Company: SCCO
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001558370-25-002017
Chunk: 22

Company: SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 22
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

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Every investor or potential investor in Southern Copper Corporation should carefully consider the following risk factors.

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Financial risks

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Our financial performance is highly dependent on the price of copper and the other metals we produce.

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Our financial performance is significantly affected by the market prices of the metals that we produce, particularly the market prices of copper, molybdenum, zinc and silver. Historically, these prices have been subject to wide fluctuations and are affected by numerous and complex factors beyond our control. Market prices are affected by a number of factors, including global economic and political conditions in general, and in particular by: international policies and regulations in the ambits of trade, taxes and tariffs; levels of supply and demand; the availability and cost of substitutes; inventory levels maintained by users; actions of participants in the commodities markets; interest rates; expectations