Southern Copper buys El Pilar copper project in Mexico ...
Aug 03, 2015· Southern Copper buys El Pilar copper project in Mexico Southern Copper Corp has acquired El Pilar copper project in Mexico's Sonora state, in a $100 million cash deal. The company, owned by Grupo Mexico, said El Pilar will operate as a conventional open-pit mine, with the beginning of the commercial operations expected by 2018.