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): April 27, 2022 (April 22, 2022)

 

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class:		Trading Symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share		SCCO		New York Stock Exchange Lima Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

ITEM 8.01   OTHER EVENTS

 

On April 22, 2022, Southern Peru Copper Corporation (“SPCC” or the “the Branch”), the Peruvian branch of Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC”), learned that the group of community members from the Tumilaca, Pocata, Coscore and Tala Community, who had illegally blocked the railroad track to its Cuajone mine and occupied its Viña Blanca reservoir, which supplies water to the Cuajone mine and camp, withdrew from these facilities.

 

The Branch is evaluating the damage caused by the acts of vandalism by these individuals to the Viña Blanca reservoir and the railroad track in order to proceed to repair the facilities and take the necessary steps to resume production at the Cuajone mining unit as soon as possible.

 

 

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/ Andres Carlos Ferrero
	Name:	Andres Carlos Ferrero
	Title:	General Counsel

 

Date:  April 27, 2022