SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-K/A

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

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                         Date of report: March 12, 2004
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                            Stillwater Mining Company
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                       0-7704                 13-1681234
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

                  536 East Pike Avenue, Columbus, Montana 59019
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (406) 322-8700
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

     This  Form  8-K/A  is  filed  to  amend  and  supplement  the Form 8-K (the
"Original  8-K") filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on February
27, 2004 by Stillwater Mining Company (the "Company").

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits:

          99.2 Press  release  issued on March  12,  2004 by  Stillwater  Mining
               Company.

Item 12. Results of Operation and Financial Condition

     Item 12 of the Original 8-K is hereby  amended and  supplemented  by adding
the following paragraph at the end thereof:

     On March 12, 2004,  the Company  issued a press  release  amending  certain
information  provided in its press  release  issued on February 27,  2004.  Such
March  12,  2004  press  release  is  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  99.2 and is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.



Signature

     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

Date: March 12, 2004                        By: /s/ John R. Stark
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                                                Name:  John R. Stark
                                                Title: Vice President, Secretary
                                                       and General Counsel

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

99.2 Amendment to the press release issued on February 27, 2004 by the Company