
Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, and Chile. The company is involved in the mining, milling, and flotation of copper ore to produce copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce blister and anode copper; refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes; production of molybdenum concentrate and sulfuric acid; production of refined silver, gold, and other materials; and mining and processing of zinc and lead. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone open-pit mines, and a smelter and refinery in Peru; and La Caridad, an open-pit copper mine, as well as a copper ore concentrator, a SX-EW plant, a smelter, refinery, and a rod plant in Mexico. The company also operates Buenavista, an open-pit copper mine, as well as two copper concentrators and two operating SX-EW plants in Mexico. In addition, it operates five underground mines that produce zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold; a coal mine that produces coal and coke; and a zinc refinery. The company has interests in 82,134 hectares of exploration concessions in Peru; 493,533 hectares of exploration concessions in Mexico; 246,346 hectares of exploration concessions in Argentina; 29,888 hectares of exploration concessions in Chile; and 7,299 hectares of exploration concessions in Ecuador. Southern Copper Corporation was incorporated in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.
Southern Copper Corporation trades as SCCO on NYSE. The company is classified in Basic Materials / Copper and reports in USD.
The current profile places the business in Copper. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.
Latest available fiscal data shows $13.42B of revenue and $4.33B of net income.
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Southern Copper Corporation can be compared against peers such as Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, Barrick Mining Corporation, BHP Group Limited, CRH plc, Ecolab Inc., Freeport-McMoRan Inc..
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Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $144.31B, beta of 1.11, and return on equity of +39.3%.
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SCCO currently shows total debt of $7.41B and beta of 1.11. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.
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Recent filings to review: 4 (2026-06-05 00:00:00), 4 (2026-06-02 00:00:00), 4 (2026-05-22 00:00:00), 4 (2026-05-18 00:00:00).
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Company website: https://southerncoppercorp.com
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