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 22, 2014 (September 22, 2014)

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-14066

 

13-3849074

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

1440 E. Missouri Ave., Suite 160, Phoenix, AZ 85014

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(602) 264-1375

(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

 

RELEVANT EVENT

 

Mexico City, September 22, 2014, Buenavista del Cobre, S.A. de C.V. (the “Company”), a subsidiary of Southern Copper Corporation, reports that there was no second spill of acid copper sulfate solution at any of the reservoirs at the Buenavista del Cobre mine.

 

As a consequence of heavy rains triggered by Hurricane Odile, the Tinajas 1 and Tinajas 2 reservoirs at the mine were overflowing with rainwater. Such incident was timely communicated to the relevant authorities on September 18, 2014. The Mexican Environmental Protection Agency (PROFEPA) has announced that such discharge derives from the rainwater and contains some ferrous elements below hazardous levels, which are not considered a health hazard. (See PROFEPA’s official statement at: http://www.profepa.gob.mx/innovaportal/v/6327/1/mx/aguas_ pluviales _con_elementos_ferrosos_por_debajo_de_la_norma_analisis_de_nuevo_vertimiento_en_buenavista_del_cobre:_profepa.html)

 

Water testing conducted through September 20th, 2014 by PROFEPA, CONAGUA and the Company reported normal acidity levels in the Bacanuchi and Sonora Rivers.

 

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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

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Javier Gomez Aguilar

 

Name:

Javier Gomez Aguilar

 

Title:

Vice President, Legal and General Counsel

 

 

Date: September 22, 2014

 

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