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, 2011 (April 28, 2011)

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

11811 North Tatum Blvd., Suite 2500, Phoenix, AZ 85028

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(602) 494-5328

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NONE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On April 28, 2011, Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC” or the “Company”), held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote were 850,000,000 shares of Common Stock.  795,404,847 shares, constituting approximately 93.58% of the total outstanding shares eligible to vote at the meeting, were present in person or by proxy.  The stockholders were asked to take the following actions:

1.                To elect our fourteen directors, who will serve until the 2012 annual meeting.

2.                To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza S.C., a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, as our independent accountants for calendar year 2011.

3.                To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, our executive compensation.

4.                To recommend, by non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of future stockholders’ advisory votes on executive compensation.

PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The results of the vote were as follows:

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PROPOSAL 2 — APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SCC’s INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The results of the vote were as follows:

Number of Votes (1 vote per share)

PROPOSAL 3 — APPROVAL, BY NON-BINDING VOTE, OF SCC’s EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The results of the vote were as follows:

Number of Votes (1 vote per share)

PROPOSAL 4 — RECOMMENDATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The results of the vote were as follows:

Number of Votes (1 vote per share)

In accordance with the voting results for Proposal Number 4, the Company determined that the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company will be conducted every year, until the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company.

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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.

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