SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/

Southern Copper Corporation is an integrated producer of copper and associated mineral products, primarily mining, smelting, and refining copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, lead, and gold. The enterprise organizes its activities into three core reportable segments: Peruvian operations, Mexican open-pit operations, and Mexican underground operations. Across these units, the company produces refined copper cathodes, copper rods, zinc, and valuable metallurgical by-products like molybdenum concentrates and sulfuric acid. Rather than focusing on metal trading intermediaries or spot markets, the company primarily serves industrial end users across sectors such as construction, power transmission, telecommunications, and manufacturing, typically supplying them through multi-year and annual contracts.

The company's primary production and processing assets are concentrated in Peru and Mexico, with additional mineral exploration work conducted in Chile and Argentina. Operational facilities encompass open-pit complexes such as Toquepala and Cuajone in Peru alongside La Caridad and Buenavista in Mexico, accompanied by smelters, refineries, precious metal extraction plants, and five underground mines managed by its IMMSA unit in Mexico. Incorporated under the laws of Delaware, the corporation does not detail a specific corporate headquarters city in the provided text.

Summary of the business section of Southern Copper Corp/'s latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“As of December 31, 2025, we had 16,617 employees, approximately 64.4% of whom are covered by a Collective Labor Agreement and represented by 16 collective bargaining agreements with ten different labor unions.”