesMecanicasSACMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C., a related party through relationships to the entity's executive officers' families.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ServiciosYFabricacionesMecanicasSACMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Servicios Y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S A C [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_ServiciosYFabricacionesMecanicasSACMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C.</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_SempertransFranceBeltingTechnologyAndSempertransBelchatowSPZOOMember" xlink:label="scco_SempertransFranceBeltingTechnologyAndSempertransBelchatowSPZOOMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_SempertransFranceBeltingTechnologyAndSempertransBelchatowSPZOOMember" xlink:to="scco_SempertransFranceBeltingTechnologyAndSempertransBelchatowSPZOOMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_SempertransFranceBeltingTechnologyAndSempertransBelchatowSPZOOMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Sempertrans France Belting Technology and Sempertrans Belchatow SP Z.O.O, related parties of the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_SempertransFranceBeltingTechnologyAndSempertransBelchatowSPZOOMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Sempertrans France Belting Technology And Sempertrans Belchatow S P Z O O [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_SempertransFranceBeltingTechnologyAndSempertransBelchatowSPZOOMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Sempertrans and affiliates</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_PigobaSADeCVMember" xlink:label="scco_PigobaSADeCVMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_PigobaSADeCVMember" xlink:to="scco_PigobaSADeCVMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_PigobaSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Pigoba, S.A. de C.V, a related party through relationships to the entity's executive officers' families.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_PigobaSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Pigoba S A De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_PigobaSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Pigoba S.A. de C.V.</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_EolicaElRetiroS.a.p.iDeC.v.Member" xlink:label="scco_EolicaElRetiroS.a.p.iDeC.v.Member" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_EolicaElRetiroS.a.p.iDeC.v.Member" xlink:to="scco_EolicaElRetiroS.a.p.iDeC.v.Member_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_EolicaElRetiroS.a.p.iDeC.v.Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I de C.V, a related party through relationships to the entity's executive officers' families.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_EolicaElRetiroS.a.p.iDeC.v.Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Eolica El Retiro S.a.p.i De C.v. [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_EolicaElRetiroS.a.p.iDeC.v.Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I de C.V.</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_BreakerSADeCVMember" xlink:label="scco_BreakerSADeCVMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_BreakerSADeCVMember" xlink:to="scco_BreakerSADeCVMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_BreakerSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Breaker, S.A. de C.V, a related party through relationships to the entity's executive officers' families.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_BreakerSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Breaker S A De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_BreakerSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Breaker, S.A. de C.V and affiliates ("Breaker")</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_CompaniaMineraCoimolacheSAMember" xlink:to="scco_CompaniaMineraCoimolacheSAMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_CompaniaMineraCoimolacheSAMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents Compania Minera Coimolache S.A., one of the related parties of the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_CompaniaMineraCoimolacheSAMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Compania Minera Coimolache S A [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_CompaniaMineraCoimolacheSAMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Equity investment in affiliate</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_BoutiqueBowlingDeMexicoSDeCVMember" xlink:to="scco_BoutiqueBowlingDeMexicoSDeCVMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_BoutiqueBowlingDeMexicoSDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents information of boutique bowling de mexico S A de C V, related parties of the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_BoutiqueBowlingDeMexicoSDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Boutique Bowling De Mexico S De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_BoutiqueBowlingDeMexicoSDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V.</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_OperadoraDeCinemasSDeCVMember" xlink:label="scco_OperadoraDeCinemasSDeCVMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_OperadoraDeCinemasSDeCVMember" xlink:to="scco_OperadoraDeCinemasSDeCVMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_OperadoraDeCinemasSDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Operadora De Cinemas S De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_OperadoraDeCinemasSDeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V.</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ControladoraDeInfraestructuraEnergeticaMexicoSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Controladora De Infraestructura Energetica Mexico S A De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_ControladoraDeInfraestructuraEnergeticaMexicoSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Controladora de Infraestructura Energetica Mexico, S. A. de C. V.</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity" xlink:to="us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesDescriptionInterestRate_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Describes interest rate with related parties, including directors, officers and key employees.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesDescriptionInterestRate_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loans and Leases Receivable Related Parties Description Interest Rate</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesDescriptionInterestRate_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Interest rate (as a percent)</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesCollections" xlink:to="us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesCollections_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesCollections_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties, Collections</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesCollections_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Loan repaid</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesAdditions" xlink:to="us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableRelatedPartiesAdditions_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsDomain" xlink:to="us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsDomain_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_ReconciliationOfRevenueFromSegmentsToConsolidatedTable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated [Table]</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_SilverMember" xlink:to="scco_SilverMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_SilverMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the silver product for which the entity reported revenue from external customers during the period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_SilverMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Silver [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_SilverMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Silver</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_ZincMember" xlink:to="scco_ZincMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_ZincMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the zinc product for which the entity reported revenue from external customers during the period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ZincMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Zinc [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_ZincMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Zinc</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_OtherMetalsMember" xlink:label="scco_OtherMetalsMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_OtherMetalsMember" xlink:to="scco_OtherMetalsMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_OtherMetalsMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the other metal product for which the entity reported revenue from external customers during the period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_OtherMetalsMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Other Metals [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_OtherMetalsMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Other</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_SegmentReportingRevenueReconcilingItemLineItems" xlink:to="us-gaap_SegmentReportingRevenueReconcilingItemLineItems_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_SegmentReportingRevenueReconcilingItemLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_SegmentReportingRevenueReconcilingItemLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SALES VALUE PER SEGMENT:</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfRevenueByGeographicalLocationTable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Tabular disclosure of information concerning the amount of revenue from different countries.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfRevenueByGeographicalLocationTable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Schedule of Revenue by Geographical Location [Table]</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="http://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2015/elts/us-gaap-2015-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_EuropeMember" xlink:label="us-gaap_EuropeMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_EuropeMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Europe [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_EuropeMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Europe</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="country_BR_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Brazil</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="country_CL_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">C [L]</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember" xlink:to="us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Other American countries</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfRevenueByGeographicalLocationLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Schedule of Revenue by Geographical Location [Line Items]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfRevenueByGeographicalLocationLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Schedule of revenue by geographical location</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_SettlementMonthAxis_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Settlement Month [Axis]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_SettlementMonthDomain_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Settlement Month [Domain]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_SettlementMonthDomain_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Settlement Month [Domain]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_SettlementInJanuaryThroughMarch2016Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">January through March 2016</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_SettlementInJanuaryThroughApril2016Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Settlement In January Through April2016 [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ProvisionallyPricedSalesLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Provisionally Priced Sales [Line Items]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_NonmonetaryNotionalAmountOfProvisionallyPricedSalesAgreements_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Nonmonetary Notional Amount of Provisionally Priced Sales Agreements</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_NonmonetaryNotionalAmountOfProvisionallyPricedSalesAgreements_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Sales volume (in million lbs.)</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_ProvisionalPriceSalesAdjustmentsInAccountsReceivable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the provisional sales price adjustment amounts included in accounts receivable.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ProvisionalPriceSalesAdjustmentsInAccountsReceivable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Provisional Price Sales Adjustments in Accounts Receivable</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ProvisionalPriceSalesAdjustmentInNetSales_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Provisional Price Sales Adjustment in Net Sales</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/negatedLabel" xlink:label="scco_ProvisionalPriceSalesAdjustmentInNetSales_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Provisional price sales adjustment amounts included in net sales</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsTable" xlink:to="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsTable_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsTable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Disclosure of information about outstanding sales contract of the entity.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsTable_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Schedule of Long Term Supply Commitment [Table]</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_CopperCathodesMember" xlink:label="scco_CopperCathodesMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_CopperCathodesMember" xlink:to="scco_CopperCathodesMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_CopperCathodesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the copper product for which the entity reported revenue from external customers during the period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_CopperCathodesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Copper Cathodes [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_CopperCathodesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Copper cathodes</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_MolybdenumConcentratesMember" xlink:label="scco_MolybdenumConcentratesMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_MolybdenumConcentratesMember" xlink:to="scco_MolybdenumConcentratesMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_MolybdenumConcentratesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the molybdenum product for which the entity reported revenue from external customers during the period.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_MolybdenumConcentratesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Molybdenum Concentrates [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_MolybdenumConcentratesMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Molybdenum concentrates</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_MitsuiCoLtdMember" xlink:label="scco_MitsuiCoLtdMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_MitsuiCoLtdMember" xlink:to="scco_MitsuiCoLtdMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_MitsuiCoLtdMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the customer to whom entity has made long term supply commitment, Mitsui &amp; Co. Ltd. ("Mitsui").</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_MitsuiCoLtdMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Mitsui Co Ltd [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_MitsuiCoLtdMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Mitsui</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_MolibdenosYMetalesSAMember" xlink:to="scco_MolibdenosYMetalesSAMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_MolibdenosYMetalesSAMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the customer to whom entity has made long term supply commitment, Molibdenos y Metales, S.A.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_MolibdenosYMetalesSAMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Molibdenos Y Metales S A [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_MolibdenosYMetalesSAMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Molibdenos y Metales</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_MolymexSADeCVMember" xlink:label="scco_MolymexSADeCVMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_MolymexSADeCVMember" xlink:to="scco_MolymexSADeCVMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_MolymexSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the customer to whom entity has made long term supply commitment, Molymex, S.A. de C.V.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_MolymexSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Molymex S A De C V [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_MolymexSADeCVMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Molymex</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsLineItems" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsLineItems" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsLineItems" xlink:to="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsLineItems_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Schedule of Long Term Supply Commitments [Line Items]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_ScheduleOfLongTermSupplyCommitmentsLineItems_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long-term sales contract</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsQuantity" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsQuantity" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsQuantity" xlink:to="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsQuantity_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsQuantity_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the quantity of product agreed to be supplied over a specified time period under the long-term sales contract.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsQuantity_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long Term Supply Commitments Quantity</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsQuantity_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Quantity to be supplied (in tons)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantity" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantity" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantity" xlink:to="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantity_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantity_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the quantity of product agreed to be supplied under the prior long-term sales contract for the period 1994 to 2000.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantity_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long term supply commitments prior contracts quantity</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantity_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Quantity to be supplied related to prior contract (period 1994-2000) (in tons)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2014" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2014" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2014" xlink:to="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2014_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2014_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the quantity of product agreed to be supplied under the prior long-term sales contract in 2014.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2014_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long term supply commitments prior contracts quantity to be supplied in 2014</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2014_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Quantity to be supplied related to prior contract in 2014 (in tons)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_TermOfAgreement" xlink:label="scco_TermOfAgreement" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_TermOfAgreement" xlink:to="scco_TermOfAgreement_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_TermOfAgreement_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the term of the agreement entered into.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_TermOfAgreement_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Term Of Agreement</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_TermOfAgreement_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Term of agreement</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015" xlink:to="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the quantity of product agreed to be supplied under the prior long-term sales contract in 2015.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long term supply commitments prior contracts quantity to be supplied in 2015</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsPriorContractsQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Quantity to be supplied related to prior contract in 2015 (in tons)</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsAdditionalAnnualContractQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents the quantity of product agreed to be supplied under the additional annual contract in 2015.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsAdditionalAnnualContractQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long Term Supply Commitments Additional Annual Contract Quantity To Be Supplied In 2015</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsAdditionalAnnualContractQuantityToBeSuppliedIn2015_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Quantity to be supplied related to additional annual contract in 2015 (in tons)</label>
    <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="scco-20151231.xsd#scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsAdditionalAnnualContractQuantityToBeSuppliedFrom2016To2019" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsAdditionalAnnualContractQuantityToBeSuppliedFrom2016To2019" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_LongTermSupplyCommitmentsAdditionalAnnualContractQuantityToBeSuppliedFrom2016To2019_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Long Term Supply Commitments Additional Annual Contract Quantity To Be Supplied From 2016 To 2019</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2015And2016Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Rates For Period Between2015 And2016 [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2015And2016Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">2015 - 2016</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2017And2018Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents information related to income tax rate and dividend tax rate for the period between 2017 and 2018.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2017And2018Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Rates For Period Between2017 And2018 [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2017And2018Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">2017 - 2018</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2019AndLaterMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Represents information related to income tax rate and dividend tax rate for the period between 2019 and later.</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2019AndLaterMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Rates For Period Between2019 And Later [Member]</label>
    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="scco_RatesForPeriodBetween2019AndLaterMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">2019 and later</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes3.875PercentDue2025Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Notes3.875 Percent Due2025 [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_FixedRateSeniorUnsecuredNotes5.875PercentDue2045Member_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Notes5.875 Percent Due2045 [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="us-gaap_ScenarioUnspecifiedDomain_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]</label>
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    <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="us-gaap_RestatementAdjustmentMember" xlink:to="us-gaap_RestatementAdjustmentMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="scco_HoldingCompanyMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Holding Company [Member]</label>
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    <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Counterparty Name [Axis]</label>
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