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, 2017 (April 27, 2017)

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On April 27, 2017, the Company, held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total outstanding voting securities eligible to vote were 773,016,469 shares of Common Stock. 748,089,925 shares, constituting approximately 96.78 % 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 ten directors, who will serve until the 2018 annual meeting.

2.               To approve the extension of the Directors’ Stock Award Plan.

3.               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 2017.

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

5.               To recommend, by non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of future stockholders’ advisory votes on executivecompensation.

PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The results of the vote were as follows:

PROPOSAL 2                APPROVAL OF THE EXTENSION OF THE DIRECTORS’ STOCK AWARD PLAN

The results of the vote were as follows:

PROPOSAL 3 — APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SCC’s INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The results of the vote were as follows:

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PROPOSAL 4 — APPROVAL, BY NON-BINDING VOTE, OF SCC’s EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The results of the vote were as follows:

PROPOSAL 5 —RECOMMENDATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVECOMPENSATION

The results of the vote were as follows:

In accordance with the voting results for Proposal Number 5, 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, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 28, 2017

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