UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 6, 2006

 

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

2575 East Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(602) 977-6595
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events

The Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2006, Topic: Declaration of Force Majeure

The Company has declared force majeure on its June and July copper delivery contracts due to a strike at the Company’s Cananea copper mine.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION
Dated: June 7, 2006	By:	/s/ J. EDUARDO GONZÁLEZ FÉLIX
		Name: J. Eduardo González Félix
		Title: Comptroller