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): September 3, 2006

                            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 SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT THE EAST BOULDER
          MINE AS DERBY WILDFIRE CONTINUES

         On September 3, 2006, the Company issued a press release reporting the
temporary suspension of operations at its East Boulder Mine as a result of a
wildfire in the mine vicinity.

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT 99.1  Press Release dated September 3, 2006



                                   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: September 3, 2006                              By:    /s/ John R. Stark
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                                                      Name:  John Stark
                                                      Title: General Counsel

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

STILLWATER MINING COMPANY SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT THE EAST BOULDER MINE AS
                           DERBY WILDFIRE CONTINUES

    BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STILLWATER MINING
COMPANY (NYSE: SWC)

    A precautionary evacuation order in Sweet Grass County associated with the
Derby wildfire has led Stillwater Mining Company management to suspend
operations at the Company's East Boulder Mine, located south of Big Timber,
Montana, beginning with the night shift on September 3rd.

    While there is no imminent threat to the East Boulder Mine, the safety of
the employees remains the Company's first priority.  Smoke and shifting winds
have created hazardous conditions in the general vicinity of the mine and
resulted in the evacuation order.

    Stillwater Mining Company management personnel will be in Columbus, Big
Timber and Billings to monitor the fire situation.

    Stillwater Mining Company employees who are scheduled to work can call
(406) 932-8177 or (406) 322-8777 periodically for updated work schedule
information.

    As previously announced, the Company's Stillwater Mine resumed full
operations on Saturday, September 2, 2006, after its operations were suspended
for 2-1/2 days as a result of the same fire.

    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 can be
found at its Web site:  http://www.stillwatermining.com.

SOURCE  Stillwater Mining Company
    -0-                             09/04/2006
    /CONTACT:  Dawn E. McCurtain, +1-406-373-8787, for Stillwater
Mining Company /
    /Web site:  http://www.stillwatermining.com /
    (SWC)