---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-000838"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCCO"
cik: "0001001838"
company_name: "SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/"
filed_at: "2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T00:46:11.814273+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southern Copper Q4 net income up 8.3% to $902M; full-year down 22.3%; dividend declared $1.00

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $2.82B (flat YoY); net income $902.4M (+8.3%); EPS $1.17.
- Full-year net sales $10.05B (-8.1%); net income $2.64B (-22.3%); EPS $3.41.
- Copper production 894,703 tons in 2022 (-6.6%); operating cash cost $0.78/lb (+16.5%).
- Board authorized $1.00/share dividend payable Mar 1, 2023 to holders of record Feb 14, 2023.
- Capital spending $948.5M in 2022 (+6.3%); Pilares mine to deliver ore to Caridad concentrator in Q2 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-000838
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCCO
- cik: 0001001838
- company_name: SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/
- filed_at: 2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001838/000155837023000838/0001558370-23-000838-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001838/000155837023000838/scco-20230202x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ reported the fourth quarter and full year ended on December 31, 2022 results: revenue 4Q22 net sales were $2,820.3 million, net income 4Q22 was $902.4 million.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year ended on December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: 4Q22 net sales were $2,820.3 million
  - Net income: 4Q22 was $902.4 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Raul Jacob Victor Pedraglio +(602) 264-1375 southerncopper@southernperu.com.pe www.southerncoppercorp.com ​ Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE and BVL: SCCO) ​ ● 4Q22 net sales were $2,820.3 million, in line with 4Q21 net sales. Sales volumes increased for copper (+2.1%), silver (+6.4%) and zinc (+38.2%) and decreased for Molybdenum
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001838/000155837023000838/0001558370-23-000838-index.htm

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