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 2, 2007

                            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
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                                 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

      On July 2, 2007, Stillwater Mining Company (the "Company") issued a press
release regarding the status of the Company's discussions with USW International
Union, Local 1, relating to the union contract for the Company's Stillwater Mine
which had been due to expire on July 1, 2007. A copy of the press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1

      The information, including the exhibit attached hereto, in this Current
Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current
Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or
other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as
otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1  Press release issued on July 2, 2007, by Stillwater Mining Company.



                                   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 2, 2007                             By: /s/ John Stark
                                                    Name: John Stark
                                                    Title: Vice President



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Number            Title

99.1              Press release issued on July 2, 2007, by Stillwater Mining
                  Company.