UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 2, 2008 (September 2, 2008)
SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | File No. 1-14066 | 13-3849074 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | | Identification Number) |
11811 North Tatum Blvd., Suite 2500, Phoenix, AZ 85028
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
(602) 494-5328
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On September 2, 2008, Americas Mining Corporation, or AMC, the parent company of Southern Copper Corporation, or SCC, and a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V., issued a press release announcing the issuance on August 30, 2008 of an opinion by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, stating that AMC paid reasonably equivalent value when it acquired 54.2% of the shares of SCC from ASARCO LLC in 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 8.01.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION |
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| | By: | /s/ Armando Ortega Gómez |
| | Name: | Armando Ortega Gómez |
| | Title: | Vice President, Legal, General Counsel, |
| | | and Secretary |
Date: September 2, 2008
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| | Exhibits | |
| | 8.1 | Press release dated as of September 2, 2008 |
