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 28, 2015 (April 23, 2015)

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

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 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers and ITEM 8.01 Other Events

 

On April 23, 2015, the Board of Directors of Southern Copper Corporations (“SCC” or the “Company”) re-elected the following executive officers and elected two new assistant officers:

 

Oscar GONZALEZ ROCHA		President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Copper — Southern Peru
Juan Manuel RODRIGUEZ ARRIAGA		Vice President, Commercial
Edgard CORRALES AGUILAR		Vice President, Exploration
Raúl JACOB RUISÁNCHEZ		Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Javier GOMEZ AGUILAR		Vice President, Legal and General Counsel
Vidal MUHECH DIP		Vice President, Projects
Hans A. FLURY		Secretary
Luis ECHEVARRÍA		Assistant Secretary
Agustín AVILA MARTINEZ		Comptroller
Lina VINGERHOETS		Assistant Comptroller

 

The Board of Directors of SCC thanked Mr. Xavier Garcia de Quevedo Topete, the former Chief Operating Officer of SCC, for the many years of valuable service to SCC.  Mr. Xavier Garcia de Quevedo Topete, has been a director of SCC since November 1999 and continues to serve on the SCC Board of Directors.  Mr. Xavier Garcia de Quevedo Topete is currently president and Chief Executive Officer of the infrastructure division of Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V., composed of the energy, gas, oil and construction subsidiaries of Grupo Mexico.

 

ITEM 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics

 

On April 23, 2015, the Board of Directors amended the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) to better conform the Code to the express language and requirements of Item 406 of Regulation S-K and the regulations of the New York Stock Exchange and to comply with the ethic requirements of the different governmental authorities where the Company operates.  The amended Code applies to the Company, its subsidiaries, business units, branches, affiliates, and other entities that are related to the Company’s mining operations, in any and all venues where the Company develops its activities.

 

The description of the amendments to the Code contained in this report is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code, filed as Exhibit 14 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  The Code, as amended, is available in the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s website at www.southerncoppercorp.com.

 

ITEM 9.01                                    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)                                 Exhibits:

 

14: Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as amended April 23, 2015.

 

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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/ Hans A. Flury
	Name:	Hans A. Flury
	Title:	Secretary

 

Date:  April 28, 2015

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibits
14		Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as amended April 23, 2015.

 

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