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Next earnings: October 27, 2026
$203.92+1.2%Sep 25 close
Mines and processes copper and other metals in Peru and Mexico, then sells them to industrial customers.
Shares of revenue are estimates for quarter ended March 31, 2026, not figures from a filing.
Copper cathodes and other refined copper
High-purity copper produced by refining or by treating copper ore with a chemical leaching process and then recovering the copper.
Copper rod
Copper formed into rod at the company’s Mexican rod plant for use in industrial and electrical applications.
Copper concentrates
Copper-rich material made by processing mined ore; it is sold for further smelting and refining.
Molybdenum concentrate
A metal product recovered during copper production and sold for uses including steel alloys.
Zinc and lead
Metals produced mainly by the Mexican underground mines; the company also refines zinc.
Silver and gold
Precious metals recovered from mining and processing, including at the company’s precious-metals plants.
Three ratings, each a percentile against the 8 companies we cover in Copper. Deliberately kept apart rather than blended into one score — cheap, rising and well-run are three different facts, and a single number would hide which one is which.
Middle of its industry
The most recent month is left out on purpose: returns tend to persist over 7–12 months and the newest one tends to reverse. This describes what the price has done, and says nothing about what it will do.
Below most of its industry
Yields, so higher means cheaper — a loss-making company ranks last instead of dropping out. Cheap is not the same as good: a high yield is often a price that fell for a reason. All five measures available.
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What management does with the money — scored on whatever the filings answer, never as a share of the total.
A description of where this company sits among its competitors, not a recommendation. Ratings updated Sep 26, 2026.
Southern Copper mines copper ore and processes it into copper concentrates, refined copper cathodes, and copper rod. Its operations in Peru and Mexico also produce molybdenum, silver, zinc, gold, lead, and other materials. It sells these products mainly under contracts whose prices are tied to metal-market prices.
Built from Southern Copper Corp./’s own filings with the SEC. Figures are as reported, with per-share history restated onto today’s share basis. This describes a business — it is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
Is the business getting bigger, and does it generate real cash?
Showing 2 of 41 quarters of Southern Copper Corp./’s grade history. The other 39 go back to September 2016.