Southern Copper Corporation
Rank #191HypergrowthSCCO · NYSE · Basic Materials
Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) — Rank #191 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.33) · ROE 34.3% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001001838 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Mexico, the United States, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Other American countries.
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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 copper-molybdenum concentrates and sulfuric acid; production of refined silver, gold, and other materials; and mining and processing of copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, gold and lead. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone open-pit mines, smelter, and refinery in Peru; La Caridad, an open-pit copper mine, as well as copper ore concentrator; and SX-EW plant, a smelter, refinery, and rod plant in Mexico. The company also operates Buenavista, an open-pit copper mine, as well as copper concentrators and operating SX-EW plants in Mexico. In addition, it operates underground mines that produce zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold; coal mine; and zinc refinery. The company has interests in 164,805 hectares and 505,788 hectares of concessions in Peru and Mexico; and 98,634 hectares and 28,453 hectares of exploration concessions in Argentina and Chile. Southern Copper Corporation was formerly known as Southern Peru Copper Corp. and changed its name to Southern Copper Corporation in July 1996.
The company was incorporated in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.
- Industry
- Copper
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- southerncoppercorp.com
Financials
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| Fiscal year end | 2017-12-31filed 2018-03-01 | 2016-12-31filed 2017-03-01 | 2015-12-31filed 2016-02-26 | 2014-12-31filed 2015-03-02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||
| Cash & equivalents | 1,004.8 | 546.0 | 274.5 | 364.0 |
| Short-term investments | 50.5 | 51.3 | 603.5 | 338.6 |
| Accounts receivable | 890.6 | 591.9 | 448.6 | 540.2 |
| Inventory | 1,041.9 | 1,010.4 | 857.2 | 836.5 |
| Total current assets | 3,170.1 | 2,566.1 | 2,484.2 | 2,489.8 |
| Property, plant & equipment, net | 9,099.6 | 8,766.5 | 8,262.8 | 7,436.4 |
| Goodwill | 41.9 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 17.0 |
| Total assets | 13,780.1 | 13,234.3 | 12,593.2 | 11,551.9 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable | 659.8 | 584.2 | 646.6 | 549.7 |
| Total current liabilities | 1,168.3 | 999.0 | 920.2 | 1,150.9 |
| Total debt | 5,957.1 | 5,954.2 | 5,951.5 | 4,206.0 |
| Equity | ||||
| Retained earnings | 5,726.2 | 5,455.3 | 4,812.1 | 4,346.8 |
| Total shareholders' equity | 6,149.4 | 5,870.9 | 5,299.2 | 5,836.6 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?