Business Description
Southern Copper Corporation is one of the largest copper producers in the world, with mining and processing operations across Mexico, Peru, and several other countries in the Americas. The company extracts copper and a range of other metals ? including molybdenum, zinc, silver, gold, and lead ? and processes them through its own smelters, refineries, and treatment facilities. Founded in 1952 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, it operates major open-pit mines and underground mines across its portfolio. Southern Copper runs as a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.