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): November 2, 2011 (October 28, 2011)

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1440 E. Missouri Ave., Suite C-175, Phoenix, AZ 85014

(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

(602) 264-1375

(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:

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On October 31, 2011, Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Mexico”), the indirect parent of Southern Copper Corporation (the “Company”), announced that on October 28, 2011, in light of recent discussions with the Special Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and other developments, its subsidiary, Americas Mining Corporation (“AMC”), has determined to withdraw, effective immediately, its non-binding indication of interest submitted on July 22, 2010 to the Company’s Board of Directors for an all-stock business combination of the Company and AMC, in which all public stockholders of the Company would have received common shares of AMC in exchange for shares of the Company.

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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.

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