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): February 22, 2010 (February 22, 2010)
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 February 22, 2010, Southern Copper Corporation, or SCC, issued a press release announcing that on February 18, 2010 a Federal Labor Tribunal dismissed an action commenced by the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos, Siderúrgicos y Similares de la Republica Mexicana or the Mining Union, challenging a resolution of the Federal Labor Court. The federal court had affirmed the decision of the vast majority of the workers of Nueva Rosita Unit of its subsidiary Industrial Minera México S.A. de C.V. (“IMMSA”) electing to be represented by Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Exploración, Explotación y Beneficio de Minas en la República Mexicana or the Exploration Union instead of the Mining Union. SCC further announced that the workers from eight of eleven mining units and plants of Minera Mexico S. A. de C. V. are represented by the Exploration Union.
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 | |
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Date: February 22, 2010
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| | Exhibits |
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| | 99.1 | Press release of Southern Copper Corporation dated as of February 22, 2010. |
