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 8, 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 STILLWATER MINING COMPANY ANNOUNCES REOPENING OF EAST BOULDER MINE
AFTER WILDFIRE

          On September 8 2006, the Company issued a press release reporting the
     reopening of East Boulder Mine.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)  Exhibits

EXHIBIT 99.1 Press Release dated September 8, 2006.



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT 99.1 Press Release dated September 8, 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 8, 2006                             By:    /s/ John Stark
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                                                     Name:  John Stark
                                                     Title: General Counsel

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

    STILLWATER MINING COMPANY ANNOUNCES REOPENING OF EAST BOULDER MINE AFTER
                                    WILDFIRE

     BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STILLWATER MINING
COMPANY (NYSE: SWC)

     Officials of Stillwater Mining Company announced this afternoon that full
mining crews are returning to the East Boulder Mine effective with the evening
shift on Friday. A limited crew has been in the mine since Thursday preparing
the facility for resumption of mining operations. Restoring pumping and
ventilation in the mine has taken longer than expected, delaying resumption of
mining activities by about one additional shift.

     Sweet Grass County commissioners had issued a precautionary evacuation
order on the evening of September 3rd as a result of a wildfire in the vicinity
of the mine, prompting the Company to suspend operations there temporarily. The
fire has posed no imminent threat to the East Boulder Mine itself, but smoke and
shifting winds have created hazardous conditions along access roads to the mine.

     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: www.stillwatermining.com.

SOURCE  Stillwater Mining Company
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    /CONTACT:  Dawn E. McCurtain of Stillwater Mining Company,
+1-406-373-8787, or Stillwater Mining Company Public Affairs, +1-406-373-8727/
     /Web site:  http://www.stillwatermining.com /
     (SWC)