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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METHANEX CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886977
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
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		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A1
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20115
		FILM NUMBER:		08956720

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 WATERFRONT CENTER
		STREET 2:		200 BURRARD STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER BC CANADA
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6046847500

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		STREET 1:		1800 WATERFRONT CENTER
		STREET 2:		200 BURRARD STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER BC CANADA
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM 6-K</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2008</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>METHANEX CORPORATION</B>


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<I>(Registrant&#146;s name)</I></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SUITE 1800, 200 BURRARD STREET, VANCOUVER, BC V6C 3M1 CANADA</B>


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<I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I></DIV>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form
20-F or Form 40-F.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


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Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b): 82<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>METHANEX CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;July 17, 2008</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ RANDY MILNER
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Randy Milner&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Senior Vice President, General Counsel
&#038;&nbsp;Corporate Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-size:30pt"><B><I>NEWS
RELEASE</I></B></FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><IMG src="o41348o4134800.gif" alt="(METHANEX LOGO)"><BR>
Methanex Corporation<BR>
1800 &#150; 200 Burrard St.<BR>
Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 3M1<BR>
Investor Relations: 604-661-2600<BR>
Toll-Free: 1-800-661-8851<BR>
http://www.methanex.com</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>For immediate release</I></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">July&nbsp;16, 2008
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>METHANEX, GEOPARK AND WINTERSHALL AWARDED GAS EXPLORATION BLOCK IN SOUTHERN CHILE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Methanex Corporation announced today that the Government of Chile has awarded the Otway gas
exploration block to a consortium that includes Wintershall Holding AG, Geopark Holdings Limited,
and Methanex Corporation. Wintershall and GeoPark each own a 42% interest in the consortium and
Methanex owns 16%. The block was awarded under the Government of Chile&#146;s international Bidding
Round, which is comprised of ten blocks in the Chilean Magellan basin in southern Chile where
Methanex&#146;s plant site is located. Exploration work is expected to commence by the end of this
year. The minimum exploration investment committed in the block by the consortium is US$30&nbsp;million.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Bruce Aitken, President and CEO of Methanex commented, &#147;Participating in the Otway Block represents
another opportunity to increase gas supply to our plants in Chile. We are very pleased to have
aligned ourselves with Wintershall and Geopark, companies that have extensive experience in gas
exploration and development in the Southern Cone of South America. &#147;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Paul Schiodtz, Methanex&#146;s Senior Vice President, Latin America added, &#147;We are very pleased with
this decision and we expect to sign the corresponding Special Operation Contract (CEOP)&nbsp;with the
Chilean Government shortly. With our recent agreements with ENAP for the Dorado Riquelme Block and
GeoPark for the Fell Block, this agreement is another step which aligns with our strategic
objective of accelerating and promoting natural gas development in southern Chile.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">GeoPark is a Latin American oil and gas producer and explorer with properties in Argentina and
Chile. It is the only private sector oil and gas producer in Chile, and has been supplying natural
gas to Methanex in Chile since May&nbsp;2006. GeoPark has shares listed for trading on the Alternative
Investment Market (AIM)&nbsp;of the London Stock Exchange under the trading symbol &#147;GPK&#148;. GeoPark can be
visited online at www.geo-park.com.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Wintershall, the oil and gas division of BASF SE of Germany, is through its Argentine subsidiary
Wintershall Energ&#237;a SA, one of the largest producers of natural gas in Argentina and one of the
important suppliers of gas to Methanex. Wintershall can be visited online <U>www.wintershall.com</U>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company and is the world&#146;s largest supplier of
methanol to major international markets. Methanex shares are listed for trading on the Toronto
Stock Exchange in Canada under the trading symbol &#147;MX&#148;; on the NASDAQ Global Market in the United
States under the trading symbol &#147;MEOH&#148;; and on the Foreign Securities Market of the Santiago Stock
Exchange in Chile under the trading symbol &#147;Methanex&#148;. Methanex can be visited online at
<U>www.methanex.com</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Inquiries:</B><BR>
Jason Chesko<BR>
Director, Investor Relations<BR>
Methanex Corporation<BR>
604-218-7556

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