8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 7, 2005

                            STILLWATER MINING COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                       1-13053                 81-0480654
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(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission               (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)               File Number)           Identification No.)

     1321 Discovery Drive, Billings, Montana                        59102
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    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (406) 373-8700

                                 Not applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS.

Stillwater Mining Company announced July 7, 2005 that employees from East
Boulder mine ratified new three year labor agreement.

ITEM 9.01   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)     Exhibits

See Exhibit Index below.



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                       STILLWATER MINING COMPANY


Dated:   July 7, 2005                                  By:    /s/ John Stark
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                                                       Name:  John Stark
                                                       Title: Vice President



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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10.1     Press release issued on July 7, 2005 by Stillwater Mining Company.

EX-10.1

                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

             EMPLOYEES FROM EAST BOULDER MINE RATIFY UNION CONTRACT

    BILLINGS, Mont., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STILLWATER MINING
COMPANY (NYSE: SWC), reported that the members of the United Steelworkers and
its Local - 1, East Boulder Unit, under which the Company's employees are
organized, voted to approve a three-year contract effective July 10, 2005
through July 1, 2008.  The contract will cover employees at the East Boulder
Mine located in McLeod Montana.

    Stillwater Mining Company is the only U.S. producer of palladium and
platinum and is the largest primary producer of platinum group metals outside
of South Africa and Russia.  The Company's shares are traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol SWC.  Information on Stillwater Mining Company
can be found at its Web site: www.stillwatermining.com.

    Some statements contained in this news release are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and, therefore, involve uncertainties or risks that could cause actual results
to differ materially.  These statements may contain words such as "believes,"
"anticipates," "plans," "expects," "intends," "estimates" or similar
expressions.  These statements are not guarantees of the Company's future
performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important
factors that could cause our actual performance or achievements to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements.  Such statements include, but are not limited to, comments
regarding expansion plans, costs, grade, production and recovery rates,
permitting, financing needs, the terms of future credit facilities and capital
expenditures, increases in processing capacity, cost reduction measures,
safety, timing for engineering studies, and environmental permitting and
compliance, litigation and the palladium and platinum market.  Additional
information regarding factors which could cause results to differ materially
from management's expectations is found in the section entitled "Risk Factors"
above in the Company's 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  The Company intends
that the forward-looking statements contained herein be subject to the
above-mentioned statutory safe harbors.  Investors are cautioned not to rely
on forward-looking statements.  The Company disclaims any obligation to update
forward-looking statements.

     CONTACT:      Stillwater:     John R. Stark      406-322-8700
                   USW:            Steven Gentry      406-656-1439

SOURCE  Stillwater Mining Company
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    /CONTACT:  John R. Stark of Stillwater, +1-406-322-8700; or Steven Gentry
of USW, +1-406-656-1439/
    /Web site:  http://www.stillwatermining.com