subsidiary traded as bvl scco nyse scco industry mining founded 1952 ; 64 years ago 1952 headquarters phoenix arizona united states key people oscar gonz lez rocha chairman & ceo products copper molybdenum zinc silver revenue us 6.92 billion 2011 number of employees 12 000 parent grupo m xico website www.southerncoppercorp.com toquepala mine in 2003 viewed from iss . the open pit was then 2.5 kilometers across . southern copper corporation is a mining company originally founded in 1952 . the current incarnation southern copper can be traced to the 2005 acquisition of mexican copper producer minera m xico by southern peru copper corporation . currently 75.1 percent of southern copper is owned by mexican mining conglomerate grupo m xico . based on 2007 reserves data southern copper is the world s largest publicly traded copper mining company and the world s seventh largest copper mining company based on 2007 sales . in addition the firm is the eighth largest copper smelting company . the firm ranks among the world s largest producers of molybdenum silver and zinc . the company is a major producer and refiner of copper molybdenum zinc silver lead and gold and operates mines and smelters in mexico and in peru in the andes mountains southeast of lima . contents 1 major operations 2 operations in southern peru 3 operations in mexico 4 references 5 external links major operations edit the firm s operations are primarily within southern peru and northern mexico . operations in southern peru edit current southern peruvian operations include the mines located at the cuajone and toquepala mines . the two mines produced a total of 359 655 tons of copper in 2007 with cuajone producing 182 117 tons and toquepala producing 177 538 tons respectively . a recent when strike at the largest mine cuajone was suspended pending mediation between the two parties . citation needed tia maria is a copper project mine which recently was granted the environmental approval by the peruvian ministry of energy and mining minem to move forward with the project development . geoservice ingenier a was the engineering and consulting firm in charge of executing satisfactory the environmental impact assessment eia studies the eia approval was received on aug 1st 2014 with directorial resolution n 392 2014 mem dga am given by minem . 1 the social protest against the project started in march 2015 causing tens of injuries and up to the beginning of may 2015 2 deaths 2 have also led to massive strikes and road blocks in the region . local farmers fear the open pit project will contaminate water supplies and cover their crops in dust . 3 operations in mexico edit the cananea mine located in northern mexico produced 98 503 tons of copper in 2007 . it is among the world s largest copper mines in terms of reserves and has the longest remaining mine life of any major open pit copper mine in the world based on current production levels . la caridad mine located in northern mexico produced 124 972 tons of copper in 2007 . references edit eia approval for tia maria project . digiscend.com . 2014 . retrieved 2014 10 23 . peru to negotiate with locals over the 1.4 bn tia maria copper project . mining technology.com . retrieved 14 june 2015 . http www.peruthisweek.com news tia maria conflict takes another life 106100 external links edit http www.southerncoppercorp.com http www.azcentral.com business articles 2008 06 23 20080623 biz copper0623.html http finance.google.com finance q nyse pcu http uk.reuters.com article rbssindustrymaterialsutilitiesnews idukn2142100020080721 http www.azstarnet.com allheadlines 249953 v t e major mining companies methodology fy2010 11 revenues of over us 5 billion aluminum corporation of china anglo american anglo american platinum anglogold ashanti antofagasta barrick gold bhp billiton codelco freeport mcmoran glencore xstrata goldcorp hindalco industries impala platinum the mosaic company newcrest mining newmont mining norilsk nickel potash 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